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A Clear Principle for Receiving

Oral Roberts

I believe that the greatest sermon ever preached was preached by Jesus, and it's called the Sermon on the Mount. The last thing the Lord said in this famous sermon is found in Luke 6:38. Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom.

Here we see the spiritual principle of sowing and reaping. That principle makes clear that we reap what we sow, we reap more than we sow, and we reap later than we sow. If we sow wheat, we will reap a harvest of wheat. We will also receive more grain than we planted, and we will harvest it at a later date than when we planted it.

The principle of sowing and reaping works the same way no matter what you sow. If you sow forgiveness, you will receive forgiveness. If you give friendship, you will reap a harvest of friends. If you show kindness to someone, you will be shown kindness in return. Good things go into action supernaturally on your behalf the moment you give. Jesus said that with the same measure, or liberality, you give, it shall be given to you again. You receive in abundance, pressed down or compacted, shaken together so that there are no empty spots, and running over. There is a surplus. It's more than can be contained!

God, who desires to meet every need we have, has given us a clear and simple principle for receiving from His hand. It's this: Sow liberally into the areas where we wish to receive from His abundance!

We all know that things don't always go the way we want them to. But we can choose how we respond when things don't go our way. Instead of getting upset, whether it's over something big or little, we can choose to be content.

Nehemiah 8:10 says, The joy of the Lord is your strength. Some people misunderstand the joy of the Lord. It's not a ha-ha-ha like you have when you watch I Love Lucy or a funny movie. The joy of the Lord is a peace inside that sustains you and gives you strength the world can't take away, even in tough times. But you can't have joy in tough times unless you learn to have it in the every-day things of life. If you choose to walk in joy when the car won't start or things go wrong on the job, you are more likely to have joy when crises come.

The apostle Paul said in Philippians 4:11-12, I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content. I know both how to be abased, and I know how to abound. Paul was saying that he had learned to be content whether things were going his way or not. He chose how he was going to respond to life's ups and downs.

That doesn't mean we're not to keep believing God for things to get better. We certainly have times when we get up in the air, and we have to bring ourselves back down. But we turn to the Lord and say, "God, help me with this." If we practice looking to God as our source of help, then when things don't go right, we can turn the situation over to Him, knowing He can take care of it. We learn to have joy and to be content by practicing it every day.

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A Clear Principle for Receiving