Everyone wants to receive blessings but how many want to give a blessing to others… unconditionally? By THE SPIRIT Wisdom spoke in Proverbs chapter 3:
9 Honor the LORD with your possessions,
And with the firstfruits of all your increase;
10 So your barns will be filled with plenty,
And your vats will overflow with new wine.
The function of seed is to produce a harvest in the future and FATHER multiplies the seed so that increase and growth will occur. For those who can grasp this Truth and Law, they will tap into the blessings of Heaven. FATHER has no issue with us having an abundance or else why would the young boy who provided the loaves and fishes depart with much more than he brought?
Jesus Himself was the firstfruits offered up on our behalf so that the Kingdom would multiply and increase well beyond Jerusalem. In the Old Testament, the firstfruits were given so that the priests could minister in their appointed office and have their physical needs met.
By THE SPIRIT Nehemiah instructed the people concerning the firstfruits:
35 And we made ordinances to bring the firstfruits of our ground and the firstfruits of all fruit of all trees, year by year, to the house of the LORD;
36 to bring the firstborn of our sons and our cattle, as it is written in the Law, and the firstborn of our herds and our flocks, to the house of our God, to the priests who minister in the house of our God;
37 to bring the firstfruits of our dough, our offerings, the fruit from all kinds of trees, the new wine and oil, to the priests, to the storerooms of the house of our God; and to bring the tithes of our land to the Levites, for the Levites should receive the tithes in all our farming communities.
Why? They were not to neglect the house of our God.
The anointing occurs at the beginning of ministry. The firstfruits is given to assure future success. Seed is first sown in order for a future harvest to occur. Can you see the pattern FATHER has established in order for us to understand the Law of the firstfruits? This law requires faith in FATHER’S Ability to perform in the future. It also requires us to comprehend the unconditional Love which motivates HIM to watch over HIS Covenant with us.
Those who have not been anointed cannot minister to FATHER according to HIS prerequisites. Those who fail to understand this Truth often wonder why they see no blessings in their life. The concept is straightforward but men’s fear, uncertainty, and doubt keep them from receiving the benefits of fully embracing this Truth. People can attempt to “work” the law but FATHER knows the intent behind their giving. Pure seed produces pure fruit.
Those who are faithful to sow into the Kingdom are rewarded whether their firstfruits are great or small. Our willingness to give with the proper intent brings forth power from Heaven. Our willingness is “prophetic” to future results we should expect to occur as a result of our faithfulness to FATHER’S promises concerning the blessings of the firstfruits. How much greater will the harvest be when many who are called by HIS Name bring forth their firstfruits in unity and gladness. I believe this is one reason why FATHER wants us to confront these issues now.
People who embrace this Truth are those who FATHER promises in Ezekiel chapter 36 when HE spoke:
26 “I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; I will take the heart of stone out of your flesh and give you a heart of flesh.
27 I will put My Spirit within you and cause you to walk in My statutes, and you will keep My judgments and do them.
28 Then you shall dwell in the land that I gave to your fathers; you shall be My people, and I will be your God.
29 I will deliver you from all your uncleannesses. I will call for the grain and multiply it, and bring no famine upon you.
30 And I will multiply the fruit of your trees and the increase of your fields, so that you need never again bear the reproach of famine among the nations.”
I say AMEN!