READ: 1 CORINTHIANS
3:6-7
“For they have sown the wind, and they shall
reap the whirlwind: it has no stalk; the bud shall yield no meal; if so be it
yield, the strangers shall swallow it up” (Hosea 8:7).
Another characteristic of the ground is found in its ability to multiply. When you sow something into the soil, what you get in return is many times more than what was sown. This shows that the ground is a good place to invest because you are sure of a good harvest. Can the same be said for your life? Are you a good for heaven’s investments? Is God assured He will get more than He has sown in your life? Many of us have failed God in this respect. Even other people’s blessings that He channeled through us have ended up in our store houses while the owners starve and continue to pester His for what He has already released.
One thing that constrains you from doing good to people is their lack of appreciation for the one you have already done. When we were still using the old auditorium several years ago, I came to the camp one day and told God, “I am going to prepare a sermon that will really make the congregation to thank you, even when you have done enough for me this year”. He was not angry with me but on the 1st of January the following year, He woke me up and asked me to multiply it by 365 days. Thereafter, He asked me if I kept myself throughout the year. Do you know there are many people languishing in prison without the faintest idea of the crime they are accused of? Not long after, I was on my knees weeping and thanking Him.
“O give thanks to the LORD; call upon His name; make known His deeds among the people” (Psalm 105:1). Sometime between 1977 and 1978, a brother visited us. During prayer time, he was thanking God for bringing an end to the civil war some 10 years before. I learnt a great lesson from that. Some of us only thank God for what He did recently. Some hardly thank Him for previous deeds. The writer of Psalm 105 was thanking God for delivering Israel from Egypt and even for God’s covenant with Abraham – which took place about 1000 years before. Dust your book of records and thank God for what He has done for you since you were born. Thank Him for your ancestry and for your family. Never peg your thanksgiving again!
Another characteristic of the ground is found in its ability to multiply. When you sow something into the soil, what you get in return is many times more than what was sown. This shows that the ground is a good place to invest because you are sure of a good harvest. Can the same be said for your life? Are you a good for heaven’s investments? Is God assured He will get more than He has sown in your life? Many of us have failed God in this respect. Even other people’s blessings that He channeled through us have ended up in our store houses while the owners starve and continue to pester His for what He has already released.
One thing that constrains you from doing good to people is their lack of appreciation for the one you have already done. When we were still using the old auditorium several years ago, I came to the camp one day and told God, “I am going to prepare a sermon that will really make the congregation to thank you, even when you have done enough for me this year”. He was not angry with me but on the 1st of January the following year, He woke me up and asked me to multiply it by 365 days. Thereafter, He asked me if I kept myself throughout the year. Do you know there are many people languishing in prison without the faintest idea of the crime they are accused of? Not long after, I was on my knees weeping and thanking Him.
“O give thanks to the LORD; call upon His name; make known His deeds among the people” (Psalm 105:1). Sometime between 1977 and 1978, a brother visited us. During prayer time, he was thanking God for bringing an end to the civil war some 10 years before. I learnt a great lesson from that. Some of us only thank God for what He did recently. Some hardly thank Him for previous deeds. The writer of Psalm 105 was thanking God for delivering Israel from Egypt and even for God’s covenant with Abraham – which took place about 1000 years before. Dust your book of records and thank God for what He has done for you since you were born. Thank Him for your ancestry and for your family. Never peg your thanksgiving again!
MEMORIZE:
PSALM 105:5 –Remember His marvelous works that He has done; His wonders, and
the judgments of His mouth.
