Reap Real Riches

August 27

The spiritual ‘law of reciprocity’ entices many people who aren’t naturally inclined to be generous but are intrigued by the idea that what they give will be multiplied and returned to them. In a troubled economy, many are lured by unscrupulous ‘snake oil salesmen’ into donating their meager resources so they can reap abounding wealth.

Common sense tells us to beware of ‘get rich quick’ schemes, no matter who is promoting them, but desperate people sometimes do desperate things. Yet there is a scriptural basis for believing that the Lord sees and rewards generosity.

In Luke 6:38, Jesus says, “Give and it will be given to you. In good measure, pressed down, shaken together and running over, will it be poured unto you. For the same measure you use in giving will be measured to you.” This has more to do with the reality that if you plant tomatoes, tomatoes will grow in your garden than it does with a promise of great wealth in exchange for being generous in giving to ministry outreaches.

Yes, if you sow investment skill into your life, the seeds of those wise investments will accrue to your financial account. But if you sow into the Kingdom of Jesus; you scatter seeds of truth among the lost, you pray prayers of faith over the sick, you sow your finances into the work of the Kingdom, so you will see many souls saved, many bodies healed, and much of the Lord’s work—real riches--accrued, pressed down, in great measure.