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Once during ministry in Decatur, Texas, at

River of Life Church where my good
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big to a traveling minister. Most pastors would see this as money

leaving their churches. But Pastor Greg is a man of integrity, and
he knows giving is the key to receiving. Praise God for men and
women of God who have pure hearts.

He was urging this crowd of 300+ people to give $100,000

toward our new building. He turned to 2 Corinthians 9:10 and
emphasized that God provides seed to sowers. He knew people
might not have that kind of money right then but said if they
would make a commitment to become sowers, God would give
them the nances to sow.

To lead the way, Greg and Janice made a $1,000 commitment of

their own nances toward the building. They didn’t have the
money at the time, but they were willing to give when the Lord
gave them the seed. They made a pledge that when God
supplied, they would give.

The next morning, I stopped by the church to pick up my

remaining tapes and books, and Pastor Greg was all excited. He
owned ve plots of land that he had been trying to sell for three
years. At 8 a.m. that morning, he received a call saying that it
looked like the lots had sold. Praise the Lord! How’s that for a
fast answer to prayer!

Greg was telling me that this was not only something for Janice
and him, but he thought there were a lot of my partners in the
same situation. They wanted to be a part of getting this new
facility debt free, but they just didn’t have the money that they
would like to give. He was telling me, “If they will make a pledge
to sow some money into this project, the Lord will give them the
seed to sow.”

I’ve done a lot of thinking about this in the weeks since then, and
I feel like the Lord has increased my revelation on sowing
nances. I want to share some of that revelation with you.
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Second Corinthians 9:10 says,

“Now he that ministereth seed to the sower both minister bread

for your food, and multiply your seed sown, and increase the
fruits of your righteousness;”

This verse says that God gives seed to sowers and bread to
eaters. These terms are being used metaphorically to talk about
how God gives extra to people who are givers and supplies the
basic needs of eaters.

Eaters are those who are using their nances primarily for their
needs. Sowers are those who use their nances primarily to give
to others. This is about the attitude of the heart toward giving.
Those who desire more money so they can get more
“stuff” are eaters. Those who desire more money so
they can give more are sowers.

Of course, sowers have to eat too. So, as the money ows

through, there is always plenty for you. But those who are only
seeking to get their needs met, will only get their needs met.
They won’t have the abundance that comes with being a giver.

This answers a lot of questions. Eaters are always focused on

what they need, and therefore, God doesn’t give them an over-
abundance. They would just spend it on themselves. Just two
verses prior to the verse we are studying, Paul said,

“And God is able to make all grace abound toward you; that ye,
always having all suf ciency in all things, may abound to every
good work:”

Notice that the reason God makes grace abound toward you is
so you may abound unto every good work. Prosperity is not for
you. It’s so you may bless others. That’s a radical thought.

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Many people believe prosperity is all about greed, and that’s

why they oppose it. But true Bible prosperity is so you can be a
blessing to others. The attitude that says “I’ve got enough. I
would never ask for more” is the wrong attitude. That’s sel sh.
That shows the attitude of an eater, not a sower.

If you are a sower, God will bless you with a super abundance of
nances that will more than supply your need and enable you to
give as you desire. Second Corinthians 9:10 says God gives seed
to sowers, so it’s accurate to say that if you are short of seed
( nances), then you are not sowing like you should. God will see
to it that sowers have money to abound unto every good work.

Ephesians 4:28 says,

“Let him that stole steal no more: but rather let him labour,
working with his hands the thing which is good, that he may
have to give to him that needeth.”

This verse says that the reason we should work is so that we can
give to those that have need. That’s amazing! Most people
would say the reason we should work is so that we can pay our
bills and provide for our needs. But that’s not what this scripture
says. The purpose for us working is so that we can
bless others.

I can just hear someone saying, “But what about me? Doesn’t
God want me to be blessed too?” Of course He does. But the
way to blessing isn’t in trying to meet your needs. It’s in meeting
the needs of others.

Matthew 6:33 says,

“But seek ye rst the kingdom of God, and his righteousness;

and all these things shall be added unto you.”

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When we put sowing ahead of eating, God gets involved in our

nances and meets our every need. In fact, God will take better
care of you than you would take of yourself. Just look at what
the Lord is preparing for you in heaven. You will live in a
mansion. The streets are paved with pure gold. The gates are
pearls, and the foundations of the city are precious stones. No
one on earth lives in such luxury. God is El Shaddai, not El
Cheapo.

The thing that is hindering most of our prosperity is the fact that
we tend to be eaters instead of sowers. We’re like a dam that
wants to block the ow instead of a river that lets the water
pass through. If God can get money through us, He will
get it to us. This is a powerful truth.

If you can look at all your assets and say “I produced all of this,”
then you haven’t tapped into God’s abundance yet. When you
put God’s kingdom rst, the Lord will prosper you
supernaturally. And it will be abundant.

Jamie and I have given away a lot of cars. We didn’t do it to get

cars back. We did it because we are sowers, and we like to bless
people. It really is more blessed to give than to receive. But as
we put rst the kingdom of God by giving to others, God has
supernaturally taken care of us. We’ve had people buy new cars
for us for the last 14 years. And these are nice cars. They are
nicer than we would have bought for ourselves if we would have
been limited to our personal income.

I’ve had people criticize me for driving nice cars. But what am I
supposed to do, refuse the free nice cars and spend more money
on something not as nice so I could look humble? That’s not
humble; that’s stupid.

When God gets involved in your nances, it will be

embarrassing. If you aren’t sometimes embarrassed at the way
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God takes care of you, then you haven’t moved into God’s
abundance yet. Our Father gets pleasure out of blessing you (Ps.
35:27).

I’ve made an audio teaching entitled “Sowers and Eaters.” This

teaching goes into much more than what I’ve been able to share
in this article. I believe it could change the way you view giving,
and it could bring you into God’s abundance.

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