Friday, November 8, 2024

Do the Math

I love math and in my youth my grandfather would prompt me to practice multiplication.  I'll never forget sitting at the kitchen table as a child rehearsing my multiplication tables. My mom must have heard me over and over and over again, but I was determined to learn.

I spent a lot of time with my grandfather when I was young and he instilled in me principles of economics, saving money, and multiplication. That was back in the day that if you strolled down the street of our small town on every corner block there was an outdoor phone booth. My grandfather would always pause in his walk, place his finger into the coin return and often retrieve a quarter someone left behind. He would tell me, "This quarter may not seem like much... but if you find 4 of these, you've saved a dollar." He would stop often and bend over to the sidewalk to pick up a penny or a dime. He taught me the value of things that seemed small.

And when I surrendered my heart to God, God also taught me about math, multiplication. He taught me how He takes something so little, and it becomes much.  And if you give, He returns more to you.  And if you sow, you will reap. And if you trust, God will show you great and mighty things. "Still other seed fell on good soil, where it produced a crop - a hundred, sixty or thirty times what was sown." (Matthew 13:8) 

Be sure to find some good ministry soil and start sowing.  The blessing will surely come back to you multiplied over and over again. It's a God-principle and it continuously proves His deity.