I don’t know anyone who doesn’t need
more money. Money is not everything but money touches everything important in
life. Religion has taught us money is evil but that is not how God looks at
money. In God’s eyes, money is one the least things in life. Money is neutral.
It can be used for good or it can ruin people’s lives.
I believe Christians are the most qualified
for handling large sums of money. Knowing that we cannot take it with us, we
have an eternal perspective. The Bible says, “Money is the answer for everything” (Ecclesiastes 10:19 NIV). Let’s
think about it. You can be a super Christian but without money, you will starve
to death. You can be a praying Christian but nobody will give you a free place
to live. I’ve been doing missions work for the last 27 years and it always takes
money to help people.
What am I saying? If you have more money
you can help more people! If you want to
have money you have to be “money minded.” Not what you can get but how you can
give! The law of attraction suggests that whatever we think about is what
we’ll bring about. If we have a mindset of abundance, we will attract more
wealth to give away and have plenty left over for ourselves.
Sanju is from India. In the early
nineties, he had just been saved from drugs and alcohol in one of our
conferences. We brought him to our headquarters in Hong Kong for training. Living
by faith was a new concept for Sanju. He was making lots of money in the world
but he left all that to serve God by faith. Very soon Sanju found out that it
was expensive to live in a big city of Hong Kong. We wanted him to learn how to
live by faith so we gave very little money in his hands. Mostly out of
desperation, Sanju began to pray to God for his needs. An amazing phenomenon
started to happen. Whenever Sanju went out for errands, he would find money
along the footpath. First, it was small amounts. But then his faith began to
grow. Once he found a whole wallet on the road. If I remember right, there was
almost $20,000 in the wallet! Being an honest man, he took it to the police. The
cops called the owner using the ID card in the wallet. The owner was so
grateful that he gave a large sum of money to Sanju as a reward. Today Sanju is
preaching to tens of thousands all over India. His family is more prosperous
than most missionaries I know. Our God is an awesome Provider!
Friend, if you’re going through a
financial difficulty, don’t look at how little you have. Instead, consider how
big your God is. He placed diamonds, gold and precious stones under the ground.
You’re more valuable than all the gold in the world! The Bible says, “The Lord will withhold no good thing from
those who do what is right” (Psalm 84:11 NLT).
Once, Jesus had to pay taxes to the government.
He looked at Peter and instructed him to
go fishing in the sea! As Jesus had predicted, inside the first fish Peter
caught was money to pay their taxes! In the natural, this is an unbelievable.
But remember, nothing is impossible for our God. Do not worry about your bills,
what to eat and how to provide for your family. Trust in God’s ability to take
care of you.
God didn’t put you here to live in
lack. Our problem is we’re thinking too small. Ask God to give you wealth so
that you can feed and take care of ten, twenty, or a hundred families. Don’t
make your job, stocks or business as the source of your income. Make God the source of your living. Live
to give. When you give, there will be always more than what you’d need. I
challenge you to have more faith for your finances. Let us know how we can pray
for you. When you surrender your life to God, He will surrender His wealth to
you. Stay calm. Don’t panic. Talk to God! Talk to people. God knows what you
need and how to get it to you. If Sanju
can find money in the busy streets of Hong Kong and Peter can find money in the
mouth of the fish, there’s nothing that God cannot do to provide for you.
Thank Him in advance and sow where you want to go! I declare unusual financial
blessings to come into your hands. If you believe it, you’ll receive it.
“You shall remember the LORD your God,
for it is he who gives you power to get wealth, that he may confirm his
covenant that he swore to your fathers, as it is this day” (Deuteronomy 8:18 ESV).
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