God Is Behind Your Increase

1 Corinthians 3:7

7So then neither he who plants is anything, nor he who waters, but God who gives the increase.

Sometimes, we think that the increase or success which we enjoy is the result of our own effort or hard work. But the truth is that God is the one behind our increase.
We get a fresh revelation of this truth when we read the story of Ruth, a young widow from Moab, who worked as a gleaner in a barley field from morning till evening. Now, we could attribute the entire ephah — a substantial 10-day supply — of barley she collected at the end of the day to her hard work. After all, she did work all day in the field.
But when we read about how Boaz, the owner of the field, had secretly told his reapers, “Also let grain from the bundles fall purposely for her; leave it that she may glean…” (Ruth 2:16), we know that it was because of Boaz’s intervention that Ruth ended up with so much in so short a time.
I believe that Jesus, our heavenly Boaz, does the same thing for us too. The Lord causes people to favour us and drop blessings on us because He loves us. Then, He allows us to “pick up” these blessings. Often, it happens so seemingly naturally that we can forget that it is the Lord who has blessed us with our increase.
This was what happened to a church member who runs a florist business. God literally caused someone who needed a lot of flowers to “drop” a huge order with her shop one day!
This sister shared how her florist business had hardly made any money even though she had worked hard for many years. But when she became a Christian after coming to our church, she began to confess that God’s favour is on her every day. Within a few weeks, a big order worth $14,000 came from just one customer alone! Only God could have given her such a supernatural increase.
My friend, your hard work is not behind your increase. The Bible tells us that it is “God who gives the increase”. God is the one who is behind your increase and He delights in blessing you because He loves you!

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