Abound Toward You (1/21-25)

21-25 January 2016 - Abound Toward You – Manna by Dorothy Callies

2 Cor. 9:8 “God is able to make all grace abound toward you, that you, always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good work.”

The word abound means to be present in large numbers or in great quantity and to be filled or abundantly supplied. Be plentiful or more than enough. In the Scripture the word, “grace” refers to the favor and blessings of God, both spiritual and material. The word sufficient means enough to achieve a goal or fill a need or to meet one’s needs.

I memorize from a card verse, “God is able to make all grace abound toward you so that you may abound to every good work.” As I ponder this verse, I realized it has something to do with the giving. Reading from Verse 8-11, God gave the seeds to the sower to minister to others and God will multiply back to you. God must have a seed to start with. If you give “0”, God multiply back to you, “0”.

This is a striking truth: the believer receives so that he can give. This means that no believer has an excuse for hoarding and keeping back more than you needs. God did not give it to you to keep back. God gave it to the believer to meet the desperate needs of the world. It means that all the believer has is to be given. It is not to be kept. You are only a channel through which God sends His blessing to the Christians and to the world.

Dear Lord, thank You for this truth what You have given us, we are not to keep them for ourselves. Please forgive us for being selfish. Thank You for cleanse us with the precious blood of Jesus. Your mercy are new every morning. O Lord, make us a blessing to someone today. In Jesus’ name.

Song: Make Me a Blessing

                Chorus:

Make me a blessing, Make me a blessing;

Out of my life may Jesus shine;

Make me a blessing, O Savior, I pray,

Make me a blessing to someone today.

Give as ‘twas given to you in your need;

Love as the Master loved you;

Be to the helpless a helper indeed;

Unto your mission be true. (Chorus)

Tell the sweet story of Christ and His love;

Tell of His power to forgive;

Others will trust him if only you prove

True every moment you live. (Chorus)

          (By Ira Bishop Wilson, Sing His Praise)