Imitating God’s Nature
All God’s
prosperous people recorded in the Bible were obedient in giving! All were
givers!
Study the
lives of Adam, Noah, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Joseph, and all the rest. They were
obedient to the Lord in giving. David gave tons of gold to God. So did Solomon.
They knew that one of the most powerful keys in life itself is giving!
They
understood that the minute we give, we bring God on our side. God joins hands
with the givers, not the takers.
They
realized that we display God’s nature by giving, and every time we give we
glorify Him, because we are imitating Him.
God is an
extravagant Giver. Look at what He provided for us—the glory of creation, life
itself, the beauty of the Earth, sunshine, and so much more.
The Importance of Seeds
Walk through
the fruit and vegetable aisles at any grocery store. What beautiful variety He
has provided—a reflection of His imagination. They all grew in the ground, on
vines, or in trees with colorful, remarkable variety.
And here is
the best part: God has provided all this incredible provision, His gifts, to
us, from seeds.
Think about
it, God has placed seed in every fruit and vegetable to produce unlimited
amounts of food. One single kernel of corn can produce a plant that potentially
yields 600 kernels or more from each ear. One orange can become a grove.
There is an
old saying: “You can count the apples on a tree, but who can count the apples
in a seed?” God has designed the seed’s potential to be far beyond the
understanding of our human thinking.
He gave that
to us. He is the ultimate Giver! And as we imitate Him with obedient giving,
the potential of the harvest from our seed is truly limitless.
God gives
seed to the sower—not to the taker—and as you sow seed, you receive more seed.
That is God’s law of prosperity, an actual divine law that is activated only
when we sow seed.