Friday, May 23, 2014

Prov 3:9-10
Honor the LORD with your wealth, with the firstfruits of all your crops; then your barns will be filled to overflowing, and your vats will brim over with new wine.
What a great promise for us. If we honor God with our wealth we will benefit from His good promises. He doesn’t want our leftovers.

He wants our best.

After all He gave us His best!

Prov 3:27
Do not withhold good from those who deserve it, when it is in your power to act.
Our wealth involves so much more than our monetary or material possessions.  As Believers in Jesus we are wealthy beyond belief!  We should not withhold physical food from those who are hungry.  Likewise we should not withhold spiritual food from those who are starving.

Prov 18:16
A gift opens the way for the giver and ushers him into the presence of the great.
As we contemplate our spiritual gifts and how to use them for kingdom work, let's remember this verse.  We have been gifted with spiritual gifts to give to others.  The gift of giving certainly applies here in this verse but so do all of the other gifts.

Prov 6:9-11
How long will you lie there, you sluggard?  When will you get up from your sleep?  A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest - and poverty will come on you like a bandit and scarcity like an armed man. 
These verses can be applied to our lives literally, figuratively and spiritually.  Literally speaking, of course we all need some kind of income to pay the bills. Spiritually speaking, we as Believers in Jesus need to use our spiritual gifts in kingdom work.  Otherwise, we run the risk of becoming spiritually poor.

Prov 24:30-34
I went past the field of the sluggard, past the vineyard of the man who lacks judgment, thorns had come up everywhere, the ground was covered with weeds, and the stone wall was in ruins.
Whew!  What a picture!  If we as Believers are not using our spiritual gifts for kingdom work, our "fields" will not be productive, we won't be bearing fruit for the kingdom.  Our lives will be full of thorns and weeds that choke out our fruitfulness.  Picture the opposite.  If we are working for the kingdom, there will be no thorns or weeds.  Our vineyards will be lush with fruit!

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