…God is not a user of men, He is a blesser of men
The founder/presiding pastor of Salvation Ministries, David Ibiyeomie has dismissed insinuations that giving to church is wasteful and not rewarding.
The Nigerian pastor, author and televangelist was reacting to the notion that men of God are extorting their members by asking them to support Kingdom projects.
Speaking to his congregations recently at the Ministry’s Headquarters located in GRA, Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Pastor Ibiyeomie down played such a notion, saying ‘God is not a user of men, He is a blesser of men’.
Inferring his position from Peter’s encounter with Jesus at the sea side, he explained: “Jesus said Peter give me your boat…you can imagine that, after Peter has toiled all night and there was no fish and the fishermen were washing their nets just to go home.
“He would have said I am tired, I have toiled all night and I caught nothing, as some of us will say ‘I am not a machine, I have to rest’. Instead Peter said take the boat and use it.
“The same place where Peter was frustrated, when he invested in God’s business, listen the boat was his major capital, that was his capital, he gave his capital for Jesus to use, Jesus said I am not a user, I am a blesser, now the business that was not working, you saw how it worked”.
Continuing, Pastor Ibiyeomie said, “A young man gave testimony in this Church. He said Papa I had an option to keep a particular money or to use it for the Church, so he took all the money and gave it for the roofing of the Church he was attending, that was the only money he had on him, this story I am telling you happened last week.
“He said the moment he made up his mind to sow it to his Church for the roof covering, he got a Job where they are to pay him $20,000 per day and the Job is for 2 years but you know what happened, it didn’t come by luck. He gave all he had to promote the Kingdom”.
Pastor Ibiyeome emphasized that in this Kingdom, it’s not who you know, but what you know, “those who do know their God, not those who know people in Aso Rock”.
He warned against running the affairs of the kingdom with a worldly formula.
“We are trying to run the Kingdom with a worldly formula, don’t take Babylonian patterns to run your life otherwise things will not work. Seek ye first my Kingdom and forget it I am going to daze you with so much wealth.
“The young man seek the Kingdom of God first and then his own was taken care of, far more than what he thought”.
Pastor Ibiyeomie said your input in the Kingdom will determine the measure of output you get.
Explaining further, he said, “When Peter gave his boat what did he get? Fishes because that was his business, when this young man gave money to roof the Church what did he get? Money!
“I gave my first money meant for a car to the Kingdom of God, till Jesus comes I won’t worry about cars, I have given out 50+ cars in less than 2 months, have I told you before? I gave my first $1,000,000 in 2012 when I had no house, I won’t be talking about house now.
“I have landed properties that I don’t even know about, there is nowhere in the world where you give me 2 plots of land that I will use, I can’t use 2 plots because it can’t contain me.
“Even in the Riverine area where my parents came from, two plots can’t contain me, where will I park my cars, talk less of my entourages. Riverine lands are very expensive, the lands are not even available yet two plots can’t contain me anywhere in the world. What will I do with two plots? People give me lands as though it is nothing.
“This is how it works: if I give God a house, I will get houses, if I was to buy a wig and I give God first I will get factories of wigs, if I was to buy clothes first and I give it to God, I will get clothes.
“Anything you can think about, if I was to do a wedding and I give God first, the money for the wedding will come like magic, anything I do for him first I won’t lack it”.