Selflessness and the blessing.

Monday, February 27th.
Selflessness and the blessing.

“Blessed shall be thy basket and thy store.” Deuteronomy 28:5

Yesterday, we learnt that walking in love is fulfilling the law, therefore all the blessings of Deuteronomy 28:1-13 should be evident in your life. Today we are going to see how walking in love connects with our giving and prosperity.

According to our opening scripture when you are blessed, you will always have constant supply no matter the economy of the nation where you are. How do you activate this? By your faith in God's love. Will you be willing to carry out His instructions to you even when it seems like obeying God at that point seems to threaten your livelihood? You must have faith in God's love to obey Him sacrificially.

A good example of such a character in scripture was the widow of Zarephath in 1 Kings 17. When the Prophet Elijah demanded that she should use the last flour in her house to bake bread for him first. I want you to know that this was the only sustenance left for her and her son to eat and die. When she moved from selfishness to selflessness and decided to make for the Man of God first. The Man of God speaking according to the Word of the Lord said, “The barrel of meal shall not waste, neither shall the cruse of oil fail, until the day that the LORD sendeth rain upon the earth.” 1 Kings 17:14. This shows us that even if there is a recession in your country, you would not be disadvantaged, and neither shall you be in lack when you are selfless and self giving like this widow of Zerephath.

Prayer.
Dear Father, I receive grace to be selfless and self giving as it was on the Macedonian Church. Therefore as I begin to act on this grace, may all grace, every favour and all spiritual and earthly blessings abound towards me, in Jesus' Name. Amen.

For further study, read:
1 Kings 17:8-16, 2 Corinthians 8:1-5,
Philippians 4:15-19.

Doing the Word.
Be a selfless giver.