2 Chronicles 31:5-10 5 When the people of Israel heard these requirements, they responded generously by bringing the first share of their grain, new wine, olive oil, honey, and all the produce of their fields. They brought a large quantity—a tithe of all they produced. 6 The people who had moved to Judah from Israel, and the people of Judah themselves, brought in the tithes of their cattle, sheep, and goats and a tithe of the things that had been dedicated to the Lord their God, and they piled them up in great heaps. 7 They began piling them up in late spring, and the heaps continued to grow until early autumn.[a] 8 When Hezekiah and his officials came and saw these huge piles, they thanked the Lord and his people Israel!
9 “Where did all this come from?” Hezekiah asked the priests and Levites.
10 And Azariah the high priest, from the family of Zadok, replied, “Since the people began bringing their gifts to the Lord’s Temple, we have had enough to eat and plenty to spare. The Lord has blessed his people, and all this is left over.”
My Thoughts
I love this ... a promise made by God in the New Testament ... many years before this happened was honored before the promise was made!! In Luke 6:38 it says "Give, and you will receive. Your gift will return to you in full--pressed down,
shaken together to make room for more, running over, and poured into your lap.
The amount you give will determine the amount you get back." When we give to God, God takes care of us. It is that simple!! If we want to prosper again as a nation, if we want our families to prosper we must remember that all that we have comes straight from God and give Him back the first part of what we have! When we do this we will have nothing to worry about!!
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