Power to Succeed Pt. 11

God guaranteed fulfillment of every one of His promises by cutting a covenant for you. If the covenant was with you, you would likely break it. Christ is the fulfillment of the promise. A promise with God is a guarantee, not a maybe or a might. Knowing this might cause you to fix your mind, change your mouth, talk a little differently! If you are so confident and sure that Christ died for you, how can you not also receive that we have been given all things?

God gives an abundance of all things for our enjoyment (Romans 8:28, 31, and 5:5; 1 Timothy 6:17; 1 Corinthians 3:21). Unless and until you allow God to straighten your perspective on money, you (rich or poor) will have money issues. If God gave you all things richly to enjoy, why would you ever be slow to give? God gave first! God wants you to learn to depend on Him above everything else. Can you name one thing not covered under “all”? God gave you His Word to protect you, because without it, you won’t make it! Drawing close to Him means you take everything He offers.

Psalm 146:5 – Concentrate on and walk by faith – don’t think about things that are coming to distract you from your faith –allow God to manifest all things in your life.

1. Hope in God allows you to give like never before. And not just money. Hope also gives you the power of endurance to make it [to the end]. You can’t be His offspring if you aren’t a giver. Our Heavenly Father gave us freely all things, and once born again, we are born after His nature.
By this statement, I know that you have given before. What the Spirit of God is talking about is how you do it, not the measure of what you do. Increase the power of what you do and add to it. Why lose when it’s not an option?

As long as the earth remains, there will be seed, time, and harvest. The enemy has tricked many into thinking giving doesn’t work because you can’t see it working. Everything you plant works in secret – for your benefit! Many get excited when a little bud starts to show. Let it grow! If you cut the blade off, you won’t reap the harvest. This isn’t delayed gratification, it is for harvest satisfaction. Don’t settle for temporary gain and forego future abundance.

A question for next week: Have we been good, faithful stewards over what God has given us?