2 Corinthians 9:10 (ESV) — He who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food
will supply and multiply your seed for sowing and increase the harvest of your
righteousness.
NOTE: This verse is
not a health and wealth gospel verse. God supplies seed and bread. He can also
multiply our seed and harvest. But why will he do that? The context is a
special ministry gift for the poor in Jerusalem. God can multiply our harvest
so that we can multiply our giving. There is no promise, whatsoever, that God
will multiply our harvest so that we can spend more on our self. The passage is
entirely focused on ministry. There is also a warning in the preceding verses,
specifically verse 6, but I like how Paul wrote it to the Galatians: Gal 6:7–9 (ESV) — 7 Do not be deceived: God is not mocked, for whatever
one sows, that will he also reap. 8 For the one who
sows to his own flesh will from the flesh reap corruption, but the one who sows
to the Spirit will from the Spirit reap eternal life. 9 And let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will
reap, if we do not give up. What is my purpose in sowing? If it is
selfish, I will reap the results of selfishness and corruption.
PRAYER: Father,
whatever may change in the next couple of months, may I remember that I live
for you and not myself. Help me to use the resources you have given me for the
kingdom's sake and not my own. I want to live, in all ways, in a manner
befitting my glorious name -- child of the King, the Lord Jesus Christ.
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