THE
GOD OF ABUNDANCE
BREAD
9 You
care for the land and water it; you enrich it abundantly. The streams of God
are filled with water to provide the people with grain, for so you have
ordained it. 10 You
drench its furrows and level its ridges; you soften it with showers and bless
its crops. 11 You
crown the year with your bounty, and your carts overflow with abundance. 12 The grasslands of the desert
overflow; the hills are clothed with gladness. 13 The meadows are covered with
flocks and the valleys are mantled with grain; they shout for joy and
sing. Psalms 65:9-13 (NIV)
10 The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have
come that they may have life, and have it to the full. John 10:10 (NIV)
1 The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not be in
want. 2 He
makes me lie down in green pastures, he leads me beside quiet waters, 3 he restores my soul. He guides
me in paths of righteousness for his name's sake. 4 Even though I walk through the
valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your
rod and your staff, they comfort me. 5 You prepare a table before me in the presence of my
enemies. You anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows. 6 Surely goodness and love will
follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever. Psalms 23:1-6 (NIV)
12 You
let men ride over our heads; we went through fire and water, but you brought us
to a place of abundance. Psalms 66:12
(NIV)
11 He
replied, “The knowledge of the secrets of the kingdom
of heaven has been given to you, but not to them. 12 Whoever
has will be given more, and he will have an abundance. Whoever does not have,
even what he has will be taken from him.”
Matthew 13:11-12 (NIV)
12 For
there is no difference between Jew and Gentile--the same Lord is Lord of all
and richly blesses all who call on him, 13 for, “Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will
be saved.” Romans 10:12-13 (NIV)
25 I was
young and now I am old, yet I have never seen the righteous forsaken or their
children begging bread. 26 They
are always generous and lend freely; their children will be blessed. Psalms 37:25-26 (NIV)
10 I am
the Lord your God, who brought you
up out of Egypt. Open wide your mouth and I will fill it. Psalms 81:10 (NIV)
20 Now to
him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according
to his power that is at work within us, 21 to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus
throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen. Ephesians 3:20-21 (NIV)
BUTTER
“Contentment is a learned secret that sadly many fail in their endeavors to obtain. It is never found in more, better, bigger, new, marriages, children or whatever that whatever may be. Oh, it may appear briefly with these faux gods we seek to enthrone but vanishes quickly after obtaining. A contentment and peace which prevails is found only in Christ. He wants to fill our wants – just ask Him. He wants to be the desire of our hearts – seek Him. Because He knows it will make us whole so that we are no longer needy or just plain annoying to be around. God fills completely when we allow Him. He wants to fill us in order to spill us (which, btw, brings much joy to the soul) so that we leave the aroma of Christ in our spheres rather than the smell of death. This is the abundance He came to give us – life to the fullest measure. This is contentment.” BHY
“The Holy Spirit is the Comforter, the Helper, the Guide, the very
presence of God living in you. The great promise of God in prayer is this: We
ask God for the gift- He gives us the Giver. We ask God for the supply and He
gives us the Source. We ask God for the money and He doesn't give us cash;
instead, so to speak, He gives us the bank...He delights in giving us
Himself....The resources of heaven are ready and waiting for the people of God
who desire to make much of him in this world.”
David Platt
“We sometimes seem to forget that what God takes He takes
in fire; and that the only way to the resurrection life and the ascension mount
is the way of the garden, the cross, and the grave. Think not, O soul of man, that Abraham’s was
a unique and solitary experience. It is
simply a specimen and pattern of God’s dealings with all souls who are prepared
to obey Him at whatever cost. After thou
hast patiently endured, thou shalt receive the promise. The moment of supreme sacrifice shall be the
moment of supreme and rapturous blessing.
God’s river, which is full of water, shall burst its banks, and pour
upon thee a tide of wealth and grace.
There is nothing, indeed, which God will not do for a man who dares to
step out upon what seems to be the mist; though as he puts down his foot he
finds a rock beneath him.” F. B. Meyer
“Just as
water ever seeks and fills the lowest place, so the moment God finds you abased
and empty, His glory and power flow in.”
Andrew Murray
“But when the psalmist said, ‘All my
springs are in you,’ he meant that all his innermost resources were found in
His ever-flowing and overflowing Lord – all his courage, all his joy, all his
resilience, all his optimism, all his hope, all his love, all his wisdom, all
his patience. The Lord Jesus is the source
of that which refreshes our personalities and of all that makes our
personalities refreshing.” Robert J.
Morgan
“He who is a
believer in Jesus finds enough in his Lord to satisfy him now, and to content
him for evermore. The believer is not
the man whose days are weary for want of comfort, and whose nights are long
from absence of heart-cheering thought, for he finds in Christ such a spring of
joy, such a fountain of consolation, that he is content and happy. Put him in a dungeon and he will find good
company; place him in a barren wilderness, he will eat the bread of heaven;
drive him away from friendship, he will meet the ‘friend that sticketh closer
than a brother.’ Blast all his gourds,
and he will find shadow beneath the Rock of Ages; sap the foundation of his
earthly hopes, but his heart will still be fixed, trusting in the Lord. The heart is as insatiable as the grave till
Jesus enters it, and then it is a cup full to overflowing. There is such a fullness in Christ that He
alone is the believer’s all. The true
saint is so completely satisfied with the all-sufficiency of Jesus that he
thirsts no more – except it be for deeper draughts of the living fountain.” Charles H. Spurgeon
HEART SAVOR
·
God not
only bestows every good and perfect gift, He overflow’s our cups. He never gives sparingly.
- · God never forsakes His own children: 9 “So I say to you: Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. 10 For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened. 11 "Which of you fathers, if your son asks for a fish, will give him a snake instead? 12 Or if he asks for an egg, will give him a scorpion? 13 If you then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!” Luke 11:9-13 (NIV). The Holy Spirit is the greatest Gift.
- · 38 “Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together and running over, will be poured into your lap. For with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.” Luke 6:38 (NIV)
