From Poverty to Wealth

Thursday 30 April
READ: Deut. 8:18
MORE LESSON: Amos 9:13

There is a law of cause and effect that governs everything in life. Wealth doesn't just happen, it is gotten as God reveals, thou shalt remember the Lord thy God: for it is he that giveth thee power to get wealth, that he may establish his covenant which he sware unto thy fathers, as it is this day: Deut 8: 18. Notice that this scripture doesn't say that God gives you wealth but that He gives you the power to get wealth. So you can't sit at home doing nothing and expect wealth to come. God is committed to make things happen for you when you do something.

Another principle of increase is giving. People who hate to give will be poor because God doesn't prosper a tight-fisted man. Stinginess will activate the operation of poverty in a man's life. Equally, men that do not do anything will be poor because God doesn't prosper a lazy man. Laziness reduces a man to zero, The hand of the diligent shall bear rule: but the slothful shall be under tribute. Prov. 12: 24. Another harbinger of poverty is reckless spending. Some waste all the resources that God puts in their hands because they buy everything they see, whether necessary or not. The Bible says that the lazy man and the man that cannot control his spending are brothers, and their father is poverty, He also that is slothful in his work is brother to him that is a great waster: Prov 18:9.

However, God's covenant with you is of wealth and not poverty. So you have to work by the principles of the Kingdom, and you will see that the Lord is committed to blessing you. God wants to bless you so abundantly that you will not be able to harvest it all, The time will come," says the Lord, "when the grain and grapes will grow faster than they can be harvested: Amos 9:13 (NLT). God's intention is to increase you till you become a thousand times more than you are presently, May the LORD God of your fathers make you a thousand times more numerous than you are, and bless you as He has promised you! Deut 1: 11. I want you to believe this scripture so that it can impart on you the confidence to rise above poverty into prosperity. God is not satisfied with what you are now, no matter how big you think you are. He wants to make you a thousand times more. A hundred percent increase is not all that God can give, He can give you a thousand increase.

Break away from the habits that propagate poverty and commit to the Kingdom principles of diligence, giving, saving, investment, wisdom and prayer. And God will take poverty far away from your generation of children and make you prosperous.

Prayer/Action
*Ask the Lord for the power to get wealth.
* Ask God to give you grace to follow the principles of the Scripture for prosperity.
* Ask the Lord to make you a thousand times more and bless you as He has promised.
* Ask God for wisdom to manage the prosperity He will give you for His Kingdom and glory.

PROPHETIC PRAYER
I celebrate the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob for not giving me over to the wishes of my enemy this far into 2015.