Joseph Prince's "Grace Inspirations" for today is a very good lesson on God's financial prosperity!
GOD IS
BEHIND YOUR INCREASE
1
Corinthians 3:7 So then
neither he who plants is anything, nor he who waters, but God who gives the
increase.
Sometimes,
we think that the increase or success which we enjoy is the result of our own
efforts or hard work. Now, I am not advocating laziness, but the truth is
that God is the one behind our increase.
We see this
truth when we read the story of Ruth, a young widow from Moab, who worked as a
gleaner in a barley field from morning till evening. Now, we could attribute
the entire ephah—a substantial 10-day supply—of barley she collected at the end
of the day to her hard work. After all, she did work all day in the field.
But when we
read about how Boaz, the owner of the field, had secretly told his reapers to
“let grain from the bundles fall purposely for her; leave it that she may
glean” (Ruth 2:16), we know that it was because of Boaz’s intervention that Ruth
ended up with so much.
I believe
that Jesus, our heavenly Boaz, does the same thing for us today. He causes
people to favor us and “drop” blessings on us because He loves us. Then, He
causes us to “pick up” these blessings. Often, it happens so seemingly
naturally we forget that it is the Lord who has blessed us with the increases.
A church
member who runs a florist business shared that once, God caused someone who
needed a lot of flowers to “drop” a huge order with her. She also shared that
she was hardly making any money even though she had been working hard for many
years. But when she became a Christian after coming to our church, she began to
confess every day that God’s favor was on her. Within a few weeks, that big
order worth S$14,000 came in. Only God could have given her such a supernatural
increase.
My friend,
your hard work is not behind your increase. The Bible tells us that it is “God
who gives the increase.” He is the one who is behind your increase and He
delights in blessing you because He loves you!
AMEN! We are called to do ALL that we do, with our whole heart and unto the LORD! When we have and maintain that attitude, we WILL see the manifestation of God's glory in and around us!!! Here is Hillsong Worship with "You Are More":
Shalom in Him!
