Divine Prosperity: Empowering Kingdom Builders
Divine Prosperity: Empowering Kingdom Builders
Then Jesus said to His disciples, “Assuredly, I say to you that it is hard for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven. And again I say to you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God.” When His disciples heard it, they were greatly astonished, saying, “Who then can be saved?” But Jesus looked at them and said to them, “With men this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.”
Matthew 19:23-26
When God began to teach me many years ago about Kingdom principles regarding finances, I remember asking Him why some people seem to accumulate money when other believers constantly struggle to make ends meet. Why are some in the house of God being raised up and God is blessing the work of their hands? Yet others are working just as hard and not making much! The Holy Spirit said to me, “When I increase a person financially, it is not as much a sign of My blessing as it is of My desire to expand My kingdom on the earth.” This lines up with scripture: we see in Deuteronomy 8:18, “For it is God that gives thee the power to get wealth that He might expand His covenant upon the earth.”
Saints, it may come as a surprise to many that Kingdom Prosperity is very different from the way many modern-day churches have taught. In Mark 12:41-44, Jesus tells us the story when he sat opposite the treasury watching how the people gave… the poor widow woman with her two mites and the people who threw in large amounts of money out of their abundance. Jesus was watching, not what they gave, but how they gave. Our attitude with our giving…our heart desire to give to Kingdom work, this is what catches God’s notice. This widow woman with her two little pennies, worked very hard for little money because it was hard times, much like it is in today’s economy. She threw in all that she had. The other guys who had plenty of money threw in out of their abundance wanting to show everybody, “Hey, look what I'm giving.” Jesus taught his disciples that the widow put in more than the others and thereby left justified because the others gave what was not all that important to them. It’s all about the heart…and saints, God expands or empowers the ones who gives their best…their all!
Whenever God expands your ability to create wealth, He is not just blessing you for your own gain; He is saying to you, "I am entrusting you with more so that you can use it to expand My Kingdom." In these last days, as time is short, there is going to be a shift in the world’s resources, a great transfer of wealth that is being directed from the coffers of ‘Egypt’ or this world’s system into the hands of God's people who have a desire to expand the Kingdom.
Most people have a desire to increase in wealth, but many haven't seen that breakthrough! If that’s you, perhaps it’s time to take a moment before the Lord. Consider fasting and praying, asking Him, "Lord, if my heart is not aligned with Your Kingdom in the way it should be, change my heart. Ignite in me a passion for Your Kingdom, cause me to burn again with passion for Kingdom priority just as I had when I first believed."
You may be as surprised as the other widow we read about in 1 Kings 17:13-16, when the prophet Elijah came to her and said, “You can do whatever you want, but first make a small cake for me…give God His apportionment first. “
And Elijah said to her, “Do not fear; go and do as you have said, but make me a small cake from it first, and bring it to me; and afterward make some for yourself and your son. For thus says the Lord God of Israel: ‘The bin of flour shall not be used up, nor shall the jar of oil run dry, until the day the Lord sends rain on the earth.’ ”So she went away and did according to the word of Elijah; and she and he and her household ate for many days. The bin of flour was not used up, nor did the jar of oil run dry, according to the word of the Lord which He spoke by Elijah.
1 Kings 17:13-16
In your fasting, praying and time with the Lord, get reconnected with the prophetic word that the Lord Himself gave you. Turn your heart toward every opportunity to expand the Kingdom, to expand the places or keep the places that are preaching the Gospel of the Kingdom alive. Then there is going to be an opportunity for you to increase in the way God has blessed you. It may not make sense to you but if you are seeking God, your heart will compel you to respond. Remember, if you're not seeking God, then the Lord is not coming for you. Saints, be ready every day to respond. God wants to see His Kingdom grow, and He entrusts wealth to those who will use it for that very purpose.
