What happens when the lock of a door becomes rusty and the key can’t turn it? How do you go about opening the door? You can think of any number of things to do to it, but this is the easiest and most effective oil or grease it to lubricate the necessary parts. Yes, the master-key has been provided, but this book won’t be complete without any mention of the conditions by which the principles presented will function.

It is clear that giving is the key to receiving heaven’s increments. Without it God has no access to you, because His law states that there can be no harvest without first planting a seed. However, no giving can be acceptable without a correct attitude. You see, not every giver will end up being prosperous.

Indeed, some tithers, pledgers and givers may die in penury. The law you have to receive entails giv-ing, but it does not end there. So, what exactly is it that results in this supernatural abundance?

Remember, it is a supernatural act of God. It is not something to labor for. We are talking about the supernatural finger of God in the material affairs of men. We are talking about God dazing you with material abundance supernaturally, not about what you struggle to get.

“But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.” Matthew 6:33

Jesus leaked a secret, and that secret is a fundamental law that brings about super abundance in any believer’s life.

If you sow your seed on the wrong soil, you will reap nothing. It is not just planting that brings an harvest, but planting in the right place. Seek first the kingdom of God (and all its demands) and all these things the Gentiles run after, and kill people to get, He will supernaturally add to you.

The reason many givers give today is that they are seeking for money. They give their tithe only so they can have more money, but not so that God’s kingdom can be expanded. They give, not so that God can ful-fil His purpose of reaching the nations of the earth with the gospel, but they cast their offering into the basket so that they can get more money.

God is saying, “Run after Me, then I will supernaturally add those things to you.” That is the only way to lay up gold as dust. That is Jesus’ own teaching. That is the teaching through the Spirit of God. God knows you need these things, and He is sincerely telling you how to get them.

“Seek ye first…” Before attending to your own needs, you ought to have lined up what the kingdom of God in your vicinity needs first. This is the only way to abundance  putting God’s kingdom first.

Whosoever has left something for God’s sake and for the kingdom’s sake, not for his own sake, he shall have hundredfold of it now in this time, and in the world to come, life everlasting. Those who give for their own sake will have nothing, but those who give for God’s sake and for His kingdom, can expect hundredfold returns (manifold returns).

The supernatural blow-up we are talking about is for kingdom addicts, people that are addicted to the welfare of the kingdom. It is not for gimmick givers. It is your attitude for giving that determines whether it has returns or not.

Many prosperity preachers have missed this point. They tell you that if you give, God will in turn increase your purse. It is not true. God will not give the returns to everybody. He will only do so on these premise:

Seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.

He will only prosper those whose thought life is the kingdom – when they sleep, wake up, when they are looking for a business. Everything is so that the kingdom of God can flourish. The kingdom of God is the motive they have for every effort they put into life. God’s Word says:

“Labour not to be rich: ease from thine own wisdom.” Proverbs 23:4

This advice is necessary, because you never get rich through sweat, at least not in the kingdom. Bless God, we are commanded not to be idle, but your strength is inadequate to guarantee you riches; so don’t sweat over it, the sinners are the ones sweating over it.

Labour not to be rich and cease from your own (wisdom) understanding. Your understanding tells you, “The harder you work, the more blessed you become.” But God says, “Cease from it, because it will never work for you that way in this new kingdom (the kingdom of God).” It is not your strength that brought the wealth, it is the Lord that gives you power to get it. Your sweat is too small for that.

“…By strength shall no man prevail.” 1 Samuel 2:9

“…It is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that sheweth mercy.” Romans 9:16

“There is no king saved by the multitude of an host …An horse is a vain thing for safety…” Psalm 33:16-17

So, if the reason you are giving offerings is so that you can get money, your condition is pitiable. But if it is so that God’s kingdom can be built and spread abroad, then I congratulate you in advance, because you are among the people that will lay up money as dust.

Many people have been giving for many years and they’ve never received onefold. They are planting on a completely wrong platform for their own sake, so they could have cars, and live in good houses. That is all the reason they are giving! The only people that are entitled to hundredfolds don’t jump it…

Ce texte est un extrait du livre “CONVENANT WEALTH” écrit par David O. Oyedepo.  

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