OPEN HEAVENS DAILY DEVOTIONAL... DATE : SATURDAY 18th APRIL 2015.....

THEME : GIVE WISELY

Memorise:

The liberal soul shall be made fat:

and he that watereth shall be

watered also himself. Proverbs 11:25

Read: Genesis 23:12-14

12 And Abraham bowed down

himself before the people of the

land.

13 And he spake unto Ephron in the

audience of the people of the land,

saying, But if thou wilt give it, I pray

thee, hear me: I will give thee

money for the field; take it of me,

and I will bury my dead there.

14 And Ephron answered Abraham,

saying unto him,

BIBLE IN ONE YEAR : Joshua 22 and

Matthew 23:1-28

Message

There are certain things people

don’t know about sowing and

reaping. This lack of knowledge has

denied some people their harvest.

There is a need therefore to always

ask God for the wisdom of sow and

reap rightly in every area of life. It

is one thing to know what to sow

and it is another thing to know how

to sow it. Of importance also is the

need to know where to sow and how

to water what has been sown to

produce the desired harvest. Ask any

farmer who understands natural

farming principles, he will tell you

that reaping a good harvest is

usually a walk in the park once the

correct principles are followed. There

are people who will sow today and

want to reap today. According to

Scripture, such an expectation is not

applicable to great harvests. There

was a time I was sowing a particular

item into the life of people and I

was worried because the harvest was

taking time. I therefore asked God

what was happening and He said

“Son, if you plant maize, you can

harvest it within three months, but

if you plant yam, you will have to

wait a little longer.” The greater the

quality of seed sown, the longer you

will have to wait to enter into your

harvest.

Entering into your ultimate financial

breakthrough may not come as easily

as you think. It may involve sowing

at a time most inconvenient; it may

even involve seemingly endangering

your today and tomorrow through a

selfless seed. I have discovered that

it is not poverty that stops some

people from giving but their

unwillingness to give. The good news

for those who sow in tears is that

they will always reap in joy. Many

people have lost their harvest

because of impatience. If you have

sown quality seeds, give them

enough time to mature so that you

can enter into your desired harvest.

Also, it is important for you to know

that God does not expect you to

meet every need out there. You have

to be sensitive to locate the grounds

that will give you your desired

results. The ability to offer

something big is a choice. Stop

limiting yourself. When God has

brought you ton a level where you

can give a =N=10,000 offering and

you are dropping =N=1,000, what

you are indirectly telling God is that

you don’t deserve to be on the level

He has placed you. Don’t demote

yourself by your attitude to giving to

kingdom projects. Do you complain

that you cannot give because you

are poor? That is the excuse the

devil uses to deny many from

entering into their breakthrough.

You may not sow money all the time,

but you can offer your commitment

to the work on ground. All those

volunteered their services at no cost

towards various projects at the

Redemption Campground have been

mightily blessed of the Lord. All the

artisans who had only their skills to

sow at that time have now become

channels of blessings to others.

Key Point :

Whatever you sow may leave your

hand, but it cannot leave your life.

AUTHOR : Pst E. A ADEBOYE.