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makes the 90 percent that is ours
produce far more than if we had
kept it for ourselves, because He is
honorable.
When The LORD says, "Do
unto others as you would have
them do unto you" (see Luke 6:31),
He is telling us this to enhance
the quality of our lives. He knows
if we practice the Golden Rule,
doing unto others as we would
have them do unto us, eventually
we will be surrounded by people
who are doing the same thing to
us. That's spiritual law: Whatever
a person sows, that shall he also
reap (Galatians 6:7).
A sword has two edges. The
principle of the hundredfold
return Jesus talked about, for
example, has a front side and a
back side. All Scripture does.
The WORD of God also says
we will have what we say (Mark
11:22-23). It does not say we will
have only what we say that's good.
It just says we will have whatever
we say. Now, this comes into play
very seriously in the study of living
honorably before God and man.
When you and I act honorably,
even if we have to swear to our
own hurt, we bring our heavenly
Father on the scene.
As we've seen, God says that
whoever honors Him, He will
honor (1 Samuel 2:30). Honor is
a powerful spiritual force. It is an
act of the will, an act which triggers covenant
realities.
Our wills, not our spirits, are what govern our
lives. I like to illustrate it the way God illustrated
it to me when I was a young boy.
Honor and the Will
When I was a young boy, my dad was quite a
fi sherman. Often he would take me along, and I
loved it.
Dad traveled for a living, and I missed him
while he was gone. The day he was due home, I
Honor Only We Can Bestow
When we give ourselves to God, He accepts us
and, in return, bestows upon us all that He has.
Once we give ourselves and our time to God,
then it becomes our great honor to give Him, out
of our love for Him, anything else above that. We
truly honor Him with our fi nances by giving Him
our fi rst 10 percent—our tithe, because it belongs
to Him (Malachi 3:10). He counts it an honor and
rebukes the devourer for our sakes (verse 11)
and opens the windows of heaven to pour out
so much BLESSING upon us that there will not
even be room enough to contain it all. Then, He
The authority
God has
delegated to
us is not based
on our strength
or power.
It is based on
His WORD.
Let The WORD
fi ght its own
fi ght.
