Always More To Give!
"Honor the Lord with your possessions,
and with the firstfruits of all your increase."
Proverbs 3: 9
We occasionally hear this idiom: “There’s plenty more
where that came from.” It can be used in a negative,
combative sense or in a positive, generous sense.
In both cases, the meaning is the same:
There is a reservoir just waiting to be
tapped if needed.
Jesus commended a poor widow who gave all she had to the Lord
(Mark 12:41-44). In her case, there was nothing more “where that
came from”—as opposed to those who gave to the treasury out of
their wealth. Paul likewise commended the Macedonian
churches
who gave out of their poverty (2 Corinthians
8:1-2).
The expression also applies to the principle of giving to God the first
fruits of one’s wealth. The reason we should have no fear of
giving
first to God is because “there’s plenty more where that came from.”
In other words, giving firstfruits to God is an act of faith that He will
continue to bless those who honor Him.
Don’t be afraid to give God the first of your increase.
In doing so, you express your faith that His resources
and provisions are never
ending.
"Are you giving to God what
is right, or what is left?"
James Merritt
