The Lord is able to give thee much more than this

Bible Reading: 2 Kings 14; 2 Chronicles 25

2 Chronicles 25:6-9 He hired also an hundred thousand mighty men of valour out of Israel for an hundred talents of silver. 7 But there came a man of God to him, saying, O king, let not the army of Israel go with thee; for the Lord is not with Israel, to wit, with all the children of Ephraim. 8 But if thou wilt go, do it, be strong for the battle: God shall make thee fall before the enemy: for God hath power to help, and to cast down. 9 And Amaziah said to the man of God, But what shall we do for the hundred talents which I have given to the army of Israel? And the man of God answered, The Lord is able to give thee much more than this.

Amaziah, king of Judah started out good as a king. However, he apparently was not a man of prayer because he did not ask God's counsel before making decisions. He was going to war against Edom and he hired 100,000 men of Israel to go and fight with him.

It was not God's plan for Judah to make covenants and partnerships with the apostate Israel. When God sent the prophet to Amaziah he told him that God was not with Israel. He warned him that he would fall if he went into battle alongside Israel.

Amaziah's question was about the bottom line. What about the money he had paid to hire them? The man of God's answer is very important.

"The Lord is able to give thee much more than this."

In the economy of God, it is not about earning. It is not about acquiring. It is about receiving! God gives and he is able to give more than you can imagine.

The Bible reminds us of this in the New Testament.

1 Corinthians 4:7 For who maketh thee to differ from another? and what hast thou that thou didst not receive? now if thou didst receive it, why dost thou glory, as if thou hadst not received it?

What do you have that you did not receive? We are the recipients of God's grace. We ask for the things we need and God is the giver of good gifts. He is able to give us not only what we need but above and beyond all we could even imagine. Jesus says:

Matthew 7:7-8 Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you: 8 For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.

However, the Bible reminds us that a right heart and right motives are necessary when we pray to God.

James 4:2-3 Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain: ye fight and war, yet ye have not, because ye ask not. 3 Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts.

As followers of Christ, we need to know that he is the giver and we are recipients of his grace. The Lord is able!

Ephesians 3:20-21 Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us, 21 Unto him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus throughout all ages, world without end. Amen.

In Christ,
Rody