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Biblical
Prosperity in Perspective 7
Starting the
Prosperity Process, Part Two
by Pastor John Hamel
In part one of “Starting the Prosperity
Process,” we saw that wisdom is the first thing we should shoot for,
whatever the need. The Bible says to get wisdom first and foremost
before attempting to step out in any endeavor.
The only way to get
wisdom is to ask God for wisdom. (James 1:5-8) Almighty God will
either speak to you directly, indirectly or lead you to something in His
Word.
Possibly He will impress upon your heart to do something or He
could even send someone to confirm to you what He wants you to know or
do.
Either way, once
you expectantly ask for wisdom, it will come. It is so vitally
important to ask for wisdom first, not just for prosperity.
Once you
do hear from the Lord, keep the following in mind.
Get
Your Head Out of the Way & Do Not Analyze His Instruction
God is
faithful. He will instruct you. He will talk to you, impress
something upon you, lead you to His Word or possibly lead you to another
individual. There are many ways God can impart His wisdom to
you. However He does it, just know that He
will do it. Once He does, keep to yourself and do what He says.
Do not consult with flesh and blood. There is no need to go around
asking everyone his or her opinion of what God told you to do. Even
if it does not make sense to you in the natural, do it.
As a matter
of fact, the chances are great that He is going to tell you to do something
that does not make sense in the natural. If you will obey Him, and do
not try to reason it away or to analyze it, the end result will be
supernatural abundance in your life.
When Jesus turned the
water into wine at the Wedding Feast of Cana, He did
it through the cooperation of the household servants. Had they argued
with Him or attempted to analyze His instructions, they would have missed
the Anointing and there would have been no miracle. It made
absolutely no sense to the servants to go down to the well and haul up 162
gallons of water when the request was for wine.
Had anyone said, “For
what, Jesus? They didn’t ask for water. They asked for wine. How is it that you can heal the deaf but
you don’t hear so well yourself?
What are You going to do, turn the water into wine?” everyone would
have busted out laughing, grieving the Spirit of God,
aborting a full-fledged miracle.
However, those
servants did not argue with Jesus. They did not give Him any
argument. You know what they gave Him? They gave Him a bunch of
good old-fashioned obedience. Obedience
always sets the stage for the supernatural. Here is what happened.
“And he saith unto them, Draw out now, and bear unto the
governor of the feast. And they bare it. When the ruler of the
feast had tasted the water that was made wine, and knew not whence it was:
(but the servants which drew the water knew;) the governor of the feast
called the bridegroom, And saith unto him, Every
man at the beginning doth set forth good wine; and when men have well
drunk, then that which is worse: but thou hast kept the good wine until
now.” (John 2:8-10)
It made no sense to the household servants to fill those
six 27-gallon clay jugs with water when people were desirous of unfermented
wine. (Leviticus 10:8-9; Isaiah 65:8) However, the servants decided
to utilize Jesus’ instruction and not analyze it.
If you will utilize
whatever instruction comes to you by the agency of the Holy Spirit,
refusing to analyze it, you will see a financial miracle. You will
see His Glory manifest in your finances.
It made absolutely
no sense for Jehoshaphat and the Nation of Israel to march before their
enemies, praising God,
looking like some sort of goofy parade. No doubt their heads were
saying, “For what?” But in their hearts they knew that obeying the
God of Israel always paid rich dividends, which it did in this case,
too. It took Israel three days to
collect all of the wealth of their enemies. (2Chronicles 20:1-25)
It is so important,
when it comes to Biblical prosperity, to just jump piggyback on top of
whatever it is He is telling you to do, and give Him opportunity to prove Himself to you. As a matter of fact, prosperity is
the only topic in all of Scripture in which God gives us permission to
“prove” Him. He said, “Prove Me now … and see if I won’t pour out
abundance upon you.” (Malachi 3:10)
So ask Him for
wisdom and then make a decision to keep your head out of the way. He
is probably going to tell you to do something that is going to take faith. Faith is the only, only, only,
only, only, only thing that pleases Him. (Hebrews
11:6)
Throw
All Your Confidence upon Him
Once you begin to
do what He is telling you to do, you are just going to have to surrender
everything to God. He can be trusted. He is looking
for you to trust Him. This is where too many Believers fail when it
comes to Biblical prosperity. They draw the line when it comes to “my
money.” It is not your money. It is God’s money. He
loaned it to you. He gave you the ability to obtain it.
Until
you are willing to serve God with your money, you are unwilling to serve
Him with your life. Most people spend their entire lives getting
money. Therefore, when they give God their money, they give God their
lives. When they do not give God their money, they do not give Him
their lives. God knows what He is doing when He tells you to give
something. He is preparing you for future prosperity. Let’s
look at some verses in Ecclesiastes.
“Cast thy bread
upon the waters for thou shalt find it after many
days.” (Ecclesiastes 11:1)
The Holy Spirit is
talking about sowing seed here. He is using the metaphor of Israel throwing seed into
the River Jordan. It would float downstream, taking root along the
shore, producing a harvest that would wait for them when they arrived there
years later. Your seed may leave your hand, but it never leaves your
life. It simply goes ahead of you to produce a harvest, which you
will meet up with later.
“Give a portion to
seven, and also to eight; for thou knowest not
what evil shall be upon the earth.” (Ecclesiastes 11:2)
He is still talking
about sowing here, sowing towards your future. You will be ready for
whatever comes if you will obey Him. (Matthew 6:19-20)
“If the clouds be
full of rain, they empty themselves upon the earth: and if the tree fall
toward the south, or toward the north, and the place where the tree falleth, there it shall be.” (Ecclesiastes 11:3)
The Holy Spirit is
simply saying that prosperity is a sure thing for all who plant seeds of
prosperity. It is as sure as the rain falling out of the sky.
It is as sure as tree resting where it falls. These are just ancient
ways of saying, “It’s a done deal.”
“He that observeth the wind shall not sow; and he that regardeth the clouds shall not reap.” (Ecclesiastes
11:4)
Here He is saying
that if you allow your negative circumstances to dictate in the matter, you
will never plant. Therefore, you will never reap a harvest. Do
not wait until the planting is good and easy. Plant now. You
have seed somewhere. Plant it. Do not say you do not have any
seed when God says you do. Ask Him to show you where your seed
is. Then plant it. (2Corinthians 9:10)
“As thou knowest not what is the way of the Spirit, nor how the
bones do grow in the womb of her that is with child; even so thou knowest not the works of God who maketh
all.” (Ecclesiastes 11:5)
Here again
instruction is given to not analyze how what God is telling you to do will
prosper you. You will never figure it out with your head. Do
not bother trying. Just do as He says. God knows how it will happen
and quite frankly, He is under no obligation to explain Himself to
you. He will if He wants to, but do not wait around for it. You
will be wasting precious time.
“In the morning sow
thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thine
hand: For thou knowest not whether shall prosper,
either this or that, or whether they both shall be alike good.”
(Ecclesiastes 11:6)
Here the Holy
Spirit is simply saying, “Sow, sow, sow, sow, sow. You will reap,
reap, reap, reap, reap.”
The day you make
the decision to obey God when He gives you wisdom, is the day poverty ends
and the day Biblical prosperity begins for you. Do whatever He says,
keeping your head out of the way.
Open your mouth and say, “Poverty, I bind
you in the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ. Prosperity, you come to me
now, in Jesus’ Name. I agree with Almighty God according to Matthew
18:18, in Jesus’ Name.”
Be blessed … John and Barbara Hamel
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