Giving

Mark 12 : 17 Jesus said to them, " Give to Caesar what is Caesar 's and to God what belongs to God." And they were amazed at him

It’s interesting how most of us won’t think twice about spending our money on just about anything, but the moment we have to give money to a beggar or the church, we become very tight fisted.  All of a sudden we start justifying why we are not ready to give… we first need to get our finances in order… the church is receiving way too much already… tithe of what?

It’s all about obedience.  You should first ask God what he expects of you.  And in all fairness, whatever you and I own, belongs to him in any case.

At the radio, we recently had a pledge.  God laid it on my heart to pledge a specific amount. The message was clear… I had to donate the money and request them to use it to put together a food hamper which should be given to someone who pledge from the little they have.  And so God started a miracle in someone’s life.  A man came to the radio and pledged R20.  He was unemployed and it was his last R20.  Do you know the impact a grown man’s tears can have on you? When he acted in obedience, he never knew that God was going to bless him with a food hamper.  He walked away blessed with so much more than the R20 he pledged.

Reality is that you cannot receive while your fists are clinched, holding on to what you have.  You have to open your hands, let go of what you have, in order to receive.  Someone once said: “You cannot out give God.”  Amen!