Beloved, the month of January is the first month of the year and we know that everything that is first belongs to God, the firstfruits are given to the Lord.
January is therefore a month of seed, a month when each of us must give our time to God, where each one will negotiate the turning point of his life for the year but let’s understand this, it is not only a matter of prayer, it is also a question of giving, of sacrifice, of offering, of thanksgiving …
Do not think that it is a subject to be avoided, Christians do not like that we evoke this corridor but let us tell ourselves that giving it is an integral part of the word of God and of Christian life.
The Lord to redeem us could have given the devil anything for us but it would never have had the same impact, the same value if it was not his only son Jesus.
Let us stop thinking that the fact that we have to bring on the altar of God makes pastors mandiants and thieves, it is to God that we give.
Isn’t it okay to feed the altar that we bless?
Isn’t it good to take care of the man of God who gives us to know the depths of the word of God?
We can’t get around giving it in the church, that’s the house of God, that’s where love should reign, that’s where we have to be sensitive and generous.
Giving is important for / in the work of God.
How do we want our lives to take on a certain stability, to have a certain allure if we do not value God, if we neglect his work.
Let’s stop the math, stop looking for our interests and crushing others to be.
Let’s look at a whole Solomon, the King of Israel who had a strengthened throne, he had everything he wanted but he felt incomplete.
His father David had taught him that we do not give God what costs us nothing.
Solomon certainly used to give sacrifices worthy of a king’s son but the day he was enthroned he had glory, he had peace but he was also young.
Solomon understood that what he lacks to lead the people of Israel well, only God is able to give him, he also knows that to attract God, to set him in motion, we must give, we must offer him holocauts. .
Solomon went to Gibeon and offered 1000 oxen to the Lord.
God himself came to visit Solomon, negotiate with him and bless him.
The children of God think that giving is asking too much of them, they say they are poor and refuse to be taught the principles of prosperity.
The widow of Serepta was on the verge of death, she had her last meal with her son, the country was without rain, in want, in drought, no production.
This woman, when she saw the prophet, she had a glimmer of hope but Elijah informs her that she cannot stand out and be blessed, she must first make a seed, she will feed him even if that’s all she has.
The widow of Serepta understood that this was the principle and she gave to the man of God.
Giving it lifts God from his throne, we do not give to impress but to please God and to amass treasures in heaven.
This is why our hearts should be willing and thankful as we make our offerings, it is the expression of our love.
God is a God who gives, he never complains, but we break the rule every time.
Let us invest in the house of the Lord, let us give to the Father so that he releases his graces and favors on us.
In Colossians 3:14 – But above all these things put on charity, which is the bond of perfection.
Fast and pray to love and give selflessly.
Do we still have charity?
Let us ask the Lord for new clothes.
The bond that unites Christians is a bond of love.
Love is disinterested, it expects nothing from the neighbor.
Love for God and love for neighbor must dominate in all areas of our life.
Let us make love the axis and the goal of our life.
And let Jesus transform us.
May the glory be ours.
In the name of Jesus.
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