Service offerings: You cannot outgive God

Memorise: “And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the fat thereof. And the Lord had respect unto Abel and to his offering” (Gen 4:4)

Read: Genesis 18:8-15

When God smiles on your offering, He leaves you with a blank cheque. A woman once gave God an offering and He smiled on her. As at this time, she was heavily indebted. Today, she is a director in one of the big banks in Nigeria. She sat at home one day when somebody came and invited her to be a director in the bank. She had no money. She had no shares in the bank.

By every standard she never deserved this. But when God wants to demonstrate His love for you, He opens a way where nobody has seen one. When God loves you in a special way, He will order your steps and make circumstances favour you. This year, the Lord will cause you to hear the good news that will change your status for good.

Another lesson learnt from Genesis 18:1-15 is that when God deliberately requests an offering from you, you can be assured that it is a disguised avenue of blessing. When the All Sufficient God asks you for something, begin to celebrate because pending prophecies of several years could be fulfilled in one day.

His visit to Abraham was deliberate. It was an opportunity to effect His promise of several years. Is God asking you for something? Have you yielded or are you still struggling? Beloved, it is only an opportunity to fulfil what He has promised you. Obey Him today and enter into your joy!

Sometimes, God ignores your doubts. When God paid Abraham a visit, Sarah laughed because He said she would have a child. That was sheer unbelief! That was enough to stop God from fulfilling His promise to the couple. But God ignored her unbelief because He was the One who came to ask for food. He absorbed her doubts!

In the mighty Name of Jesus, the Lord will ignore your doubts and fears and manifest His promises and prophecies in your life. Has God requested you to do something for Him?

Go ahead and do it. It may be unknown to your spouse or spiritual leader. Obey Him with dispatch.

Whenever God asks you for something, it could be that He wants to use that avenue to restore something or some opportunity you once lost. Many times, when God is about to do something, He starts at the reverse side. It will take only discerning eyes and hearts to see God at work in such situations.

Meeting God’s demands is a sure way of meeting your needs.