ECONOMY OF HEAVEN AND GENEROUS GIVING

REFERENCE: Luke 6:38, 1 Kings 3:4-5, 8:63, 2 Chronicles 9:9, 1 Kings 10:10, Matthew 12:42.

Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together and running over, will be poured into your lap. For with the measure you use, it will be measured to you. Luke 6:38.

…………….and Solomon offered a thousand burnt offerings on that altar.    ……………the Lord appeared to Solomon during the night in a dream, and God said, “Ask for whatever you want me to give you”. 1 Kings 3:4-5

Then she gave the king 120 talents of gold, large quantities of species, and precious stones. There had never been such species as those the queen of Sheba gave to King Solomon. 2 Chronicles 9:9.

The queen of the south will rise at judgment with this generation and condemn it; for she came from the ends of the earth to listen to Solomon’s wisdom, and now one greater than Solomon is here. Matthew 12:42.

COMMENT: The economy of this world in part, is buying and selling, but the economy of heaven is giving and receiving. There is always time to saw the seed and time to harvest. You prepare the land and then sawing follows. Sawing will always be followed by reaping or harvesting.

The seed is always for sawing not for eating. Eating the seed will always ruin the economy either at individual or country levels. According to the bible, we are commanded to pay our tithes in full to the church where we are fed spiritually and lots of promises for our well being is made. Please look at Malachi 3:9-12.

 This principle works in both the church and the state. Even non-Christian religions that apply it, know it works. God is capable of doing exactly what is promised in the scriptures. King Solomon gave generously and God responded the same night and asked him to name whatever he wanted. He asked for wisdom and God gave him wealth on top of wisdom. He received lots of wealth and began to bless other people. The more he gave, the more he received. He became the wealthiest king in the world.

When the Queen of Sheba (Ethiopia) visited King Solomon, she brought gold and species in large quantities. On her way back home after the visit, she was given even more than she had brought. See 2 Chronicles 9:9.

God’s word is real and can be trusted. Giving is the way we must solve our economic problems faced all over the world. Borrowing is the wrong way to go about the solution. Individuals as well as countries of the world, have borrowed and borrowed. Nearly all countries of the world have accumulated so much debt that the collapse of the entire world economy is knocking at the door.

The big question about this enormous debt is: TO WHOM DOES THE WORLD OWE THE MONEY? People living in major world economies, say we owe it to ourselves, but it is not true.

PRAYER: Lord God! Have mercy on your creation on earth now.