KFLCC Kingdom Economics

The Significance of the Giving Life

seemed in vain. A rich man heard of their plight and contributed a large donation on behalf of the choir. The idea is that, after you have been obedient to God and it appears you are going to run low or run out, the Spirit of the Lord will step in and contribute to your support. God will contribute to assist you in your time of need. The word need is a Greek word meaning, “a necessity, business and employment.” We could say that God will supply all of your employment necessities! The Lord supplies this according to His riches. The Greek word for riches here is ploutos, which refers to wealth, money, bestowment and abundance. Imagine the riches and abundance God has, including owning the cattle on a thousand hills (Ps. 50:10). There is, however, a difference between God supplying your need according to your need and your need according to His riches. I heard my friend Walter Hallam explain this by saying that, if a stranger came to you needing money for gas and he was sincere, you would give him ten dollars to meet the need. However, if your wife came to you needing money for gas, you might just give her a couple of fifty dollar bills. You provide for your wife, not just for the need, but from your personal supply of riches. Why? Because you know your wife and have a relationship with her. D ON ’ T A SK O NLY T HAT THE N EED B E M ET When I heard this, I realized that too often believers seek the Lord in their times of need and ask only for the need to be met: “God I need a job as soon as possible... I need a breakthrough in my finances... I need money to pay a house payment and a car payment now... this bill is coming due and I need help to pay it...” If we only pray for the need to be met, then we will only expect for the need to be met, when God may desire a greater increase for you, but you are not believing or expecting it to occur. As an example, Peter had fished all night and caught nothing. Christ asked to borrow Peter’s boat to stand in while preaching to a multitude on the shoreline. After the sermon, Christ told Peter to take nets and go fishing for a great catch of fish (Luke 5:1-7). Peter obeyed but only dragged a net (one net) through the water. The catch of fish was so overwhelming that Peter called other boats to participate in this fish harvest! The Lord not only met the need of Peter to fill his net, but this overflow blessing required nets to contain the fish. Christ borrowed five loaves and two fishes to feed five thousand and

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