STEWARDSHIP FOCUS YOU CANNOT OUT-GIVE GOD Allen Cooper
Amaziah said to the man of God, “But what shall we do about the hundred talents that I have given to the army of Israel?” The man of God answered, “The Lord is able to give you much more than this.” 2 Chronicles 25:9
King Amaziah had hired 100,000 mighty men of valor from Israel to serve as mercenaries, paying them a hundred talents of silver in advance when a prophet of the Lord appeared and instructed him to disband the mercenaries before battle.
Naturally, Amaziah was concerned that if he followed the prophet’s counsel, he could end up losing the battle and the one hundred talents he was called to sacrifice, as well. So the prophet assures him, “The LORD is able to give you much more than this.” Fortunately, he listens (this time), discharges the mercenaries, and leads his people to victory.
Whenever we’re called to sacrifice for the gospel or kingdom, let this truth settle in our souls: The Lord is able to give you much more than you had asked for or expected. Our Lord continually assures us that in any and every sacrifice, He is able to repay us exponentially.
When Peter said to Jesus, “We have left everything and followed you,” Jesus replied, “Truly, I say to you, there is no one who has left house or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or lands, for my sake and for the gospel, who will not receive a hundredfold now in this time, houses and brothers and sisters and mothers and children and lands, with persecutions, and in the age to come eternal life” (Mark 10:28-30).
Reader, do you truly think you can out-give God? Everything is His. The silver is His, the gold is His, and the cattle on a thousand hills (Hag. 2:8; Ps. 50:10). The Lord rewards obedience and losses due to acts of obedience. If you are ousted from your home for your faith, you can expect that the Lord will open the doors for you to be welcomed in a household of faith.
Blessings will always follow the faithful—if not in this life, certainly in the life to come.