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Dear reader, it is our joy to bring to you the word of God. One of the blessings from God is that we prosper and have more than enough, so it is not only us who are blessed but be a blessing to someone else. But if you have lived with a lack mindset, where you have continually struggled financially, then it is easy to form a habit of always thinking, “I will never get out of debt; I will never have enough to provide for my family.”
God has ways to increase you that you’ve never thought of. He’s not limited by your job, by your education, or by the family you were raised in. If you take the limits off him, God will bless you beyond your regular income, your salary, and what anyone in your family has seen. Proverbs 10v22 says, “The blessing of the Lord makes one rich.”
One of the ways God will increase you is when you learn to be generous with what has been given to you.
In the bible (Matthew 25v14-30), we read about a business owner traveling overseas and giving his employee one thousand dollars. This was not a wage but a gift from the owner. After a long time, the owner returned from the trip. The employee came and brought a thousand dollars more, saying, “Lord, you delivered to me one thousand dollars; look, I have gained one thousand more.”
The owner was very pleased with him and said, “Well done! You have been faithful over a few things. I will make you ruler over many things.” So, he was rewarded abundantly. In Jesus’ parable, the owner represents God, and the employee represents us.
We can learn three things from the business owner and the employee.
1. If God can get it through you, He will give it to you. When the owner gave the money as a gift, he expected the employee to release it, invest it, or be generous. Likewise, God has gifted you many talents, gifts, and finances. You will lose it when you hoard it, but when you give some of it away and be generous with it, you will get it back. As it says in the book of Luke, “Give and it shall be given back to you, good measure, pressed down, shaken together and running over shall be put into your bosom. The measure you use shall be returned to you.” The employee invested the money by releasing it. He got more back.
2. God is after your money. He does not want to take it from you, so you become poor, but on the contrary God wants to see you being blessed through your giving or generosity. In Malachi 3v10, God says, “Bring all the tithes into the storehouse, That there may be food in My house, and try Me now in this,” Says the LORD of hosts, “If I will not open for you the windows of heaven And pour out for you such blessing that there will not be room enough to receive it.” Everything in you will say, “I am going to be generous with my money when I overcome my problems and fix my finances.” But when you do your part by being generous with your money, even while you have your own struggles, then this is what is going to open the windows of heaven.
3. God has a sound financial plan for your life. If you don’t know it, you may not have discovered it yet. In the scriptures, we read that God has a good plan for your life, including your finances. The business owner gave his employee a thousand dollars. This was a surprise and came unexpectedly to him.
In the same way, God has many surprises for you. They will come to you when you are least expecting it. You didn’t see it coming. You didn’t dream that you could be so blessed. You don’t know what God has in store for you. You don’t know the promotions, the opportunities, the favour that he’s already ordained to come across your path. Psalm 35 says: “God takes pleasure in prospering you.” It brings a smile to God’s face to make things happen that amaze you.
The business owner was pleased to see his worker get so blessed. In the same way, it gives God pleasure to see you blessed, and you may not know how this can happen, but the scripture says, “God will supply all of our needs according to his riches.” It doesn’t say, “According to your job, according to your talent, if the boss likes you, if the economy’s up, if you have the right friends.” It’s not according to what you have. It’s according to what He has, and the good news is that God owns it all. He makes streets out of gold and can create them if he doesn’t have what you need. He speaks, and worlds come into existence.
And all this is possible from a relationship with God through His Son Jesus Christ. This relationship is possible when we confess our wrongs and sins, repent of them, and put our faith in Jesus Christ as our Lord and Saviour. We become children of God. We become partakers of the blessings God has for us.
God bless you
