Friday, May 13
THE POWER TO GET WEALTH
Scripture Reference: Deuteronomy 8:18
And you shall remember the LORD your God, for it is He who gives you power to get wealth, that He may establish His covenant which He swore to your fathers, as it is this day.
Do you know God wants you rich? Yes, He really does! Over the years many people have spoken against the prosperity of the saint. Yet should you go through the Bible, you’ll discover vividly righteous people in the likes of Abraham, Job and David were mega-rich.
The people of Israel didn’t leave Egypt as poor beggars. In fact they plundered the Egyptians of their silver, gold and clothing. What they did wasn’t their own initiative but was in accordance with the direction of Moses – the prophet of God.
What God is against is the love of money (1Timothy 6:6-10) and discontentment (i.e. being greedy for more without having any godly or moral reason). These are the things you shouldn’t allow to defile your heart and your love for God.
God wants you rich so that you could financially help advance the gospel. It’s true that the gospel is free but it’s equally true that the means of getting it out to people is very expensive. Moreover, we have the poor and the needy living in our midst, and it’s our responsibility to help them out, but you can’t give what you don’t have. So allow God to prosper you, then He can use you to help prosper others.
Remember that Christ became relatively poor on the earth for a purpose, and that was to make you rich so that you can financially influence the spreading of the Word (2 Cor 8:9). That’s why you can’t settle for a beggarly Christian life. Your heavenly Father isn’t poor, and neither does He want you to be.
Commit yourself to Him, to the Word, prayer, evangelism as you love and serve Him with all your heart, soul, strength and substance. This is how you tap into that power to get wealth, which is your birthright as a child of the King.
Grace unto you,
Osei Barnie
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