Start to Build

Proverbs 24:27 (NKJV)
Prepare your outside work, make it fit for yourself in the field; and afterward build your house.

There are many people that are confessing the blessings of God upon their lives but there are few who will actually prepare themselves for the blessing. You may wonder what I am talking about; you may even feel that receiving blessings from God require us only to believe that we receive when we pray. True when we pray we must believe we receive because no one will receive anything from God if they are wavering in their faith. James 1:7-8 (NKJV)

There are thousands of blessings in the Bible that we are entitled to. Today I really just want to focus on the economic blessing or in other words, finances. Now there are a lot of people that have been praying and believing God to bless them financially. This has been a desire of your heart for many years, but for some reason you still seem to struggle in this area. Let’s take a deeper look into that, well we know that God has not forgotten about you, we know that He desires his children to live abundantly, so why have you not seen any manifestation of your desire?

The title of this writing is “Start to Build” this signifies that there is something on your end that must be accomplished before you can receive this desire of yours. God needs to first of all know that He can trust you with wealth. Just as surely as wealth can be a blessing it can also very well be a temptation.

1. What are your motives for desiring to have wealth is it so you can bless others or more mainly bless yourself? Is it wrong for a Christian to buy a $100,000 car, absolutely not, but what is your driving force to be wealthy?

2. Are you faithful with the little you have right now? Do you honor God with your finances (tithes & offerings) or are you one of those people that say when I get rich I’m going to give a million dollars. Well if you can’t give $10 now than the chances of you giving a million are slim to none.

Luke 16:10 (NKJV)
He who is faithful in what is least is faithful also in much; and he who is unjust in what is least is unjust also in much.

3.Are you financially responsible? Is your reason for wanting more because you don’t have enough now? Well before you make that statement have you analyzed where you’re spending the majority of your money? Do you eat out five times a week, do you go to the mall every weekend, and do you give yourself a weekly budget? Maybe the reason you never have enough is because you don’t track your spending and you do a lot of unnecessary spending. Try trimming the fat in your finances and see what you come up with. There are some people who really don’t have enough but I’ll cover that issue at another time.

4.Do you listen to God and follow His instructions when He speaks? This is a big one, because if you have a hard time obeying God with the little finances now how will it be when you have much? You never know, God may tell you to give half of your fortune away, now if your heart is mature you would obey even though it still may be a tough thing to do. If your heart is attached to the wealth then this is something you might ignore. Where your treasure is there your heart will be also. Matthew 6:21 (NKJV)

5.Are you in a season of spiritual development? During the times where God is growing us and maturing us in certain areas of our lives, it may seem we are lacking but in fact we are being stretched and our faith is being tested to see what our hearts produce an abundance of.

James 1:2-3 (NKJV)
My brethren, count it all joy when you fall into various trials, knowing that the testing of your faith produces patience.

God hasn’t forgotten about your prayers and desires, but if you’re looking for a financial break through one must be prepared to receive it and also manage it. If you read the story of Joseph you will see how God blessed him abundantly. Joseph was a commodities broker in his day, and because God trusted Him, He essentially gave Joseph control over all of the entire financial system in his land. Joseph was the head guy in charge over Wall Street. Everyone bought from Joseph which made him a very rich man. Joseph didn’t get to that position over night, he had to be built up before God entrusted him with so much, and because he was faithful and responsible he was blessed.

Would God trust you with $1,000,000 if you can’t efficiently manage $100?

Daryle Houston II
Kingdom Vizion Ministries
www.kingdomvizion.org