Most people want to prosper. Money is an
international symbol of exchange used to buy our daily necessities, lifestyle,
and luxury. Money is a neutral object. It’s neither good nor evil but because
of our skewed view of money, few seldom prosper.
Many people do not prosper because they
have a mental block. They refer to money as “filthy
lucre.” Others subconsciously think poverty is a virtue. I was one of them.
Later, I learned that you cannot have what you condemn. In all my spirituality,
without resources, I couldn’t help myself or others.
Today, I want us to take off the barriers
that limit our prosperity. God wants you to live in peace. His will for you is
abundance, expansion, running over. But don’t just stop there. That’s where
most people fail the test. When we hoard for ourselves without giving out, we
become the Dead Sea where no living creatures can survive. Unless we change our
mindset about money, we’ll never have enough of it.
So how do we get money and more of it? One
of the obvious ways to amass wealth is through hard work. Most
people complain that they are under compensated. This may be true but when we
work as unto to Lord, instead of our boss, business, or corporation, God
becomes our Employer. He will make it up to you. Do your best at where you are
right now but don’t settle there. If you need a job, don’t expect to just
barely get by. Pray and believe God for abundant supply.
God wants you to be rich! There, I said it.
Let that sink deep down in your spirit. God doesn’t want you to be hungry,
lacking, and without. Our God has an abundant supply. He paves the streets of
heaven with gold. He flung the stars into the universe. He decorated the cosmos
with galaxies and milky ways. He is a big thinker. God doesn’t just want you
have enough for yourself. Prosperity without purpose is pointless. He wants to
give you riches so that you can reach out to help others. Why don’t you think
big for your prosperity?
Li Ka-shing’s family fled China in 1940.
They settled in Hong Kong but his father died of tuberculosis when Li was only
fifteen years old. It forced him to quit school and work to support his family.
First he sold plastics and later, he exported plastic flowers to the United
States. By 1950, Li was able to start his own company. At first they
manufactured plastics, later they moved to real estate, banking, cell phones,
and myriads of other business ventures. Today, Li Ka-shing is not only Asia’s
richest man with a net worth of $31 billion but he gives away millions of
dollars to Israeli startup companies and charities around the world.
Li Ka-shing has a vision to acquire wealth;
Christians must have one as well. Although we brag about our rich God, we’re
seldom encouraged to be rich. We reason money has led a lot of people astray
but water has drowned many also. It’s not material possessions that harm us
but material things that possess us. It is love of money to the exclusion of
everything else that destroys us. Let us put aside our superstitious ideas so
that we can gain wealth to bless the world.
Prosperity is a state of consciousness and
subject to interpretation. To a blind man, sight is his wealth. A dying man’s
wealth is the extension of his life. If you have a family, you’re wealthy. If
you can think, talk, and create, you’re wealthy.
The Bible says, “But remember
the LORD your God, for it is he who gives you the ability to produce wealth,
and so confirms his covenant, which he swore to your ancestors, as it is
today.”
(Deuteronomy 8:18 NLT). Friend, God is not against you to becoming rich. Health
is of God. Wealth is of God. Success is of God. Let us think, work hard, and
ask God to prosper us so that we can become a blessing to many. I pray and
proclaim financial prosperity over your life. Remember, there’s no glory in
poverty; permit yourself to prosper.
“Make sure you don't become so full
of yourself and your things that you forget God, your God, the God who
delivered you from Egyptian slavery” (Deuteronomy 8:14 MSG).
No comments:
Post a Comment