Give god first

Don't wait until you've paid all the bills and bought your children's clothes and everything is fine, then start giving to the Lord. That is not the first fruits, that is the "last fruits". Many Christians are experts in the "last fruits" but not in the first fruits.

We begin this series of meditations on generosity with the story of the widow of Sarepta, whom God used to feed the prophet Elijah during a great famine throughout the region. We know the story: When Elías arrives at the widow's house, she prepares to eat the last morsel she has left with her son, and then abandons herself to die.

By the way, why does God choose the most extreme situations? Many times to show his power. He wants to establish spiritual laws, that it is not according to the strength of man, but to the power of God. And then Elijah comes there, first to a widow, and then to a miserable, poor widow and asks that widow to feed him.

God was going to use the faith of that poor widow to show that with Him everything is possible, that if we believe Him and take a step of faith, He is faithful and powerful not only to give us what we need, but also to use us to be of blessing to others.

Elías asks the widow to first make a cake for him out of the very little that he has left, and then for her and her son to eat, promising that if she does so, she will not lack neither flour nor oil until the drought passes: “ Do not be afraid; make me a little cake first, and treme it; and afterward you shall make for yourself and your son ”(1 Kings 17:13).

Elías was establishing another spiritual principle that we now extract from Scripture and apply it in the 21st century, and that will bless your life, it will bless your economy, your children, your family: Give God first. Give God the first fruits of your economy.

God always says “give me first”. God wanted to put this woman in the zone of discomfort. Because it is in that area where the heart of God is unleashed, where blessing flows, where grace flows. This is where we have to learn to give to God and to give to others. When this woman obeyed the prophet Elijah, and the spiritual principle that her request embodied, blessing and prosperity were unleashed. And the Bible says that "the oil did not diminish nor the oil was scarce in all the time that Elijah was with her", until the famine in the country ended.

And notice that after that his son had a serious illness and died, and since Elijah was there, he revived his son as well. Because the blessing of parents extends to children. Do you want your children to be blessed in the future? If you want a prosperous family, blessed children, be generous to God. Always give Him first, and He will bless your home and your generations.

We must give to the Lord in all areas: money, profession, intellect, time, energy, forgiveness, grace, all things must be distributed, distributed, distributed. Give generously and don't worry. Sow "to seven and eight" and you will see how you will always be able to reap. What you sowed here will take a little while, but it will be a long time since you will have sown elsewhere, and while the other comes, you will be able to reap from what you sowed first. Then you can collect from this and after the other, and you will always have seeds that will be sprouting and bearing fruit.

The blessing will flow in your life continually if you are generous to God. The Lord tells you today, "Enter the zone of discomfort." Give to God first. Don't be intimidated by your limited circumstances. Give from what little you have, and always set aside the first fruits for God. This spiritual principle will follow you every day of your life, and the source of your blessing will never run dry.