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“Ye looked for much, and, lo, it came to little; and when ye brought it home, I did blow upon it. Why? saith the Lord of hosts. Because of mine house that is waste, and ye run every man unto his own house.” — Haggai 1:9
Churlish souls stint their contributions to the ministry and missionary operations, and call such saving good economy; little do they dream that they are thus impoverishing themselves. Their excuse is that they must care for their own families, and they forget that to neglect the house of God is the sure way to bring ruin upon their own houses. Our God has a method in providence by which He can succeed our endeavours beyond our expectation, or can defeat our plans to our confusion and dismay; by a turn of His hand He can steer our vessel in a profitable channel, or run it aground in poverty and bankruptcy. It is the teaching of Scripture that the Lord enriches the liberal and leaves the miserly to find out that withholding tendeth to poverty. In a very wide sphere of observation, I have noticed that…
the most generous Christians of my acquaintance have been always
the most happy, and almost invariably the most prosperous. I have seen
the liberal giver rise to wealth of which he never dreamed; and I have as
often seen the mean, ungenerous churl descend to poverty by the very
parsimony by which he thought to rise. Men trust good stewards with
larger and larger sums, and so it frequently is with the Lord; He gives by
cartloads to those who give by bushels. Where wealth is not bestowed the
Lord makes the little much by the contentment which the sanctified heart
feels in a portion of which the tithe has been dedicated to the Lord.
Selfishness looks first at home, but godliness seeks first the kingdom of
God and His righteousness, yet in the long run selfishness is loss, and
godliness is great gain. It needs faith to act towards our God with an open
hand, but surely He deserves it of us; and all that we can do is a very poor
acknowledgment of our amazing indebtedness to His goodness.
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“Ye looked for much, and, lo, it came to little; and when ye brought it home, I did blow upon it. Why? saith the Lord of hosts. Because of mine house that is waste, and ye run every man unto his own house.” — Haggai 1:9
Churlish souls stint their contributions to the ministry and missionary operations, and call such saving good economy; little do they dream that they are thus impoverishing themselves. Their excuse is that they must care for their own families, and they forget that to neglect the house of God is the sure way to bring ruin upon their own houses. Our God has a method in providence by which He can succeed our endeavours beyond our expectation, or can defeat our plans to our confusion and dismay; by a turn of His hand He can steer our vessel in a profitable channel, or run it aground in poverty and bankruptcy. It is the teaching of Scripture that the Lord enriches the liberal and leaves the miserly to find out that withholding tendeth to poverty. In a very wide sphere of observation, I have noticed that…
the most generous Christians of my acquaintance have been always
the most happy, and almost invariably the most prosperous. I have seen
the liberal giver rise to wealth of which he never dreamed; and I have as
often seen the mean, ungenerous churl descend to poverty by the very
parsimony by which he thought to rise. Men trust good stewards with
larger and larger sums, and so it frequently is with the Lord; He gives by
cartloads to those who give by bushels. Where wealth is not bestowed the
Lord makes the little much by the contentment which the sanctified heart
feels in a portion of which the tithe has been dedicated to the Lord.
Selfishness looks first at home, but godliness seeks first the kingdom of
God and His righteousness, yet in the long run selfishness is loss, and
godliness is great gain. It needs faith to act towards our God with an open
hand, but surely He deserves it of us; and all that we can do is a very poor
acknowledgment of our amazing indebtedness to His goodness.
To make sure you never miss an episode, please subscribe today wherever you listen to podcasts.
Producer: Todd Adkins
Voice Artist: Ian Cullen
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