Bible lessons: tithes and sacrificial offerings

Bible lessons: tithes and sacrificial offerings

Posted on December 17, 2008 Updated on December 16, 2008

Memorise: “Truly my soul waiteth upon God: from him cometh my salvation” ( Psalm 62:1 )

Read: Genesis 15:7-17

After Peter’s boat was divinely selected, he went into partnership with the Lord. This partnership preceded his call to soul winning. God has divinely selected you. In the situation surrounding your biological birth, after your parents met, out of several million spermatozoa released, yours was selected to fertilize the egg.

All these millions lost their chances to you. Yet God knows details of how each of those displaced could have lived if given your chance. Is God glorified by your life? Can you defend His choice over your life?

Besides his new partnership with Christ, Peter patiently waited on the Lord. While the Master addressed the multitude from his boat, he waited on Him. There are some Christians who release their boats to God but are too much in a hurry for Him to complete His mission with it.

They withdraw their property while the need persists. Peter did not do so. It was after the Master was through with the assignment before He released Peter’s breakthrough. Some believers expect rewards too soon.

“But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles, they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint” ( Isaiah 40:31 ).

Peter waited on the Lord with his boat. If you want your breakthrough to breakforth, you must not only make your substance or sacrifice available, but also wait on the Lord with it. In today’s reading, God told Abraham that he would inherit the land of promise.

Although he had already entered the land as a visitor, it appeared physically impossible for him to dislodge the present occupants and inhabit the land. So he asked God for an assurance, a confirmation – a sign that would convince him.

The Lord asked him to bring an offering. He did. He thought it would be accepted immediately but it was not so. He soon realized that even when God calls for an offering or sacrifice and the individual has brought it, God reserved the right to either accept or reject it.

God also reserved the right to determine when to receive it. So Abraham waited with his sacrifice till evening before it was accepted. If you are not prepared to wait on the Lord with your offering, sacrifice or consecration, you would have taken them from His altar before He receives them. Never be impatient before the One who gave you time.

Waiting on that sacrifice, service or gift is what convinces God on your sincerity and proves there is an agreement between your heart and lips

Source: By Pastor Adeboye