The word for this week is "enough". We'll be looking at two verses. The first is Exodus 36:3-5:
3 And they received from Moses all the freewill offerings which the Israelites had brought for doing the work of the sanctuary, to prepare it for service. And they continued to bring him freewill offerings every morning. 4 And all the wise and able men who were doing the work on the sanctuary came, every man from the work he was doing, 5 And they said to Moses, The people bring much more than enough for doing the work which the Lord commanded to do. AMP
The next is Malachi 3:10, the promise to the tither:
10 Bring all the tithes (the whole tenth of your income) into the storehouse, that there may be food in My house, and prove Me now by it, says the Lord of hosts, if I will not open the windows of heaven for you and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it. AMP
The word "enough" here is the Hebrew word "day". Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon says: sufficiency (an adequate amount). Vine's Expository Dictionary adds: the required. These two portions of Scripture above show opposite views of the giving and receiving relationship! When God's people left Egypt, the Egyptians gave them much wealth! This is what the people were now bringing for the building of the Tabernacle, and they brought MORE than was required or necessary to finish the building of it. In Malachi, we see the promise to those who will willingly tithe the first 10% of their increase! There will be MORE provided than is required! I LIKE that! That is why we, as tithers and givers, can make the great confessions of faith about what is coming into our lives! My personal thought is that the Egyptians who gave to the Hebrews willingly, were rewarded for their giving and the nation of Egypt rose up again. Never as glorious as it had once been, but far better than if they had not sown at all into the Hebrew people! I LOVE that our God is the God of "more than enough"! He is extravagant when it comes to His kids! After all, He DID say this, through Jesus, in John 10:10 AMP:
10 The thief comes only in order to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have and enjoy life, and have it in abundance (to the full, till it overflows).
"Enough" is a GREAT word, don't you think? Here is a new song from Hillsong Live called "Christ Is Enough":
Love and Shalom from the Swoveys!
