Title: Timely Offering?
Memorize: But Isaac said to his son, “How is it that you have found it so quickly, my son?” And he said, “Because the Lord your God brought it to me.” Genesis 27:20 (Nkjv)
Bible Reading (Nkjv): Genesis 27:20-33
[20] But Isaac said to his son, “How is it that you have found it so quickly, my son?” And he said, “Because the Lord your God brought it to me.”
[21] Isaac said to Jacob, “Please come near, that I may feel you, my son, whether you are really my son Esau or not.”
[22] So Jacob went near to Isaac his father, and he felt him and said, “The voice is Jacob’s voice, but the hands are the hands of Esau.”
[23] And he did not recognize him, because his hands were hairy like his brother Esau’s hands; so he blessed him.
[24] Then he said, “Are you really my son Esau?” He said, “I am.”
[25] He said, “Bring it near to me, and I will eat of my son’s game, so that my soul may bless you.” So he brought it near to him, and he ate; and he brought him wine, and he drank.
[26] Then his father Isaac said to him, “Come near now and kiss me, my son.”
[27]And he came near and kissed him; and he smelled the smell of his clothing, and blessed him and said: “Surely, the smell of my son is like the smell of a field which the Lord has blessed.
[28] Therefore may God give you of the dew of heaven, of the fatness of the earth, and plenty of grain and wine.
[29] Let peoples serve you, and nations bow down to you. Be master over your brethren, and let your mother’s sons bow down to you. Cursed be everyone who curses you, and blessed be those who bless you!”
[30] Now it happened, as soon as Isaac had finished blessing Jacob, and Jacob had scarcely gone out from the presence of Isaac his father, that Esau his brother came in from his hunting.
[31] He also had made savory food, and brought it to his father, and said to his father, “Let my father arise and eat of his son’s game, that your soul may bless me.”
[32]And his father Isaac said to him, “Who are you?” So he said, “I am your son, your firstborn, Esau.”
[33] Then Isaac trembled exceedingly, and said, “Who? Where is the one who hunted game and brought it to me? I ate all of it before you came, and I have blessed him—and indeed he shall be blessed.”
Message:
I once shared a need of the Church with one of my sons, and instead of promptly meeting it because of its urgency, he said he would go and pray about it.
The following week when he came, ready to meet the need,God had already raised someone else to resolve the issue, He felt bad about it but learnt the lesson that the work of God cannot suffer as God will always raise people to do what is needed to be done.
Many children are very slow in acting upon God’s direct instructions or Scriptures, such as in the giving of offerings and tithes or doing good to our neighbors.
Some people waste time thinking about why they should give and the possible outcome of their giving.
When they now decide to give, it is already too late because the one who needed help had already gotten it from another Source or has lost out completely.
May the Lord grant you the grace and wisdom to offer your gifts at a time acceptable unto God, and may He never substitute you for someone else in the name of Jesus.
Action Point:
Identify areas of need in your fellowship, Church or neighborhood. Meet at least 1 of them this week.
HYMN 5 – TAKE MY LIFE AND LET IT BE
1. Take my life and let it
Consecrated Lord to Thee
Take my moment and my days
Let them flow ceaseless praise.
2. Take my hands and let them move
At the impulse of Thy love
Take my feet and let them be
Swift and beautiful for thee
3. Take my voice and let me sing
Always only for my king;
Take my lips and let them be
Filled with messages from Thee.
4. Take my sliver and my gold
Not a mite would I withhold
Take my intellect, and use
Every power as thou shalt choose.
5. Take my will and make it Thine,
It shall no longer mine:
Take my heart, it is Thine own;
It shall be Thy royal throne,
6. Take my love, my Lord, I pour
At Thy feet its treasure store;
Take myself, and I will be
Ever, only, all for thee
Bible Reading In One Year: Mark 1-3
AUTHORS: PASTOR E.A ADEBOYE
PASTOR MRS FOLU ADEBOYE