Divine Math

A mother of six children was once asked by a new mother of one, “How do you divide your love among so many children?” It was inconceivable to the new mother that she could provide unconditional love for that number of children. The other mother responded, “You don’t divide, you multiply!”

Love is that way. Rather than decreasing when divided, it actually increases in abundance. It is like the five loaves and two fishes in the hands of Jesus. When He blessed them, the more He broke them and distributed them to the hungry crowd, the more there was to give. At the end of the lunch everyone was satisfied and filled while the leftovers were gathered into twelve baskets. What began as a lunch for one became a feast for thousands. Division turned into multiplication.

Jesus taught that “it is more blessed to give than to receive” (Acts 20:35). It is God’s economy of divine mathematics: less is more! When we learn to give of ourselves and our resources we find there is more than enough left over to meet the need. When we tithe of our increase we find that the ninety percent goes further than the one hundred percent ever did. How can you budget His blessings? There is no accounting spreadsheet that can calculate the blessings and the return on investment you make in the kingdom of God.

In the wisdom of Scripture we are instructed to “count the cost” and budget our resources, but when the challenge comes that requires our sacrifice, we can be assured that God will provide the increase and the need will be filled. His division is multiplication! I am always amazed at the way the Lord provides when people give above their means and beyond their ability.

This principle applies beyond finances and loving others. Everything worthwhile in the kingdom of God requires unselfish giving and the investment of life. The cost seems great, but the rewards are eternal!

"Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal; but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also” (Matthew 6:19-21).

God’s equations are: to get, you give; in dying, we live; the poor is made rich; and having nothing, we possess all things! (2 Corinthians 6:10) So when things don’t seem to add up remember God’s math, where division is multiplication, subtraction leaves you more, and the more you give away the more you have. To sum it up, the quotient of Divine math results in dividends of tremendous blessing … exponentially!