Happy New Year Overcomers!!!!
Read 1 Kings 17:8-16.....
This scripture reading tells the story of Elijah being sent to a widow who was about to use up her last handful of flour. She thought it would be the last meal she and her starving child would eat before dying of malnutrition. But poor as she was, she was rich in faith; for when God's prophet asked her to prepare a little cake for him, she didn't hesitate. Because she put the Lord first, He rewarded her faith by supernaturally multiplying the meal and the oil so that she had enough.
I was told a similar story about a seminary student and his wife who many years ago had come to the end of their resources. They arrived at church one Sunday with only a nickle between them - just enough for a loaf of day-old bread. The conscientious young man had a hard time parting with his last coin. But the moment he dropped it in the offering plate his heart was glad, for he knew God would provide. After the service a fellow Christian, who wasn't aware of his struggle, grasped his hand, spoke a word of encouragement, and gave him a 5-dollar bill! "Why did you do that?" asked the grateful student. The man replied, "The Lord seemed to whisper in my heart that you were in need. So please take the money as coming from Him!" How the young couple rejoiced that God had supplied their need and honored their trust in Him!
Never give to God expecting compound interest for your faithfulness. That would be the wrong motive - the motive of covetousness. Instead, with a heart full of love, give regularly and sacrificially to the Lord!
A pastor friend of mine used to say, "God looks not so much at the face of your check as at the balance on the stub."
God bless Overcomers.........HK
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