15.1 | The Ultimate Way to Align with Abundance: Giving

3. The Ultimate Way to Align with Abundance: Giving

Now, we are entering the true core of this chapter.

In God’s eyes, "aligning with what you have received" is never just a self-comforting slogan. It is a state that must be manifested in your actions. If you truly believe you have received, you will inevitably act like a person who is already abundant. And the very first outward sign of abundance is—you are no longer acting from scarcity.

So, how do you truly break a scarcity mindset?

The answer given by the Bible is completely counter-intuitive, yet in the logic of the Kingdom, it is as clear as water:

After you pray and believe you have received, the very next thing you do is NOT to wait to get—it is to GIVE.

If you are asking for money, you start giving money.

If you are asking for love, you must first give love.

If you are asking for support, you must first become a supporter of others.

This isn't a "tactic." It is the way a spiritual order operates.

The Universal Pattern of Scripture: Surrender What You Have, and Abundance Flows

Throughout the Bible, from the Old Testament to the New, the same structure appears: If you want to enter abundance in God, you must first hand over the very thing you feel you "lack" the most.

In the world's eyes, giving looks like losing. But in the Kingdom of God, giving is what starts the flow.

1) The Widow and the Oil: Give the Little You Have, and Grace Pours Out In 2 Kings Chapter 4, we find the story of a poor widow. She had absolutely nothing left but one small jar of oil—she was so destitute she was about to sell her children into slavery. The prophet Elisha didn't hand her a bag of cash. Instead, he asked her:

"What do you have in your house?" She replied, "Nothing at all, except a little oil." According to worldly logic, you should hoard that little bit to survive a few more hours. But God’s logic is the exact opposite. Elisha told her:

1. Go and borrow as many empty jars as you can.
2. Pour your "little bit of oil" into them.
3. Keep pouring until every vessel is full.

What happened? The oil never stopped flowing until every single jar was filled. Notice the key here: God didn't make the oil increase before she started pouring. He made her pour out the little she had, and then the abundance began to flow. This is a spiritual law: Abundance doesn't start with "storing"; it starts with "flowing."

2) Five Loaves and Two Fish: The Boy Surrenders Everything In Matthew Chapter 14, Jesus feeds five thousand people. The disciples looked at the crowd and saw an impossible problem. They only had "five loaves and two fish" brought by a small boy.

In human thinking, this wasn't enough to matter. But that boy did one critical thing: He gave everything he had to Jesus. Not a piece of it, not a nibble—he surrendered the whole thing.

Then the miracle happened:

1. Jesus looked to heaven and gave thanks.
2. The bread and fish began to multiply.
3. Five thousand men (not counting women and children) ate until they were full.
4. The leftovers filled twelve baskets.

The structure is identical to the widow’s story: Give away the little you have first, and then the abundance multiplies in God’s hands—becoming far greater than what you started with. This is the cosmic secret of abundance. You MUST give to be abundant.

3) Giving the Part You Lack Most Is the ONLY Way to Kill "Scarcity Mode"

Why does God require you to give first? Because on a spiritual level:

• Scarcity is a "pattern" or a "mode." * Giving is the "reverse force" that shatters that pattern. When you give away the very thing you feel most anxious about, you are making a spiritual declaration: "I truly believe I have received, and I’m not relying on myself—I’m relying on God’s Grace." This is the deepest expression of faith.So, when you seek money, start blessing others with it. When you seek love, be the first to give love. When you seek a restored relationship, be the first to take the step toward reconciliation. When you seek success, help someone else succeed first.

Why? Because you are using your actions to "PROVE" that you believe you have already received. This is the moment you shift from "self-reliance" to "God-reliance." Only when you do this have you truly achieved belief; only then is the door to your heart open wide enough for God’s Grace to pour in.