Facing the Giant of MoneySample

Take another look at your sowing 

‘Whoever sows generously will also reap generously.’ 2 Corinthians 9:6 NIV 

There are three things you need to know today about your sowing and reaping: 

1) Everything you have is a seed! Your skill, your love, your prayers and your money are all ‘seeds’. A boy’s lunch became the seed that fed 5,000, when he put it into the Master’s hands. Listen: ‘For God...will give you more and more seed to [sow] and will make it grow so that you can give away more and more’ (2 Corinthians 9:10 TLB). Note: God gives seed only to sowers; so keep sowing! 

2) The seed you sow will never leave your life! It moves just from where you are today to where you’ll be tomorrow. When you get there, it’ll no longer be a seed you sowed, but the harvest you need. Consecutive sowing guarantees consecutive reaping; it’s a law! Listen: ‘Whoever sows generously will also reap generously’ (2 Corinthians 9:6 NIV). Selah! 

3) God will never ask you to give what you don’t have. But He’ll often ask you to give what you’d like to keep. Why? Because giving proves you’ve conquered self-interest! Paul says, ‘give, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver. And God is able to bless you abundantly, so that in all things at all times, having all that you need, you will abound in every good work’ (2 Corinthians 9:7-8 NIV). 

‘How much can I believe God for?’ you ask. As much as He can trust you with and as much as His will for your life requires! 

Prayer Point:

Lord, You have promised that I will reap what I sow, so help me to sow generously in the lives of others. Help me to lose that fear which makes me clutch at what is mine. I know that You will always keep me supplied so that I can share freely with others. Help me to bring glory to You in this way. Amen.