At the beginning of each year, a lot of emphasis is placed on first fruits. Often time we view this as just relating to our finances. Today’s blog encourages us to consider this area and much more. In 2016, God wants us to give HOT (His Off Top) and live HOT (Holy on Through), and HOT (Heaven opposite Tophet)!
Our first fruits require that we give Him “His off Top!”
“Honor the LORD with your wealth and with the best part of everything you produce. Then he will fill your barns with grain, and your vats will overflow with good wine.” (Proverbs 3:9-10). This is not just our money but includes our time. Think of how much more effective your prayer and meditation time would be if you planned it for first thing in the morning and not at the very end of the day.
Additionally, God wants us to live so that what’s seen by others outwardly will not be hypocritical but instead will show evidence of what’s really operating on the inside of us. He wants us to live “Holy on Through”.
“If the dough offered as first fruits is holy, so is the whole lump, and if the root is holy, so are the branches.” (Romans 11:16)
He ultimately wants us to live with Him in Heaven. The following scripture shows as He is the example for us in all things, He has been our greatest example of first fruit. He wants us to live in “Heaven opposite Tophet (To-fet)”.
“But in fact, Christ has been raised from the dead. He is the first of a great harvest of all who have died. So you see, just as death came into the world through a man, now the resurrection from the dead has begun through another man. Just as everyone dies because we all belong to Adam, everyone who belongs to Christ will be given new life. But there is an order to this resurrection: Christ was raised as the first of the harvest; then all who belong to Christ will be raised when he comes back. After that the end will come, when he will turn the Kingdom over to God the Father, having destroyed every ruler and authority and power. For Christ must reign until he humbles all his enemies beneath his feet.” (1Corinthians 15:20-25)
I hope during 2016, you will hear it said about you-Hey! That guy (That lady) is HOT, HOT, HOT!!!!!