“Pastor, isn’t the economic situation in the country affecting you in any way?”
On the contrary, I prepared for it. Joseph’s experience in Egypt unveils a very powerful revelation that not many Christians have come to understand. There was 7 years of plenty, and then 7 years of great famine followed. During the famine, all kinds of unfortunate things happened to people. We were even told that some women ate their children because of hunger. Despite the harshness in that economy, the people of Isreal still enjoyed exemption. That’s exactly what commitment to serving God with your finances does, it exempts you from economic challenges.
I once taught you the seven things that could make the love of God in our heart wax cold, and coincidentally, economic challenges is one of the 7 things. Let’s read how the scripture puts it:
Romans 8:
35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?
Did you notice the word “famine”? It simply means an extreme shortage of something. Over the years, other words like “economic recession” has been used to replace the word “famine”. Recession means a period of reduced economic activity. Bottomline is, both of them are economic challenges.
Famine or recession has been around for ages. It was famine that made Abraham lie about Sarah being his sister. Imagine if God didn’t intervene for Abraham, the king would have taken Sarah for a wife. If that had happened, only God knows what would have become of Abraham – all because of an economic challenge.
Economic challenges is one of Satan’s greatest weapon to disalign believers from their Creator. The price of basic amenities keeps increasing every moment, yet your salary is the same. How would you survive? You negotiated that salary when the economy was okay, but now what you negotiated has become the reason for the stress in your life. And as long as the economic situation continues to deteriorate, it would only be a matter of time before the stress graduates to distress. Before you know it, a person who was burning hot for God suddenly becomes cold because he’s in a state of distress.
Some believers ignorantly think that the economic challenges in their nation is a product of bad governance, so they do all they can to vote in a good leader. As much as good governance is important, the best of governments have not been able to put an end to economic challenges in their land. And that’s because economic challenges is sponsored by demon spirits. That’s why even when a good leader is voted into power, the economic situation may even become worse.
I think Christians in my country needs this message more. Ofcourse, I want a better leader to lead the nation, but as a Christian, I’ve learnt not to depend on the arrival of a good government before I prosper. Rather, I use the little I have for the kingdom, and God in return adds everything I need to me.
The only way out of economic challenges is commitment to the covenant of financial prosperity. I’ve written alot about covenant practice and I’m not about to start a sermon on that. But let me leave you with Deuteronomy 8:18. It says:
Deuteronomy 8:
18 But thou shalt remember the LORD thy God: for it is he that giveth thee power to get wealth, that he may establish his covenant which he sware unto thy fathers, as it is this day.
That’s right! The power to get wealth is not in your government, but in the covenant. And the only way the covenant can be established in your life is if you remember God in your finances. I’ve told you about the business man that entered Taraba State with just 200 Naira, and vowed to God that if God prospers him, he’d give God 90 percent of all his income. Today, he’s a multimillionaire, even with the little percentage he gets.
Everything you need to succeed in this life is in the covenant of financial prosperity. You don’t even need to get a job before you begin, just like that business man, what you need to begin is your heart. I also began covenant practice with just 100 Naira. I remember how I bought biscuits with that money and distributed it to people. They were so happy that they had to even proclaim blessings on me.
No inflation in the land has ever caught me unawares. And that’s because God increases me even before it comes. The covenant prepares and exempts us from economic challenges.
As I conclude, God wants His wealth to reach all the families of the earth, and as long as you’re committed to distribute His blessings that comes to you, He’d keep opening doors of favour unto you, despite the economic situation. Give to the church, give to the poor, give to your parents, give to society. Just take advantage of every genuine opportunity you have to give. That’s how you escape the challenges of hard times. Don’t ever make the mistake of saving for rainy days, covenant people give to escape rainy days.
I hope this has brought enlightenment to someone.
Remain ever blessed, in Jesus precious name!
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