Provoking the Extraordinary

Text: 2 Chron. 1: 6-7
More Lessons: 2 Kgs. 3:26
Bible Reading in one Year: Jeremiah 9-12

God required offerings and burnt sacrifices from His people in the Old Testament and several people offered to God every now and then. But Solomon did something that was extra-ordinary and so he got an extra-ordinary result. In the scriptures we read, Solomon went up to the altar and offered a thousand burnt offerings unto the Lord. He was actually required to offer one burnt offering by law but he decided to give a thousand, And Solomon went up thither to the brasen altar before the LORD, which was at the tabernacle of the congregation, and offered a thousand burnt offerings upon it: v6. He went an extra thousand times beyond the ordinary requirement, no wonder he provoked the extraordinary from the Lord.

There are some dimensions of giving and sacrifice that you make and God in heaven will be moved immediately to do something beyond the ordinary for you. In that night did God appear unto Solomon, and said unto him, Ask what I shall give thee: 2 Chron 1:7. God could not wait till the next morning. That same night, God came to ask Solomon what he wanted that much that made him to sacrifice so much. When he asked for what he needed; God must have said, 'You gave extra above what I requested of you; I also will give extra above what you request of me.' So God gave him far above what he asked. He got the extraordinary.

Some people set out or budget a token every month to give the Lord and then change it into many low currencies. They strictly make sure that their gifts to the Lord do not exceed that which they have set aside. Friend, you can't harvest where you didn't sow. How well you sow also determines how well you will harvest. But this I say, He which soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he which soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully: 2 Cor 9:6.

The king of Moab, Abraham and even God Himself went the extraordinary mile sacrificing their first and best sons for an extraordinary result and they didn’t miss it. Only the best can reproduce the best, both within and outside of God’s Kingdom.

Prayer / Action
* Give thanks to God for not hiding from us the secrets of breakthrough.
* Ask God for grace to be a giver and sower.
* Pray that your sacrifices and sowings will find instant results like Abraham and Solomon.

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