We Must Understand the Blessings of the Lord Deeper

In most parts of the world, especially in Nigeria, there is a narrowing down of the Blessings of the Lord. I plan on writing a book to cover this diverse subject based on the revelations given to me by the Lord, but I will start with this article.

Many People tend to see blessings mainly as having material possessions, earthly comfort and satisfaction. This is primarily, I believe, because of the level we are at spiritually in the Body of Christ. Many can blame it on the teaching we have today, but how many people who point accusing fingers really do search out the Truth for themselves? The scriptures provide us with the answers we need, although we need the anointing-quickening power of the Holy Spirit to open our eyes to the deeper truths of God. If we raise the ladder, other people around us would also have the opportunity to go higher.

It is a good thing to have blessings in earthly activities, to have children and to generally prosper in that which we lay our hands to do. There is no over-emphasizing that for it to be recognized. I personally need the Lord to open doors for me; I need food, shelter, clothing, favor,  breakthrough and all the "good things" life has to offer, it is not a bad thing. Even our Lord Jesus had a treasurer who stored the money that was needed for He and His disciples. But the Lord's priorities were never misplaced. He understood what and where the greater treasures were without disregarding the lesser ones. We must understand this wisdom if we desire to make any SIGNIFICANT progress.

 Scripture says, "All praise to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly realms because we are united with Christ" (Ephesians 1:3, NLT), that certainly means more than having the resources we can see with our earthly eyes. Wealth has been defined by a whole lot of people as simply Having Money, it is enshrouded in their lexicon and phrases. Although we have people who have a better and deeper understanding, acKNOWLEDGING that: "Health is wealth." We must however seek after spiritual things until we are rest satisfied that Rivers of Living Water flow out of our bellies. For it is written: But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you
(See Matthew 6:33). A person is only but a poor fellow who is earthly rich and heavenly poor. We must seek Heaven's approval of our walk in the earth, even if it might cost us our carnal wealth. It is better to be rich in spiritual things and average or poor in earthly things, but best to be both rich in spiritual things and earthly things. We can have both! We only need the Wisdom of God and the humility of the Cross to leverage of our works. It is all useless to have wealth and exalt ourselves beyond WHERE WE HAVE BEEN PLACED. Humility is one the greatest spiritual treasures. Paul's example of having  a thorn in the flesh allowed by the Lord to keep him from being proud is a paragon of how much important humility is in keeping it all together.

A balance must be kept in knowing that being heavenly minded does not negate the need for being earthly useful - the Blessing of the Lord from heaven enriches the earth that was put under our custody in the first place. The two must go hand in hand. The ultimate purpose of God for us is that His will be done on earth as it is in heaven. In the beginning,  the earth was put under our authority, we lost it and it has been given back to us,  without our first calling neglected. For God’s gifts and his call can never be withdrawn ( Romans 11:29, NLT).

An open heart that cries out for the Righteousness and Justice of God is paramount to enjoying His blessings. If we are willing and obedient, God will dwell with us; His Love will be seen in us; He will heal our land; we would have the faith that moves mountains; we would receive fresh and new ideas; we would be creative; we would be fruitful, we would multiply and we would be used to restore all that the enemy has stolen with all the God made resources available in the heavens and the earth. The earth is still the Lord's and it's fullness thereof, but He will only give it to the Meek.

Enlightened Economics

Every Kingdom survives on having many departments that compliment each other. These various departments come together to cohesively bring about the advancement and prosperity of the kingdom.

I have taken a keen interest on economics as of late and from what I have gleaned - from a secular end -  economics is the study of man and how he relates to his environment. Human beings seek for means to better their resources and improve their services whenever there is the urgency (some inventions were necessitated) or it can simply be for the pleasure of it.

There is only one Kingdom  that is going to last forever and that is the kingdom of God. Even the wise of this world understand  the foolhardy of building or investing in an economy that would be headed for the sandpit. A greater wisdom would be to bank in an economy that never fails, that's got wells of wealth that never run dry and keep all who thirst satisfied.

Unfortunately many people in God's Kingdom do not understand how His economy operates and are shortchanged in their operations. Many obviously know the calling of God on their lives but are weighed down by the onus of lack and insufficiency having been saddled with wrong doctrines that have left their dreams in the doldrums.

If we search the scriptures we would discover that it is contrary to the nature of a rich God to create lack. Observe that I said "create."  God wants to be a provider and takes no pleasure in seeing His creation suffer through lack. But creation has  common enemies -  sin and death. These nefarious duo have conspired in keeping creation out of the will and purpose of God. Where there is sin, a righteous God has to Judge,  and the consequence is always death - death to the provision of something, be it health, wealth, knowledge, prosperity, etc. The only solution to this malady is to return to God and submit to His Spiritual Word.

Not everybody is called to walk in the fivefold ministries of God's Kingdom in the earth. Not all are called to be Apostles, Prophets, Evangelists, Teachers and Pastors. God has purposed some to be business tycoons, skilled artisans, administrators, politicians, designers, sports personnel, etc. The kingdom of God would only be complete and the Church ready for Jesus' return if we all play our part in replenishing the earth and restoring it by taking back all the devil has stolen.

It is time for the giant in you to awaken! It is time for you to fulfill that which was ordained for you to accomplish even before the world began. Go about your business, be fruitful and multiply. Say yes, say Yes to God and you would accomplish exceedingly abundantly above all that you can ask or think of!

Come now, and let us reason together, saith the Lord : though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.  If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land                      
(Isaiah 1:18-19 KJV).

Embracing the Different Facets of God and Understanding the Times and Seasons

Jesus is sweet, loving, powerful, pure, full of judgement, regal, wealthy, full of wisdom (with a hair of days), scintillating, mesmerizing, majestic; in short, He is everything good. He would come to you as is fitting to Him and understandable to you. We cannot take a facet of Him and express it as all that there is. In order to be in a balance, we must embrace all that He is, with the vision to keep moving ahead: Leaving those things which are behind; moving from glory to glory, forever and ever.
There are times and seasons in the affairs of creation. Everybody is in cognizance with this fact. A season for rain, a season for no rain; a time to be born, a time to die; a time to plant, a time to harvest, etc. Not "understanding" this, would leave the mind of a "man" crippled.

God has designed our learning (for we would be growing forever, nobody is too mature for the "Ancient One") to come in episodic fashions. If you are for getting all that there is in God, the fullness of Jesus, you would be taught at various speeds, ways, and seasons. God could focus on your vision for a season, and your healing for another, your purity at a time and your obedience for another. Wisdom would suggest that you be patient and let God take the reins in your life. There is more than time can handle in your getting to understand God, and you would have to get the best of what you can before leaving this realm.

Be patient, God would make it all good in due season!