Dr. D's Devotional
Title: Finances 29
by Dennis Reschke
Finances 29
Rom 10:12 "For there is no difference between the Jew and the
Greek: for the same Lord over all is rich to all that call upon Him". Rich
means more than you can see anyway to use, spirit, soul, and body. God richly
provides us with everything for our enjoyment. (1Tim 6:17). Our God is the
God of more than enough (Eph 3:20).
If you don't live this way now, you'll
have to do it in heaven because we can't please God without faith (Heb 11:6),
and there's no sin there (Rom 14:23). He's the same yesterday, today and
forever (Heb 13:8). We have an image on the inside of us, painted by religious
words, that has us plucking harps on clouds in heaven. It will be easier
in heaven to believe because there won't be any opposition to our faith
then.
Deut 8:18 "But you shall remember the LORD your God: for it is He that gives
you power to get wealth, that He may establish His covenant which He swore
to your fathers, as it is this day". Wealth, riches, and prosperity should
not trigger in our minds, gold, silver, and political power. It should first
be spiritual prosperity. If gold was evil, however, He would be evil because
He's surrounded by it (Rev 1:13). The love and dependence on money is the
root of all evil (1Tim 6:10) because it takes us off the dependence on God
to gain wealth. He did not say a rich man could not enter the kingdom, He
just said it was hard (Matt 19:24). Rich men trust in their riches. Money
and political influence is actually the lowest form of power that exists
in this earth; the highest form is prayer. If you know how to pray you can
get wealth and influence the affairs of men.
The world is more prosperous
now then it's ever been. The problems associated with wealth are now magnified
and much greater than the ones that go with poverty. The remedy of poverty
is trivial compared to the remedy of millions of people with lots of wealth.
Prosperity is the ability to use God's power to meet the needs of mankind:
social, mental, physical, soulful, spiritual. The greatest thing God can
do for us is not to save us but to reveal to us His word because through
the Word we can not only find out spiritual salvation, but also the salvation
of our souls and bodies (1Thes 5:23).
Deut 29:9 "Keep therefore the words of this covenant, and do them, that
you may prosper in all that you do". God says in order to prosper in everything
we do, we have to keep His Word. It's the Word in a man or woman of God
that makes them prosperous.
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