Luke 6:38 ‘Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again.’

DAILY READING; • Matthew 23:13-39; Numbers 23:27-24:25; Song of Solomon 5:2-6:3

Robert Gilmore LeTourneau is one of the most inspiring Christian inventor, businessman and entrepreneur the world has ever seen. Though he was a sixth grade dropout, R.G LeTourneau through investing in God’s kingdom, became the leading machinery manufacturer of his day.
However at the beginning of his career, he learned an important lesson about giving to the Lord.
He had made an annual pledge of $5,000 annual to the Church. As a result of this giving, in one year, he made $35,000 profit during a time of depression.
However, puffed up with pride, he then decided to withhold the payment of his $5,000 annual pledge the next year, in order to reinvest it and gain an anticipated net profit of $100,000.
However, within a year, his anticipated $100,000 profit was turned into a $100,000 loss. Chastened and repentant, LeTourneau then made every effort to redeem his skipped pledge to the Church.
As he resumed giving to the Lord, from that point on, LeTourneau’s fortune changed and within four years, he and his wife founded the LeTourneau Foundation, which financed evangelical Christian work world-wide. At one time, this foundation was worth $40 million.
Through giving to the Lord, LeTourneau greatly prospered. He eventually had more than 300 patents to his name and made major contributions to road construction and heavy equipment that forever changed the world. Most importantly, his contribution to the advancement of the Gospel ranks him among the greatest of Christian Businessmen of all time.
LeTourneau would go on to give 90% of his income to the spread of the Gospel, while keeping only 10%. He was often quoted as saying “It is not how much money I give to God, but how much of God’s money I keep for myself.”

The level to which we are committed to promoting God’s kingdom will determine the level to which He will bless us.
It is indeed the blessings of God that makes rich and not our smartness. Riches do not come because of our financial ingenuity or projections.
It may be tempting sometimes to think we are prospering because we are working hard, however, the truth is that kingdom prosperity is determined by our kingdom investment. The more you give the more you are qualified to receive.

Luke 6:38 says ‘Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again.’

We are not blessed to be accumulators; we are blessed to be distributors. In God’s Kingdom, we are blessed essentially to be channels of His blessing. No one can be blessed beyond their commitment to be a blessing.
Through giving to the Lord, Abraham did not only become blessed, also all the generations after him were blessed. Through his willingness to lay down Isaac, Abraham’s posterity gained prosperity.
Abraham’s action, foreshadowed an event that would take place 2,000 years later when God willingly sacrificed his only son, Jesus. Through the sacrifice of Jesus, we have redemption today. Through the power in His Blood we can now live in victory and dominion on the earth.
Just as Jesus proved His love by laying His life down at Calvary for us, let us also prove our love for Him by our willingness to lay it all down. Let us totally give Him all of our lives and hearts and then let us continually be willing to sow towards the promotion of His kingdom on the earth.

PRAYER; Lord I thank You for the gift of eternal life You have given me through Your sacrifice at the cross. Please enable me to be willing to always lay down everything You demand of me, withholding nothing in Jesus Name.
Quote :
For you to enjoy victory in The Kingdom of God, you need to develop a kingdom mind, that thinks in line with The Word of God. – WORDBITE 222.