Seeking God's Ways | From Security to Generosity | Pastor Carl Heppner

The devil came to tempt Jesus in his hunger, his neediness.  Jesus said his needs were met in the word of God; that was the source of his security.  Once we release what we have, things that make us feel secure and self-reliant, that's when we receive God's security of being in Christ.  That's when we can become generous.  We can wonder about the Israelites, who had just harvested their first crops.  Did they doubt this way of God to give away their first fruits instead of storing them for their future needs?  God's way is to release in order to receive.  We don't see the blessings of generosity until we move forward into it, giving of what God has given us, and seeing our way of security transformed into God's way of generosity.