Blessed to be a Blessing
ICS Daily Devotions

Deuteronomy 8:18 (NKJV) “And you shall remember the LORD your God, for it is He who gives you power to get wealth, that He may establish His covenant which He swore to your fathers, as it is this day.

It is God who has given us the ability to obtain wealth so that He may establish His covenant. God is a God of covenant, and He operates within the covenant relationship with us. Because God honours His covenant, He provides us with our daily necessities and jobs or businesses that support our families. He provides for us based on His calling and gifting that He gives each person, such as sharp business acumen or specialised skills. When we truly see God as our provider rather than people, we can remain steady and content in every circumstance; when our trust rests fully in the Lord, it forms a strong foundation that keeps us from compromising with the world when pressure comes.

2 Corinthians 9:8,10 (NKJV) And God is able to make all grace abound toward you, that you, always having all sufficiency in all things, may have an abundance for every good work…. Now may He who supplies seed to the sower, and bread for food, supply and multiply the seed you have sown and increase the fruits of your righteousness,

God ensures that we always have all sufficiency and an abundance for every good work. It is also God who supplies the seed, and in this case, the seed refers to money. He is also the One who multiplies the seed that we have sown because He wants us to be the channel of blessings to those He wants to bless. We are proven to be a trusted channel through our faithful giving in tithes and freewill offerings.

How does God provide for us? His provision flows through the two pathways He has revealed in His Word. As we tithe and bring freewill offerings, we are exercising our faith in trusting Him. The above Scripture shows that God supplies and multiplies the seed we sow, and in Malachi 3:10 He promises to open the windows of heaven when we honour Him with the tithe. These are ways God has designed to ensure we walk in His sufficiency and have an abundance for every good work.

There is a continual flow of God’s provision when He can trust us to be a blessing to others. We are blessed so that we may become a blessing. The greatest blessing is the righteousness He has imputed to us, which compels us to share the gospel. Another blessing is the ability to bless others financially as God supplies.

Reflection: How is God inviting you to use the resources He has entrusted to you, including your time and finances, to bless others and advance the work of the gospel?

Sermon Series： Our Free Will Offering