| It is time for you to go to your next level in your | | | | And He knew exactly how much she gave and |
| maturity and walk with Christ, so that means you | | | | how much she had left. His Wisdom saw the |
| also get to go to a "new level" concerning your | | | | condition of her heart. |
| finances! | | | | |
| In in God's Kingdom Economy, (economy being | | | | It was no chance that Solomon humbly asked for |
| God's way for doing things), God wants you as | | | | wisdom and got plenty of it - plus, the greatest |
| wealthy as you can wisely handle finances. He | | | | amount of wealth the world had witnessed up to |
| wants you to walk in His abundance and to show | | | | then. |
| a profit in every area of your life! And you can | | | | With wisdom, as we sense the Lord leading us, |
| tell how much you're going to prosper by how | | | | we can take let's say a small amount of money. |
| wisely you handle the money He gives to you! | | | | Let's say a couple of dollars. We would ask for His |
| And for what purpose is this? Well, so you can be | | | | direction and then, He would give it. |
| abundantly blessed and be a blessing to others; so | | | | With a couple of dollars, He would show us where |
| His Kingdom can grow and prosper; and you | | | | to invest it, first doubling it and then re-doubling it. |
| would have lack of nothing! | | | | Now, tripling it! You as a good steward could be |
| Throughout various teachings in the Christian | | | | setting it aside, once again, let's say in a money |
| world we hear that according to the amount of | | | | market account which bears higher yield than a |
| money we give as Christians, the more blessings | | | | regular pass book savings account. |
| we will have. Sounds good huh? Except it's not | | | | If you had wisdom, and knowledge, and |
| Scriptural. | | | | understanding, in no time at all, with a couple of |
| The amount of the offering has nothing to do | | | | dollars "seed money" you would have |
| with the condition of the heart. This principle is | | | | accumulated quite a little bundle at the end of the |
| nowhere seen more aptly than in the Scripture | | | | year. |
| verses concerning the widow's mite. In today's | | | | A very small beginning indeed, but now you have |
| currency exchanges, she gave hardly anything. | | | | something saved up for either your tax money; |
| But in God's economy, (once again God's Way for | | | | or a little vacation; or perhaps health insurance; or |
| doing things), she gave it all. | | | | even an account to help save for your |
| Wisdom is the yard stick God uses to determine | | | | grandchildren's or children's college fund. You can |
| to what degree we are to prosper. If you were a | | | | even begin to tithe to the Lord as He leads or |
| parent, how likely is it you would give your four | | | | give to missions or... |
| year old a Lexus? Not very likely, right? | | | | Do you see? And you did it all with a small |
| Okay, before God begins to prosper us financially | | | | beginning. Just a couple of bucks. Less than a cup |
| He expects to see us walk in His Wisdom and He | | | | of "joe" at Starbucks. You did it with a tiny seed, |
| begins to prove us to see how well we can | | | | a very small beginning. |
| manage the finances He has entrusted to us. | | | | |
| As a rule, He will begin with a seed, a small | | | | You can always tell how much you're going to |
| beginning, and then, as we have passed the | | | | prosper by how wisely you handle the amount of |
| multiple tests, He gives increase. We see this | | | | finances which God entrusts you with. Remember, |
| concept both in the Old Testament and the New. | | | | God made you the Head and not the Tail! Now |
| Remember the widow in the Temple giving of her | | | | use your head! |
| last mite? You should, Jesus remembered her. | | | | |