The Ability to Give Lies In Your Ability To Believe

The principle of tithing or giving to the Lord does not lie on the fact that the amount you give is large or small. The bible does not say that if you give your one month's salary to the Lord, the Lord will be so pleased and bless you more than the brother or sister who gives only 50 dollars.(By the way i truly believe based on God's word that God will bless you more in return of the faith you put in when you and I tithe, it is an undisputed fact).

The key behind tithing or giving to the Lord i have learnt lies in the heart. At the moment when you decide to give, the amount you give based on God's prompting or based on your own sincerity to give unto the Lord... that is the key to it all. When the Lord moved your heart to give and at that moment, you decide to give according to your faith, the Lord will honour that and the Lord who sees your heart will bless you with much more in return.

In Luke 21:1-4, it tells us about the story of a poor widow who gave only 2 copper coins to the temple treasury... the rest of the people who visited the temple gave a lot more... If you had been there, you probably could have seen and heard the large numbers of coins they pour down or the expensive gifts they bring into the treasury.

But our Lord made a very remarkable statement. He gives honour to this poor widow because she did not give a fraction of what she owns but all that she had to live on to the Lord. Jesus sees that though this woman was poor, she had a heart of faith so big that she could give all to the Lord and still be able to live because God will sustain her.

My friends, the bible is not calling us to give all our wealth away today... but rather... what is our response to the Lord today? Do we hold back when He calls us to give or do we bargain and turn a deaf ear?

Today, if the Lord speaks to you to give unto Him according to your faith, don't hold back... the Lord does not despise how big or small your gifts are... Just give in response to the Lord and He will surely bless you in return.

The Lord promises in Luke 6:38 "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."

So let's give joyfully to the Lord and know that based on God's word, your obedience will be bless by His faithfulness!!