Obedient Giving Opens Heaven

Do you know that “giving is a commandment from God”!

And why did God commanded us to give?

It says in Book of Duet 15:10 –11

Vs.10. Give generously to him and do so without a grudging heart; then because of this the Lord your God will bless you in all your work and in everything you put your hand to.
Vs.11. There will always be poor people in the land. Therefore I command you to be openhanded toward your brothers and toward the poor and needy in your land.

We see that God commanded us to give with an open hand because Christ has opened His arms towards us and blessed us first.

The Father heart of God reflects His love and care for every 'poor' and 'needy' person by providing for them.

He wants to use us in this process of giving so that we could reflect the very character of God through our generous giving. People around us would be able to testify that Christian God is actually the most generous God based on the attitude of our giving.

And in turn God has promised to bless us more abundantly.

He gave us first so that we could give and in turn receive more abundantly to give more generously. This is our God!

One thing we must remember that God gave us the 'promise of blessing' first and then the 'commandment to obey' so that our faith can be tested.

If you want to be blessed that let's put into practice the principle of giving in whatever we have so that He will open His heaven towards us to always be a blessing.

We must ask ourselves, are we living a life of reservoir, holding back whatever we have or living a life of the flowing river nurturing the poor and needy around us?

One poor guy put this principle into practice by telling God that regardless of his poverty condition he will give back to God 90% and will live on the rest of 10%. And God granted his request.

Because He made that commitment to the Lord even at his most down time in his life, God made sure that he would never lack anything in as little as 10% he lived on.

Amazingly, God multiplied his business so much that on his portion of 10% he could afford his own private jet. He traveled all around the world sharing the gospel and testify the goodness of the Lord in his life.

This is how faithful our God is if we dare to step out in faith!

Let's obey God by giving generously!