Deuteronomy 8:18 (NKJV) “And you shall remember the LORD your God, for it is He who gives you power to get wealth, that He may establish His covenant which He swore to your fathers, as it is this day.
It is God who has given us the ability to obtain wealth so that He may establish His covenant. God is a God of covenant, and He operates within the covenant relationship with us. Because God honours His covenant, He provides us with our daily necessities and jobs or businesses that support our families. He provides for us based on His calling and gifting that He gives each person, such as sharp business acumen or specialised skills. When we truly see God as our provider rather than people, we can remain steady and content in every circumstance; when our trust rests fully in the Lord, it forms a strong foundation that keeps us from compromising with the world when pressure comes.
2 Corinthians 9:8,10 (NKJV) And God is able to make all grace abound toward you, that you, always having all sufficiency in all things, may have an abundance for every good work…. Now may He who supplies seed to the sower, and bread for food, supply and multiply the seed you have sown and increase the fruits of your righteousness,
God ensures that we always have all sufficiency and an abundance for every good work. It is also God who supplies the seed, and in this case, the seed refers to money. He is also the One who multiplies the seed that we have sown because He wants us to be the channel of blessings to those He wants to bless. We are proven to be a trusted channel through our faithful giving in tithes and freewill offerings.
How does God provide for us? His provision flows through the two pathways He has revealed in His Word. As we tithe and bring freewill offerings, we are exercising our faith in trusting Him. The above Scripture shows that God supplies and multiplies the seed we sow, and in Malachi 3:10 He promises to open the windows of heaven when we honour Him with the tithe. These are ways God has designed to ensure we walk in His sufficiency and have an abundance for every good work.
There is a continual flow of God’s provision when He can trust us to be a blessing to others. We are blessed so that we may become a blessing. The greatest blessing is the righteousness He has imputed to us, which compels us to share the gospel. Another blessing is the ability to bless others financially as God supplies.
Reflection: How is God inviting you to use the resources He has entrusted to you, including your time and finances, to bless others and advance the work of the gospel?
Sermon Series： Our Free Will Offering
蒙福成为祝福
申命记 8:18 你要记念耶和华你的神，因为得货财的力量是他给你的，为要坚定他向你列祖起誓所立的约，像今日一样。
是神赐给我们得货财的能力，好使祂能够持守祂所起的约。神是一个守约的神，祂在与我们立约的关系中运行。因为神信守祂的约，祂供应我们的日常所需，也赐予工作或事业以养家糊口。祂的供应是根据每个人的呼召和恩赐而来，例如敏锐的商业头脑或专业技能。当我们真正看见神是我们的供应者，而不是人时，我们便能在各种环境中保持稳固与知足；当我们的信靠完全建立在主上时，这份稳固成为坚实的根基，使我们在压力面前不与世俗妥协。
哥林多后书 9:8,10 神能将各样的恩惠多多地加给你们，使你们凡事常常充足，能多行各样善事， … 那赐种给撒种的、赐粮给人吃的，必多多加给你们种地的种子，又增添你们仁义的果子，
神确保我们凡事常常充足，并为各样善事有丰盛的预备。祂也是赐下种子的主，这里的“种子”指金钱。神也会加增我们所撒的种子，因为祂盼望我们成为祝福他人管道的管道。我们在忠心奉献十分之一和甘心乐意的奉献时，就表明自己是忠心的管道。
神如何供应我们？祂的供应通过在圣经中启示的两条途径流向我们。我们在奉献十分之一和甘心乐意的奉献时，就是在行使对神的信心。经文表明，神会供应并加增我们所撒的种子；在玛拉基书 3:10 中，祂应许当我们以奉献尊荣他时，祂必打开天上的窗户。这些都是神为确保我们在凡事上充足，并在各样善事上富足有余而设立的应许。
当神可以信任我们去祝福他人时，祂的供应就会持续流动。我们蒙福，是为了成为祝福。最大的祝福是祂所赐给我们的义，这激励我们去分享福音。另一个祝福是，当神供应时，我们也能经济上祝福他人。
默想：神正在如何邀请你使用祂所托付给你的资源，包括时间与财务，去祝福他人并推动福音的工作呢？
讲章系列：甘心乐意的奉献