Giving

Giving is the nature of God - . He created all things for His Pleasure - - and His Pleasure is to Give us all things - .

To the degree that we are Givers is the degree that we have received the nature of God.

This is why we are encouraged to Give freely from our hearts - not grudgingly.

Give and it shall be given to you in greater abundance.
Then the people rejoiced, for that they offered willingly, because with perfect heart they offered willingly to the Lord: and David the king also rejoiced with great joy.

I know also, my Lord, that thou triest the heart, and hast pleasure in uprightness. As for me, in the uprightness of mine heart I have willingly offered all these things: and now have I seen with joy thy people, which are present here, to offer willingly unto thee. Translated from KJV
God looks at our Heart to see if it is like His or not. Those who desire Him will be given His Holy Spirit and so be like Him.
Such a person will be a Giver like their Father who Gives out of His willing Heart.

Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for the Lord loveth a cheerful giver. Translated from KJV
Our heart should always operate in honesty and sincerety. If what comes out of us is evil it means we need a heart change.
God wants us to be like Him. He is the greatest giver.

Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again.
Giving activates the principle of multiplication.

Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the Lord of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it.
Tithing is a result of Faith in the Spiritual Law of Sowing and Reaping.
We are Promised great Blessing for Honoring God with the firstfruits of our Increase.

But I have said unto you, Ye shall inherit their land, and I will give it unto you to possess it, a land that floweth with milk and honey: I am the Lord, your Lord, which have separated you from other people. Translated from KJV
God owns everything because He created everything. This gives Him the right to give what He has created to whomsoever He will.

But thou shalt remember the Lord thy the Lord: for it is he that giveth thee power to get wealth, that he may establish his covenant which he sware unto thy fathers, as it is this day. Translated from KJV
Here it is. God empowers us. Without Him we can do nothing.

Every man shall give as he is able, according to the blessing of the Lord thy the Lord which he hath given thee. Translated from KJV
If you give what you can today, God will Increase you so that you will be able to give more in the future.

Speak unto the children of Israel, that they bring me an offering: of every man that giveth it willingly with his heart ye shall take my offering.
The Seed must be in Good Ground. Good Ground is a willing Heart.
Good Ground is more important than what comes out of it.

And they came, both men and women, as many as were willing hearted, and brought bracelets, and earrings, and rings, and tablets, all jewels of gold: and every man that offered offered an offering of gold unto the Lord.
Willing is an aspect of the Heart. God is always focused on the Heart. If the Heart is Good Ground there will be Good Fruit springing out of it.

Give unto the Lord the glory due unto his name: bring an offering, and come into his courts.
Our first and greatest gift is one of praise and thanksgiving to our the Lord.
When our heart sees His glory and honours Him. we will give of the Material things of life willingly.

Of the first of your dough ye shall give unto the Lord an heave offering in your generations.
Honouring God and putting Him first is an aspect of Righteousness. Giving is an aspect of our Honour for Him.

Give unto the Lord the glory due unto his name: bring an offering, and come before him: worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness.
Our God is so magnificent that we will never Give Him the Glory due His Name. But we have all Eternity to try.
Those who can distinguish Light from Darkness Worship God because of His Beautiful Holiness.

And blessed be the most high Lord, which hath delivered thine enemies into thy hand. And he gave him tithes of all. Translated from KJV

Thou shalt truly tithe all the increase of thy seed, that the field bringeth forth year by year.

Honour the Lord with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine increase:
God deserves our best because He has given His best - Christ Jesus.
As we Give we experience the Law of Multiplication.

So shall thy barns be filled with plenty, and thy presses shall burst out with new wine.
Christ Jesus has made it possible for us to Receive Eternal Life and Abundant Life. We are to Prosper in every sense of the word.

There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty.
The Spiritual Law of Sowing and Reaping reflects God's nature.
We should operate in that Law and so reflect God's nature.
The person who refuses to Sow will not Prosper, rather they will come to Poverty.

The liberal soul shall be made fat: and he that watereth shall be watered also himself.
The person whose nature is to give operates in the spiritual law of Sowing And Reaping.
Such a person will prosper.

But this I say, He which soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he which soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully.
The law of Sowing And Reaping combined with the Law Of Multiplication enables those who observe it to prosper in the Kingdom Of God and in every area of their lives.
The reason why a person sows bountifully is that they have Heart Faith. The reason a person sows sparingly is that they operate in Head Faith tempered with doubt.

And the Holy Spirit is able to make all grace abound toward you; that ye, always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good work: Translated from KJV
Our Lord's priority is that we do His works in the earth.     But for us to do that we must
   → have the Mind Of Christ and
   → have His Holy Spirit in us.
When we come to that point of agreement with the Lord we begin to abound in good works in every area of our lives.

I have shewed you all things, how that so labouring ye ought to support the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.
Jesus is referring to the spiritual Law of sowing and reaping.

But to do good and to communicate forget not: for with such sacrifices the Lord is well pleased. Translated from KJV
We ought to look for every opportunity be a blessing.

But when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth:
give as unto the Lord, willingly and joyfully.

That thine alms may be in secret: and thy Father which seeth in secret himself shall reward thee openly.
The Lord looks at the heart. When we operate from a heart inspired by His Spirit there is blessing and reward.

The desire of the slothful killeth him; for his hands refuse to labour.
The distinction is between a Producer and an Eater. The Eater consumes all he has and is left destitute.

He coveteth greedily all the day long: but the righteous giveth and spareth not.
An Eater is constantly looking for something to Eat, to consume. A person who is Right with God is a Producer and a Giver.

God is the greatest giver. All things come from Him. He even gave His Son.

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