Read Deuteronomy 28:47-48 from your Bible
The next issue we want to consider in foundation for prosperity is affection.
I define affection as delightsome commitment getting involved with excitement
Read Jeremiah 23:36-39 to see a prophetic parable
So you have to be delighted in God, you have to be excited! God loves a cheerful giver. That is, God doesn’t love just the giver, but the one that gives cheerfully. Giving therefore without being cheerful is wasting your seed. It has no future.
When you do it as a burden and not as a delight, you end up in shame and reproach. When you don’t obey God with delight, it’s a curse.
God is not a taskmaster. He brought us out of the taskmaster’s domain in Egypt, so we can enjoy His favours and blessings. God must not be seen as a burden, otherwise life remains a burden for you!
When you are not delighted in your service unto God, you suffer lack. You know why many people are in lack today? They give their tithes with complaints and murmuring! Any time you’re not excited, please never drop an offering, it’s a waste! Serve the Lord with gladness of heart!
There is nothing that has happened to you that is not common to man. But when you now make your own special, you become a special problem to God. Hear me: you don’t have a special problem, only special ignorance!
You have a flat tyre, thank God you’re not the one who went flat! All you do is get out of the car (if you’re really going somewhere) and jump into the next bus that comes along and be about your job!
God is not a burden! There is no special problem in this world, don’t create one for yourself! There’s nothing around you that you cannot handle. There’s a great tomorrow for you! It’s not a burden serving the Lord, it’s a privilege!
Affection is an expression of love. When that young ruler came to Jesus and asked, “Which is the greatest commandment of the law?”, Jesus said: “…Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.” (Matthew 22:37)
Your affection for God is crucial in your Christian adventure.
Giving to God without a heart-seated affection for Him will always lead to a lifetime of frustrations. The quality of your affection for God determines your future in the kingdom.
Read 1 Corinthians 13:3 from your Bible
So giving without affection cancels out the giving. Say with me, “Lord, help me to stay in love with You and in the affairs of Your kingdom.”
shalom!
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