One Hundredfold return- Open Heavens devotional by Pastor E.A Adeboye

BIBLE IN A YEAR: Num 11-14

ONE HUNDREDFOLD RETURN

Wednesday, March 17, 2010

MEMORIZE: “If we have sown unto you spiritual things, is it a great thing if we shall reap your carnal things?” (1 Cor. 9:11)

READ: 1 Corinthians 9:7-14

Mark 4:8 says it is possible to get thirtyfold or a sixty fold return from a spiritual investment. When you give a cup of cold water to any born again believer anywhere in the world, all other things being equal - i.e. having the right motive, doing it at the time the Spirit prompts you, etc. you qualify for a thirtyfold return. Whenever you give to a pastor or man of God, you receive a sixtyfold return in due season.

Some pastors refuse to sow into the lives of fellow needy pastors thinking their seed will be lost. That is not true. A pastor who sows into the life of a fellow pastor receives the same sixtyfold return. Leaders must learn to sow into the lives of fellow leaders particularly those who are in need. As pastors in progress, you gain nothing from seeing your fellow minister incapacitated as a result of a particular lack in his or her life, especially when you are in position to help the fellow.

Another level of returns is the hundredfold return. You can access this type of return when you sow into the life of the high priest. That means, apart from giving to your pastor or prophet, sow into the life of the head of the prophets or pastors. You can obtain hundredfold return when you give to genuine church Founders, General Superintendents and General Overseers.

This was what the widow of Zarephath did when she sowed into the life of Elijah in 1 Kings 17:8-16. As a result of that seed, she was connected to the source of blessings and got great harvests: Her only meal was multiplied and it sustained her household for two years. While others were experiencing dryness because of the prevailing famine, she was experiencing her boom days.

Also, the plan of the enemy to take the life of her only child was aborted (1 Kings 17:17-24). When you sow into the life of a genuine high priest of God, you do not only get returns in monetary or material forms, but also obtain what money cannot buy. Some people will say, ‘Our G.O. is very comfortable and does not need what I want to give to Him. Let me rather send this to somebody else who needs it’. Always remember when you sow, you are not doing the recipient of that seed a favor but yourself. Stop robbing yourself of your greatest blessings!

ACTION POINT:
It is profitable to sow into fellow believers, more profitable to sow into your pastor and most profitable to sow into your high priest.