Richard Roberts

And what God did for Isaac, He will do for you and me if we will put Him to the test and discard what we are hearing from all the different sources.  You know, I don’t bury my head in the sand like an ostrich.  I’m aware of what’s going on.  I read the newspapers.  I see what’s going on on the television news.  I’m not saying these things aren’t happening.  I’m not that type of person who says, “Well, I just say that isn’t even happening out there.”  No, it is happening.

Isaac didn’t deny there was a recession.  He didn’t deny.  In fact, in the middle of it he planted, knowing full well there was a recession going on.

Now here’s what the Lord has laid on my heart tonight.  He said three things to me, and I wrote them down on a little sheet of paper in my hotel.  Number one, you must sow and you must sow first.

All right now, what’s our model?  John 3:16, “For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son that whosoever believeth in him should not perish but have everlasting life.”

God gave, and He gave first and He gave His best.  He didn’t give His worst; He gave His best.  He could have sent a legion of angels, but He didn’t.  He sent His Son.  He had only one Son, and He gave Him.  He gave, and He gave first.

Yes, there may be troubling times coming in the White House, in any house in America.  There may be troubling times coming in the economy.  We may very well be looking in the future $5-a-gallon gasoline.  I don’t know.  I don’t know that.

But I do know that we can begin to sow.  Instead of hoarding, instead of holding on, we can sow.  God gave, and He gave first.  You’re going to have to sow, and you’re going to have to sow first.  And you’re going to have to trust God.