The Principle of Giving and Receiving

Wednesday 25 February
READ: Prov. 11:24-28
MORE LESSON: Gen 8: 22

God operates by principles and His principles have no respect for personality. If a rich man and a poor man jump from a skyscraper, the principle of gravity will do justice to both of them equally. With God's principle; no matter who you are, if you meet the standard you will get the result and if you violate the principle, you will pay dearly for it. God bases everything on principles because He is just; He wants you to be the one to determine whether you will get results or not.

One of God's principles is the principle of sowing and reaping, giving and receiving:- Give and it shall be given unto you...: Lk. 6:38. Tithing is a principle of God for prosperity and defence. I have discovered that when it comes to the principle of giving and receiving, it primarily does not have to do with whether you are born again or not. If an unbeliever gives, he will receive and if a believer doesn't give he won't receive. Being born again is the principle for eternal life and going to heaven but as far as prosperity is concerned if an unbeliever chooses to be a giver, he will still prosper because it is the principle of God. The analogy is that if a sinner plants maize and a believer eats his own, when it is time for harvest, the sinner will have a harvest to take home while the believer will not. It is very strange not to sow and be expecting an harvest.

Fasting and prayer is a very powerful weapon for victorious Christian living. But fasting and prayer is not the principle for prosperity. I actually get surprised when believers think that it is by prayer and fasting that they can have financial prosperity: it is not the principle. The principle for receiving is giving and the principle for harvest is sowing. It is not in the quantity of the seed sown but in the quality. If a man has millions and he gives a hundred and another has only a hundred and he gives fifty out of it. God respects the fifty more; it might be less in quantity than the hundred given by the other person but it is higher in quality.

The reason God makes the principle for prosperity to be tied to giving is not because He needs money to do whatever He want to do; He always has a way of getting His job done. It is because He wants to test a man's heart before He blesses the man. If you make up your mind to work by the principle of God in giving and seed sowing, it will undoubtedly work for you.

Prayer/Action
* Promise God you will never withhold your seed and your harvest will never be delayed.
* Ask the Lord to fulfil His promises over all your past and future seeds.
* Pray that you may never be tempted to doubt the law of sowing and reaping.

PROPHETIC PRAYER
This month, Father, bless me indeed and enlarge my coast, in Jesus’ mighty name.