Learning To Let God Be Our Source

Learn to realize that God is your SOURCE. This does not just just apply in spiritual things but in all things. God has committed Himself to us even in the financial area:

And my God shall supply all your need according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus. Philippians 4:19

It is very important that our trust and confidence be in God in all areas. We are warned against trusting in the flesh or our own abilities (Jer 17:7-8). Fruitfulness comes from having our confidence in the right place. The Psalmist said: "The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want (lack)..."

If God is our Shepherd, He will take care of us. But a good question might be, "But how do I tap into His provision?" The answer to that question is that God's grace (ability and provision) comes to us in an area as we yield that area to Him.

James 4:6 says, "..God resists the proud, But gives grace to the humble."

As we surrender an area to Him, He becomes Lord of that area. Any area that He is in charge of, He becomes responsible for. But how do we yield the financial area to Him? The answer is found in the Proverbs 3:9-10:

"Honor the Lord with your possessions, And with the firstfruits of all your increase; So you barns will be filled with plenty, And you vats will overflow with new wine."

As we honor God, He will honor us. We honor Him by giving to Him the firstfruits of all our increase. Also called "the tithe" or a tenth of our income. In Leviticus 27:30 He says, "And all the tithe of the land......is the Lord's. It is holy to the Lord." When we yield an area to the Lord, by obedience to Him, He will fulfill His word to us. He will "fill our barns with plenty and cause our vats to overflow with new wine."

In the book of Malachi He makes an incredible promise to us and challenges us to test (prove) Him in it.

"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 the windows of heaven and pour out for you such blessing that there will not be room enough to receive it. And I will rebuke the devourer for your sakes...."
Malachi 3:10-11

This is a promise to the tither.This is a promise to the ones who have obeyed Him in this area. This is what God desires to do in our lives as we are obedient. I encourage you to put the Word into practice in this area and believe God to bless you. It is not wrong to expect God to fulfill His Word. It is simply having faith. Faith pleases God (Hebrews 11:6).

Getting Our Priorities In Order

WARNING: There is a clear warning in Scripture against covetousness (idolatry). God desires to bless His people but He is against covetousness. The reason is this: He desires to be first palce in our lives. We are to seek Him above anything else. We are called to be pursuers of God. He wants to be our TREASURE. And if we keep Him as the focus of our lives there is a great promise:

"But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you." Matthew 6:33

God promises to meet the needs of anyone who will seek Him first. He desires to show Himself strong on our behalf as we look to Him. He is a good God!

Looking At Our Covenant With God

We have a responsibility as Christians to renew our minds (thinking) according to God's Word (Romans 12:2). Faith (confidence in God) does come from hearing the Word of God (Romans 10:17). The word of God is the revealed will of God. So meditate on these Scriptures and find out what God will to do in your life!

 

 

Deut 8:18
"And you shall remember the LORD your God, for it is He who gives you power to get wealth, that He may establish His covenant which He swore to your fathers, as it is this day"

Deut 28
1 "Now it shall come to pass, if you diligently obey the voice of the LORD your God, to observe carefully all His commandments which I command you today, that the LORD your God will set you high above all nations of the earth.
2 "And all these blessings shall come upon you and overtake you, because you obey the voice of the LORD your God:
3 "Blessed shall you be in the city, and blessed shall you be in the country.
4 "Blessed shall be the fruit of your body, the produce of your ground and the increase of your herds, the increase of your cattle and the offspring of your flocks.
5 "Blessed shall be your basket and your kneading bowl.
6 "Blessed shall you be when you come in, and blessed shall you be when you go out.
7 "The LORD will cause your enemies who rise against you to be defeated before your face; they shall come out against you one way and flee before you seven ways.
8 "The LORD will command the blessing on you in your storehouses and in all to which you set your hand, and He will bless you in the land which the LORD your God is giving you.
9 "The LORD will establish you as a holy people to Himself, just as He has sworn to you, if you keep the commandments of the LORD your God and walk in His ways.
10 "Then all peoples of the earth shall see that you are called by the name of the LORD, and they shall be afraid of you.
11 "And the LORD will grant you plenty of goods, in the fruit of your body, in the increase of your livestock, and in the produce of your ground, in the land of which the LORD swore to your fathers to give you.
12 "The LORD will open to you His good treasure, the heavens, to give the rain to your land in its season, and to bless all the work of your hand. You shall lend to many nations, but you shall not borrow.
13 "And the LORD will make you the head and not the tail; you shall be above only, and not be beneath, if you heed the commandments of the LORD your God, which I command you today, and are careful to observe them.
14 "So you shall not turn aside from any of the words which I command you this day, to the right hand or to the left, to go after other gods to serve them.

2 Chr 26:5
He sought God in the days of Zechariah, who had understanding in the visions of God; and as long as he sought the LORD, God made him prosper.

Prov 3:9-10
Honor the LORD with your possessions, and with the firstfruits of all your increase; So your barns will be filled with plenty, and your vats will overflow with new wine.

Prov 28:27
He who gives to the poor will not lack, but he who hides his eyes will have many curses.

Prov 22:4
By humility and the fear of the LORD are riches and honor and life.

Prov 10:22
The blessing of the LORD makes one rich, and He adds no sorrow with it.

Eccl 11:1
Cast your bread upon the waters, for you will find it after many days.

Isa 48:17
Thus says the LORD, your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: "I am the LORD your God, who teaches you to profit, who leads you by the way you should go.

Ps 34:10
The young lions lack and suffer hunger; but those who seek the LORD shall not lack any good thing

Ps 68:19
Blessed be the Lord, who daily loads us with benefits, the God of our salvation! Selah

Ps 112
1 Praise the LORD! Blessed is the man who fears the LORD, who delights greatly in His commandments.
2 His descendants will be mighty on earth; the generation of the upright will be blessed.
3 Wealth and riches will be in his house, and his righteousness endures forever.

Mal 3:8-11
8 "Will a man rob God? Yet you have robbed Me! But you say, 'In what way have we robbed You?' In tithes and offerings.
9 You are cursed with a curse, for you have robbed Me, even this whole nation.
10 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.
11 "And I will rebuke the devourer for your sakes, so that he will not destroy the fruit of your ground, nor shall the vine fail to bear fruit for you in the field," says the LORD of hosts;

Matt 6:33
"But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you.

Luke 6:38
"Give, and it will be given to you: good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over will be put into your bosom. For with the same measure that you use, it will be measured back to you."

Rom 8:32
He who did not spare His own Son, but delivered Him up for us all, how shall He not with Him also freely give us all things?

2 Cor 8:9
For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though He was rich, yet for your sakes He became poor, that you through His poverty might become rich.

2 Cor 9
6 But this I say: He who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and he who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully.
7 So let each one give as he purposes in his heart, not grudgingly or of necessity; for God loves a cheerful giver.
8 And God is able to make all grace abound toward you, that you, always having all sufficiency in all things, may have
an abundance for every good work.

Ps 23:1
The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.

Gal 3
13 Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us (for it is written, "Cursed is
everyone who hangs on a tree"),
14 that the blessing of Abraham might come upon the Gentiles in Christ Jesus, that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.

Gal 3:29
And if you are Christ's, then you are Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise.

Phil 4:19
And my God shall supply all your need according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus.

3 Jn 1:2
Beloved, I pray that you may prosper in all things and be in health, just as your sould prospers.