Wednesday, July 29, 2009

The Blessing Maketh Rich

The Bible leaves no question about it. God’s people are supposed to be rich. Not just rich in
righteousness, love, joy, peace, and fellowship of God. Not even rich only in relationships and spiritual rewards.
God’s people are to be rich–in relationships and spiritual rewards. Gods people are to rich –financially
wealthy and prosperous in every possible way with plenty of money.

Scripture after scripture confirms it: “THE BLESSING of the Lord, it maketh rich, and he addeth no sorrow with it” (Proverbs 10:22); “Riches and honour are with [the wisdom of God; yea, durable riches and righteousness” (Proverbs 8:18); “Blessed is the man that feareth the Lord, that delighted greatly in his commandments. Wealth and riches shall be in his house: and his righteousness endureth forever” (Psalm
112:1,3); “For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that ye through his proverty might be rich” (2 Corinthians 8:9)

Some people insist those verses can’t possibly apply to everyone. “What about Christians who live in the
third-world countries?” they ask. “What about those who don’t have the training or opportunities to earn a minimal income. How are they ever supposed to get rich?”

Look again at the first scripture I quoted and you’ll see the answer to those questions: The Blessing of the
Lord, it maketh rich.

Notice, that verse dosn’t say a good job maketh rich, It dosen’t say a strong economy maketh rich. It dosesn’t say expensive degrees from exclusive universities and a resume` full of worldly credentials maketh rich. The Bible says, THE BLESSING does it.

To understand how that can be true, you have to realize what THE BLESSING of the Lord actually is and
the kind of power it contains. We get a glimpse of the power in Genesis 1 when, after He created mankind in His image and gave them dominion, “God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion…(verse 28)

When God spoke the BLESSING, He endured mankind with enough of His own created glory and power
to sustain, uphold and prosper all creation forever. He released all the divine resources man would ever need to expand the Garden of Eden until it filled the whole earth. Through THE BLESSING, God equipped mankind so completely that on the seventh day of Creation, He didn’t even show up for work.

Instead, he rested” (Genesis 2:2)

God rested not because He was tired but because He was finished. He’d done all He needed to do.
He didn’t have to stay on the job, blessing His new family’s every endeavor. He could just sit back, enjoy
their fellowship, watch them exercise their dominion, and let THE BLESSING do what it was designed to do.

God didn’t get to rest long of course, because Adam messed up the plan. He bowed his knee to the devil and turned THE BLESSING into the curse. When he did, God got up and went to work on the plan of
redemption, He took on the task of getting the BLESSING back on all mankind, which is where it has always belonged.

(Continued) ( next Two Different Economies)