There is such a large and never-failing supply of gifts and grace from Jesus – there will never be a lack of the oil and the wine of Gospel truths that we can communicate of to others.
It speaks to the variety, and never-ending discovery, of these Gospel truths and they are all delivered in a manner that we are capable in receiving them.
We have a continual supply in the ministry of the Word.
We can rejoice when we enter into trials, because we know that this is divinely intended to strengthen our faith by producing endurance and if one lacks the wisdom to know how to respond to the trials of life, we need only to ask God for wisdom.
It is my prayer that for the new year coming, you will never lack.
By that I mean that you will understand the incredible character trait of God concerning His generosity – that generosity, reflected in the ability to give our money, time, energy and resources to those in need around us.
One of those oil and wine truths of the Gospel – no one can explain it – but the law of giving looks like this – the more we give, the more we receive from the hand of God.
This year I have been writing along these lines – pointing as best I can to the fact that our prosperity comes from following after God, check out the oil and wine found in His Word.
Almost forgot to be real in this as I write a bit too early in the morning without having my own time with God.
The hands and fingers of givers are always on top during an act of giving, while that of the receivers are always below, thus you’ll notice all around you, givers always seem to have enough to meet their needs, even in times of trouble, while others might find it hard to come out unscathed, givers always come out even better compared to their previous situations. That is not to say that givers cannot be receivers and I posted another friends blog to share some of those thoughts with you.
Any seed planted into the ground grows to produce a multiplication of seeds, thus your act of giving, be it time, energy, kindness or money acts as a seed, and germinates to produce multiples of its kind and the second part of the law of giving – it comes back to you.
This new year coming, I pray God touches your heart and as you follow Him, that you will never lack.
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Posted by lidia youanas on December 27, 2011 at 12:16 pm
I like the oil and wine of the gospel
Posted by evanlaar1922 on December 27, 2011 at 2:37 pm
yeah, this was a new thought for me – I think both represent the Holy Spirit – thought it would be too much to add dove and fire too :}}}
Posted by Joyce de vivre on December 28, 2011 at 1:09 am
Thank you for sharing, I have this prayer that God will direct me on planting the eternal seeds.. I love the first statement that Jesus has that unlimited supply. Thanks Erwin (hope I finally got it right this time) 🙂 God bless!
Posted by evanlaar1922 on December 28, 2011 at 8:18 am
Thanks Joyce – all is good – bless you – Erwin
Posted by Joyce de vivre on December 28, 2011 at 5:00 am
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Thanks Erwin for imparting this to us 🙂
Posted by evanlaar1922 on December 28, 2011 at 8:20 am
You hit the key points – looks really good – thanks for doing this and those seeds planting techniques are pretty awesome
Posted by evanlaar1922 on December 28, 2011 at 8:19 am
You hit the key points – looks really good – thanks for doing this and those seeds planting techniques are pretty awesome