How To Start Working With God Financially (Part 1)

Most people have heard the Bible contains more than 2,000 verses regarding money.  Most people understand that the Bible says A LOT about money.  But very few people agree on what the Bible actually says.  When you put all 2,000 verses on the table, if you were to fit them together like a puzzle, what do they say?  Do they make a clear picture of God’s will for your finances? 

Actually, they do!  Let me first show you what the picture looks like (today), and then I will show you how to get started on the path to seeing that picture in your life (tomorrow).

2 Corinthians chapters 8 and 9 talk a lot about money.  They are directed to Christians, and they explain God’s will for our financial lives in no uncertain terms.  First of all, we should understand that Jesus became poor so that we might become rich (2 Corinthians 8:9).  That should come as no surprise when we understand His substitutionary sacrifice on the cross.  He became sin so that we might become righteous (2 Corinthians 5:21).  He became sick so that we might be healed (Isaiah 53:4-5).  He became poor so that we might be rich.

Now don’t get hung up on the word “rich” and stop reading.  Just understand that God wants you to have plenty of money, and He wants you to connect your salvation and your spiritual life with your financial life. 

Why does God want us to have money?  Is it so we can all live in mansions and drive lambos and play golf all day?  There is nothing wrong with those things, but that’s not why God gives us the power to create wealth (Deuteronomy 8:18).  

Here is the primary reason God wants us to have plenty of money - “God will generously provide all you need.  Then you will always have everything you need and plenty left over to share with others . . . Yes, you will be enriched in every way so that you can always be generous.  And when we take your gifts to those who need them, they will thank God.”  (2 Corinthians 9:8,11)

God wants you to have all of your needs met.  He also wants you to be enriched to the point that you can always be generous.  He wants you to have abundance, not just so you can stockpile for yourself, but so you can be a blessing to others.  When you share what God has given you with others, they will understand it’s actually coming from God, and they will glorify Him.

God wants everyone to have enough.  He loves you and wants you to eat the good of the land and enjoy all the good things available in life (Isaiah 1:19, 1 Timothy 6:17).  He also wants you to help others in His Name, on His behalf (2 Corinthians 9:13, 1 Timothy 6:18).  This lets others see His love for them, and it helps them rise up so they too can increase and then help others.

It’s time to believe God for great wealth, not just for ourselves (which is greed and wrong) but for God’s Kingdom and God’s people.  God wants us to enjoy life and His blessings, free from lack and financial concerns.  Tomorrow I will post about starting in God’s financial system, and how you can see His system bring this kind of increase in your life. 

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