Rules for Financial Blessings

Praise the Lord, Beloved, and Greetings in the Name of the One who said, “By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another” (John 13:35). The Author of these words is none other than our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. It is in His Name that I greet you.

Beloved, in continuance of our theme, “Rules for Financial Blessings”, this is Rule #2 - Jesus said, “Give” (Luke 6:38). More than giving our tithes, God commands us to meet any need that the Holy Ghost brings to our attention. So, plain and simple giving without expecting anything in return is Rule #2. When we give like this, we receive a unique blessing that we cannot find anywhere else. I’ve taught you on several occasions that a stingy person is never under God’s blessings. I also must remind you that if God does not bless us, we are not blessed. God is the only One who can bless or increase what we give. So, we might as well give with the right motive - as unto the Lord. As Paul puts it, we should give “not with eyeservice, as menpleasers [giving so that people can see what we gave]; but as the servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart” (Ephesians 6:6).

Precious Ones, I have known people who had fine jobs, making big money, but they could never make ends meet. These same individuals seem always to be in debt over their heads. With all the money they earn, they have no more than those with just one job. If God doesn’t bless what they earn in wages, they have worked in vain. I’m telling you, by the authority of the scriptures, that God will not bless anyone’s earnings if they don’t have plans to give some of those earnings to God’s purposes.

Chosen Ones, the scriptures prove that I’m right - “...thus saith the LORD of hosts; Consider your ways. Ye have sown much [you have earned a lot], and bring in little; ye eat, but ye have not enough; ye drink, but ye are not filled with drink; ye clothe you, but there is none warm; and he that earneth wages earneth wages to put it into a bag with holes” (Haggai 1:5-6). So, Beloved, it’s not how much you earn that brings satisfaction or high quality of life. Rather, it’s what you do with what God gives you. So give, and see what the Lord does for you in return.

I will write more on this subject next week. Until then, know this,
I love you all so very much,
In His Love,
Pastor William L McCoy