2 years ago

If you release, you will increase.
"Give and it shall be given unto you press down shaken together and running over real men give under your budget for the measure that you give out it will be given back to you again."
Sound familiar? It should if you've been in church much, at least in the churches that I am familiar with. It's part of the offering message most of the time. And how true it is, give, and it shall be given to you press down shaken together.
But wait a minute, is that just for money? Of course not?
That happens to be one of those life principles that God has woven into this world that we live in. You have to put something in to get something back.
I can't remember the days when my children were saying to me," daddy, just write a check. We look back and laugh at that now, but at the time, it was hard to get through their understanding of finances; you must have something in the bank, or the check will bounce.
Put something in to get something out.
The scriptures tell us that if we want friends, we have to be friendly. What a concept.
You mean I have to give a smile to get a smile, absolutely.
All right, let's look at our relationship with the Lord.
"seek ye first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all of these things shall be added onto you."
Did you get it to seek first, then you get a return.
What about that age-old idiom, the early bird gets the worm.
That early bird had to give something he gave up sleeping in.
Proverbs talk about the lazy man who rules over in bed and sleeps a little longer, and yet his house is in disrepair.
So if you release, you will increase. Today release love. Release forgiveness. Release a generous spirit that invites others into the same journey that you are on.
Give yourself to fellowship with the Father through the power of the Holy Spirit, and you will increase in ways you have never dreamed.