2Ch 31:8 | KingComments | STEP | The effect of the voluntary gifts of the people is that Hezekiah and the leaders praise the LORD and His people of Israel ( ). The LORD and His people are mentioned here in one breath. This is because in the voluntary giving of the people God becomes visible as the voluntary Giver. Here the people answer to Whom He is. That is why the people can be praised together with the LORD. After the spontaneous praise for the heaps he sees, Hezekiah questions concerning the heaps ( ). He wants to know where they come from. He does not remain by the impression of the sight, but asks for the origin. The high priest Azariah tells him about it ( ). It has to do with the contributions that the people began to bring into the house of the LORD. From the moment the people started to do so again, the priests had enough to eat. And not only that, there is also plenty left over. God is a God of abundance ( ). He blesses His people. We can only pass on what He has given ( ). When that blessing is passed on, it produces even more blessing. So is God. He challenges us to test Him ( ). If we accept that challenge, we will experience His abundance. He owes no one anything, for He is faithful to His Word. For us it mainly concerns our spiritual gifts. These are enjoyed in abundance by us when we commit ourselves to God’s house, the church. Everything we invest in it will produce a lot of spiritual fruit. It is important that we pass on spiritual nourishment to our fellow believers. That we don’t lose, but it increases on the contrary.

‏ 2 Chronicles 31:8

Praise and Abundance

The effect of the voluntary gifts of the people is that Hezekiah and the leaders praise the LORD and His people of Israel (2Chr 31:8). The LORD and His people are mentioned here in one breath. This is because in the voluntary giving of the people God becomes visible as the voluntary Giver. Here the people answer to Whom He is. That is why the people can be praised together with the LORD.

After the spontaneous praise for the heaps he sees, Hezekiah questions concerning the heaps (2Chr 31:9). He wants to know where they come from. He does not remain by the impression of the sight, but asks for the origin. The high priest Azariah tells him about it (2Chr 31:10). It has to do with the contributions that the people began to bring into the house of the LORD. From the moment the people started to do so again, the priests had enough to eat. And not only that, there is also plenty left over.

God is a God of abundance (Phil 4:18-20). He blesses His people. We can only pass on what He has given (1Chr 29:14b). When that blessing is passed on, it produces even more blessing. So is God. He challenges us to test Him (Mal 3:10). If we accept that challenge, we will experience His abundance. He owes no one anything, for He is faithful to His Word.

For us it mainly concerns our spiritual gifts. These are enjoyed in abundance by us when we commit ourselves to God’s house, the church. Everything we invest in it will produce a lot of spiritual fruit. It is important that we pass on spiritual nourishment to our fellow believers. That we don’t lose, but it increases on the contrary.