We are to provide “food” on THE LORD’S behalf!
In the last days’ ministry the Sons and Daughters will be known for their provision.
It is written by The Holy Spirit in Malachi chapter 4:
1 “For behold, the day is coming, Burning like an oven, And all the proud, yes, all who do wickedly will be stubble. And the day which is coming shall burn them up,” Says the LORD of hosts, “That will leave them neither root nor branch.
2 But to you who fear My Name The Sun of Righteousness shall arise With healing in His wings; And you shall go out And grow fat like stall-fed calves.
3 You shall trample the wicked, For they shall be ashes under the soles of your feet On the day that I do this,” Says the LORD of hosts.
How do calves grow in the above passage? They are provided with sufficient food in their stalls (or housing). Let us look at the preceding chapter to connect the sufficiency versus those who have forsaken FATHER’S instruction:
In chapter 3:
5 And I will come near you for judgment; I will be a swift witness Against sorcerers, Against adulterers, Against perjurers, Against those who exploit wage earners and widows and orphans, And against those who turn away an alien- Because they do not fear Me,” Says the LORD of hosts.
Only those who walk in THE FEAR OF THE LORD will the benefits from Heaven apply.
6 “For I am the LORD, I do not change; Therefore you are not consumed, O sons of Jacob.
7 Yet from the days of your fathers You have gone away from My ordinances And have not kept them. Return to Me, and I will return to you,” Says the LORD of hosts. “But you said, ‘In what way shall we return?’
8 “Will a man rob God? Yet you have robbed Me! But you say, ‘In what way have we robbed You?’ In tithes and offerings.
If you don’t have a generous heart with your finances, you have yet to fully understand that tithes and offerings are included in the fruit associated with walking in The Fear of THE LORD. Selfishness is still an issue to overcome. You do not yet fully trust in THE LORD as your Provider. (Don’t be offended, I am just the messenger.)
9 You are cursed with a curse, For you have robbed Me, Even this whole nation.
10 Bring all the tithes into the storehouse, That there may be food in My house, And try Me now in this,” Says the LORD of hosts, “If I will not open for you the windows of Heaven And pour out for you such blessing That there will not be room enough to receive it.
FATHER promises blessings as a result of your generous and faithful heart. Your generosity expresses trust in HIS Word and specific commitment to you.
11 “And I will rebuke the devourer for your sakes, So that he will not destroy the fruit of your ground, Nor shall the vine fail to bear fruit for you in the field,” Says the LORD of hosts;
FATHER will cause you to be productive in all that you set your hand to do.
12 “And all nations will call you blessed, For you will be a delightful land,” Says the LORD of hosts.
Our generosity and trust in THE LORD’S provision will ensure that there will be sufficient food in HIS House. Does this apply to us in helping to provide food for those in need? Yes!
13 “Your words have been harsh against Me,” Says the LORD, “Yet you say, ‘What have we spoken against You?’
14 You have said, ‘It is useless to serve God; What profit is it that we have kept His ordinance, And that we have walked as mourners Before the LORD of hosts?
15 So now we call the proud blessed, For those who do wickedness are raised up; They even tempt God and go free.'”
THE LORD separates believers into two groups: those who fear THE LORD and those who don’t. Those who don’t have not submitted themselves to HIS Word and walk in compromise. They are self-serving in one or more areas in their life.
16 Then those who feared the LORD spoke to one another, And the LORD listened and heard them; So a book of remembrance was written before Him For those who fear the LORD And who meditate on His Name.
17 “They shall be Mine,” says the LORD of hosts, “On the day that I make them My jewels. And I will spare them As a man spares his own son who serves him.” 18 Then you shall again discern Between the righteous and the wicked, Between one who serves God And one who does not serve Him.
There is a clear difference between these two groups, and it centers around tithes and offerings. As for me, I can’t afford to withhold tithes and offerings. I have been a recipient of the blessings from HIS Storehouse. Food also includes the abundance of revelation given to the who Fear THE LORD.