Reaping Bountifully

Saturday, 25th October 2008

Two months back, I blogged about how the LORD impressed upon me to sow bountifully into One-North.

Well, God has proved Himself faithful (yet again!), because I just received fabulous news a couple of days back! I cannot go into too much details at this point in time, but suffice it to say that He is causing that miracle seed to grow which will result in me reaping bountifully, exceedingly abundantly above what I could ever imagine, and the harvest will happen sometime in January 2009 :-)

I have shared this fantastic news with my wife and a couple of close friends of mine, and also told them that I felt led by the Lord to sow the entire first month's sum back again into One-North as a firsfruit. Will share with you readers again when I sow that firstfruit back into One-North sometime in February 2009.

Ps Prince shared last week on Heb 12:27 viz
The words "once more" indicate the removing of what can be shaken—that is, created things—so that what cannot be shaken may remain.

The shaking that is going on in the world at the moment is so that the things that are unshakable will remain. Created things which are man-made such as the equities and bond markets have become so unpredictable and wise is the man who does not put his trust in the things of the world.

On the other hand, the things that are God-ordained such as tithing and sowing into the lives and ministries of anointed pastors are founded upon His unshakable Word, and wise is the man who puts his trust in the things of God.

The tithe

The principle of tithing was established even before the Law. We read in Heb 7:1 that Abraham gave Melchizedek "a tenth of everything" and Abraham lived before Moses. So tithing still applies to the New Covenant believer. We also read about how much God prospered Abraham and the blessings of Abraham are now ours to inherit.

The offering

Offerings are over and above the tithe and are best channeled towards anointed ministries where the person of Jesus and His finished work are magnified. In Gal 6:6, Paul tells us to bless pastors that give us the right kind of feeding.

Let him who receives instruction in the Word [of God] share all good things with his teacher [contributing to his support].

I thank the Lord for His progressive relevation to me about how to prosper, yes even during times of recession. Tithing may sound like something foolish and ridiculous to the world, but even the foolishness of God is wiser than the wisdom of man (1 Cor 1:25). Amen?