What I'm about to share has nothing to do with tithing, but it has everything to do with our established lifestyle of giving above and beyond the tithe (Malachi 3:8-12).
Are you a cheerful giver? Has the Holy Spirit moved on your heart more than once over the past months and years to give a "bountiful gift" (2Cor.9:5-7)? If so, the Lord wants to tell you that you have a bank account in Heaven that remains untouched by recession, depression, bad investments, or theft, and that it has been accruing interest all this time.
Phil.4:17 - "Not that I seek the gift itself, but I seek for the profit which increases to your account."
Matt.6:19,20 - "Do not lay up for yourself treasures upon the earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where theives break in and steal. But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys, and where theives do not break in or steal..."
Nugget of Gold: I believe the Lord is saying to His church that NOW is the time to begin making "withdrawals" from our heavenly bank accounts. The money needed for Kingdom work, as well as provision for basic needs, is available to us by faith!
The spiritual principle is found in Luke 6:38:
"Give and it will be given to you; good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, they will pour into your lap. For by your standard of measure it will be measured to you in return."
The word "give" means "to make a present of; donate". Note that this is not the same as compensation or earnings from work or a task performed (regardless of how much the Lord has blessed the work of your hands). Thus, as you have given to others, the Lord will now cause others to give to you.
I believe that we have entered the time when "the abundance of the sea will be turned to you, the wealth of the nations will come to you." (Isa.60:5)
Prayer: Lord, I now make a withdrawal from my heavenly bank account. I ask that $_____ be released to me now! Thank you, my King.
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