READ: Mark 14:3-9
“And certain women … which ministered unto him of their substance.” – Luke 8:2, 3
I want to share with you about ministering to the man of God with your substance. You must be able to minister to the man of God out of your own substance. If money is a problem to you then you cannot be a minister. The Bible teaches that people who have been taught should share their good things with those who teach them: Galatians 6:6.
The man of God will minister spiritual things to you and you will minister back to him in physical things. The anointing is provoked when you minister to the man of God. Anytime I have had the opportunity to be near those who have been a blessing to me, I have ministered to them out of my substance.
When the woman with the alabaster box of ointment ministered to Christ, He said that she would be? remembered. When you pour an “alabaster box” on a man of God you will provoke a blessing and be remembered. Your ministry will have a longer life span as you decide to honour those before you. Your ministry will be remembered by many. You will provoke the favour and anointing of God over your life.
Notice what great men like Abraham did when they met with greater men of God. They immediately ministered to the man of God out of their substance: “…And he [Abraham] gave him tithes of all” (Genesis 14:18-20)