Psalm 126:5-6 ‘They that sow in tears shall reap in joy. He that goeth forth and weepeth, bearing precious seed, shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves with him’

DAILY READING; Mark 1:1-20; 2 Samuel 2:1-3:1; Daniel 1

In 1799, in a small village in Southern Scotland lived a poor but devout Christian family.
The parents often read the stories of famous missionaries to their children and those stories greatly stirred the heart of their little son named Bobby.
At only four years old, one day, Bobby knelt at the altar in their small village Church and committed his life to Jesus.
Soon after, their church conducted a missions meeting and there was a call for mission’s offerings. When one of the ushers passed by little Bobby, the boy touched the man on the sleeve and whispered, “Please put the offering plate down on the floor.” The usher was surprised by the request, but obliged the child wondering what the boy wanted to do.
To the man’s shock, little Bobby in bare feet, stepped into the offering plate, he then told the perplexed usher “I have no money to give to God, but I give Him myself.”
Bobby meant what he said and from then on he began to live with the view that God owned him and all he had.
In his teenage years, he applied successfully to the London Missionary Society (LMS) and when he was 21 years Bobby was sent as a missionary to South Africa.
Bobby would later become the world-renowned Robert Moffatt, the missionary who did great exploits, opened jungle villages to the Gospel, braved dangers to preach and translate the Bible and exalt Christ on the African continent.
His life became a great inspiration to David Livingstone, who became another legendary missionary to Africa and later became son-in-law to Robert Moffat.
Indeed, Robert Moffat’s life and ministry proves that when we wholly give our lives to God, He uplifts us and uses us for His glory.

Robert Moffat painted the picture of true love for God when he stepped into that offering plate.
True love for God requires giving our all to Him.
God first proved His love for us when He sacrificed His only begotten son for our sakes.
Today is a day when many people across the world profess love to each other in different ways and manners. But the question is how much of that love is really true, because true love requires sacrifice.
Abraham proved his love for God when he willingly obeyed God and placed his son on the altar of sacrifice. This was a son that came twenty five years after God’s promise to him when he was seventy five years old.
As Abraham proved the sincerity of his love, it connected him to God’s sworn blessing that dramatically lifted his generation.
In 1 Kings 3, Solomon showed his love for God by going to Gibeon to offer a thousand burnt offerings on the altar. This moved God to eventually establish him as the wisest and richest king in human history.
Indeed the altar of sacrifice is the altar of turnaround.
The power of sacrifice is clearly exhibited as captivity-turning in Psalm 126, when those who went forth bearing tearful seeds, returned rejoicing, with cheerful harvests.
Sacrifice is the way to provoke open Heavens and supernatural open doors.
Our sincere sacrifice of time, energy and resources into God’s kingdom has the capacity to turn around captivities and give us a positive change of story.
But above all, God desires that we offer ourselves as living sacrifices.
Becoming a living sacrifice means that we are living for God and His kingdom alone. It means that nothing is ever too much to lay down for the sake of God and His kingdom.
Therefore today, while the world celebrates different versions of love, let us show our true love for God by committing to a lifestyle of sacrifice. Certainly, whenever we sow into God’s kingdom, we are only sowing into our future because it is coming back to us in multiplied form; in good measure, pressed down, shaken together and running over..!

PRAYER; Lord, please help me to continually present my life, my time, recourses and all I have to You. May my entire life be dedicated to serving You and the interest of Your kingdom in everything I do and wherever I go in Jesus Name.
QUOTE;
There is something that God has placed within you that the world is eagerly awaiting to see. WORDBITE 222..