The Power of Giving

The Power of Giving

God has designed life to function by giving. 

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.  -Luke 6:38

The beauty of life in giving.

You start dying when you stop giving.

Our giving comes back to us in 4 major ways.

1. Good measure

2. Press down

3. Shaken together

4. Running over.

With these, none of our giving comes back to us the same way we released it.

Our giving does among others the following things:

1. Giving brings us into good relationship with God.
Gen. 4:4, Hebrews 11:4
Abel had a testimony of good relationship with God by God receiving his giving.

2. Giving has power to avert curses
Gen.8:20 -21
After Noah gave, God averted the curse He had placed on the earth. When you develop the habit of giving, you consciously break curse upon your life and family.

3. Giving brings us in favor with God.
1 Kings 3:3-5
Solomon came into favour with God the moment he gave to God a well pleasing offering.

4. Giving opens the door of favor and blessings upon our lives and endeavors.
Luke 6:38, Acts 20:35
Abraham opened the door of fruitfulness to Sarah by giving food to strangers.
Gen.18:1-5, 9-10;
Gen.21:1-2

5. Giving creates our future harvest.
Gen. 8: 20-22,
Gal. 6: 7-9.

I believe this brief teaching will help you develop the habit of giving and also consider giving a delightsome thing to the Lord and man. This is because you will definitely reap it back.