Watch your Wealth - Why we give

Why we Give. Written by D. Jonathan Fourie

2Co 9:8 And God is able to make all grace (every favor and earthly blessing) come to you in abundance, so that you may always and under all circumstances and whatever the need be self-sufficient [possessing enough to require no aid or support and furnished in abundance for every good work and charitable donation].

2Co 9:9 As it is written, He [the benevolent person] scatters abroad; He gives to the poor; His deeds of justice and goodness and kindness and benevolence will go on and endure forever! [Ps. 112:9.]

2Co 9:10 And [God] Who provides seed for the sower and bread for eating will also provide and multiply your [resources for] sowing and increase the fruits of your righteousness [which manifests itself in active goodness, kindness, and charity]. [Isa. 55:10; Hos. 10:12.]

2Co 9:11 Thus you will be enriched in all things and in every way, so that you can be generous, and [your generosity as it is] administered by us will bring forth thanksgiving to God.

2Co 9:12 For the service that the ministering of this fund renders does not only fully supply what is lacking to the saints (God's people), but it also overflows in many [cries of] thanksgiving to God.

Create an attitude of gratitude. Go pick up a rock and call it your rock of gratitude, and evrytime you see it, feel it or think of it, be thankful for something and mean it.

We give not purely to receive back. If we give to receive we are giving with an alternative motive. We give in order to become a source to others. We give because we want to give more and more.

From the text above it is clearly that God will provide in all our needs. To the disciples Jesus said that they should not take anything with them, not clothes nor money, and yet they had everything catered for.

There are many benefits that God wants to give to us. It is His pleasure to shower us with His blessings. In living a life style of giving, we create a way to continually connect with God by imitating His nature – to give. And by living a lifestyle of giving we shall lack nothing. We also shall not be in want. For the Lord will provide in all our needs.

We must repent (change our ways of habit) and realize that by having a lifestyle of giving we execute our faith in God by declaring that His ways are working. We demonstrate that by giving, we understand that we are connected with God, not just to receive from Him but to be one with Him in a permanent way. Written by D. Jonathan Fourie

Watch your Wealth - Seek your relatives interest

Seek your Relatives Interest. Written by D. Jonathan Fourie

Heb 13:5 Keep your lives free from the love of money, and be satisfied with what you have. For God has said, "I will never leave you; I will never abandon you."

1Ti 5:8 If anyone fails to provide for his relatives, and especially for those of his own family, he has disowned the faith [by failing to accompany it with fruits] and is worse than an unbeliever [who performs his obligation in these matters].

Money is not the root of all evil, but the love for it is. It is when money becomes an obsession that it overwhelms your mind and makes you blind in that it appeals to you as if magic and you can do or become whoever and buy whatever you want with it. Money becomes your god and as such it rules you and defines what you can and cannot do.

It is your right to be wealthy. It is your right to fill your house with gold and silver objects. It is your right to have money in a bank account. It is Gods will that you should prosper, but remember who made you wealthy, and who blessed you in the first place. “The gold and the silver are Mine” says the Lord.

By giving to others, you for fill one of your greatest obligations – to give. But you should be careful not to give so much as to become a burden to other people. You should first look after your own house, and then your family (relatives) and then your brothers before you look after those that are in need in the world.

The Bible clearly states here that you will be compared with an unbeliever, a sinner, one who has no relationship with God and does not know the meaning of His name if you do not look after your relatives. Therefore look after your relatives first and don’t become a burden to others. If you give, give generously but keep in mind that your relatives come first in your relationship.

Build a fence around your love by giving of what you have. Look after other people, but use your brains as your giving is a cold calculated decision in your giving. Let your giving be a blessing to you and your family, not a burden, and see how God will honor your giving, for many have entertained Angels. D. Jonathan Fourie