Lessons I Learned On Prosperity

Exodus 35:4-9, 21-23, 29

Moses said to the whole Israelite community, "This is what the Lord has commanded: From what you have, take an offering for the Lord. Everyone who is willing is to bring to the Lord an offering of gold, silver and bronze; blue, purple and scarlet yarn and fine linen; goat hair; ram skins dyed red and hides of sea cows; acacia wood; olive oil for the light; spices for the anointing oil and for the fragrant incense; and onyx stones and other gems to be mounted on the ephod and breastpiece.

And everyone who was willing and whose heart moved him came and brought an offering to the Lord for the work on the Tent of Meeting, for all its service, and for the sacred garments. All who were willing, men and women alike, came and brought gold jewellery of all kinds; brooches, ear-rings, rings and ornaments. They all presented their gold as a wave offering to the Lord. Everyone who had blue, purple or scarlet yarn or fine linen, or goat hair, ram skins dyed red or hides of sea cows brought them.  

All the Israelite men and women who were willing brought to the Lord freewill offerings for all the work the Lord through Moses had commanded them to do. 

Exodus 36:3-7

They received from Moses all the offerings the Israelites had brought to carry out the work of constructing the sanctuary. And the people continued to bring freewill offerings morning after morning. So all the skilled craftsmen who were doing all the work on the sanctuary left their work and said to Moses, "The people are bringing more than enough for doing the work the Lord commanded to be done."

Then Moses gave an order and they sent this word throughout the camp: "No man or woman is to make anything else as offering for the sanctuary." And so the people were restrained from bringing more, because what they already had was more than enough to do all the work.

Its been a while since I shared a post, please bear with me for the break. I am just trying to work on my fourth book and prepare it for publishing. Its a self-publish project so it takes a lot of effort and time. Though I am not done yet, but I miss sharing a post. 

What I will like to share with my readers today is about what I am learning as I am trusting God for breakthroughs in my financial life. Quite a lot of people are struggle with one financial need or the other. There are people who so strongly need the intervention of God on their finances and if I have to be truthful I am one of such people, but I am confident God will definitely come through for us all in Jesus Name.

But just as I am seeking the intervention of God in my finances, I have decided to search the word of God on the principles and the things I need to apply in my life to activate the release of heaven's resources on my finances. One of such things I learned in my search is the secret of investing in God. The secret in this approach is that God never owes, and you can never trade with God and arrive at a loss. And so whatever investment you have made in God is one that is bound to yield return in multiples of what has been invested. No investment made in anything else or anyone else yields nearly as much as that made in God. 

Considering the passage above, Moses declared a command made by God to the people of Israel, it was a command that required that they bring an offering for the construction of the Lord's sanctuary. This command was not for everybody, but just for those whose heart moved them to give, for the men and women that were willing to give. So the Lord gave the children of Israel the freewill to make a choice of investment. So the wise ones among the Israelites began to make investment, they began to give of the substance they had in gold, silver and all that Moses asked them to bring. The women put themselves to work and began to spine yarns and fine linen and brought all to Moses. This set of people did not stop giving until all the craftsmen left their work and went to Moses to instruct the people to stop bringing more supplies because what they had brought was more than enough to do the work.

One thing that caught my attention in the story above is that the Israelite gave and didn't stop giving until they were forced to stop. The situation was such that the entire workforce of the craftsmen and not just a delegate had to leave their work to meet Moses to tell the people to stop giving. So I wondered that what was it that kept compelling the people to give? There must be a return of yield for the children of Israel that motivated them to continue to give to the point that the entire workforce of the craftsmen had to leave work to tell Moses to instruct the people to stop bringing in more supplies. 

Malachi 3:10-12

Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house. Test me in this, says the Lord Almighty, "and see if I will not throw open the floodgates of heaven and pour out so much blessing that you will not have room for it. I will prevent pests from devouring your crops, and the vines in your fields will not cast their fruits," says the Lord Almighty. "Then all the nations will call you blessed, for yours will be a delightful land," says the Lord Almighty.  

In this passage above I have found the reason why the children of Israel could not stop giving, it was because they had learned the secret of investing in the house of God and as they continued to invest, their supplies never went dry. They triggered the opening of the floodgates of heaven with their giving and as such they had the outpouring of God's blessing on their lives such that their storehouses could not hold. The more they gave the more they were replenished, and so I will refer to this people as wise investors. They invested in the storehouse of God knowing fully well that their investment was secured as a bountiful returns on investment was guaranteed. 

Proverbs 3:9-10

Honour the Lord with your wealth, with the firstfruit of all your crops; then your barns will be filled to overflowing, and your vats will brim over with new wine.  

When investing in God in your giving, you also honour the Lord when you make your wealth available for His use. Know this for sure that whoever honours God, to them He will repay with honour. So with your investment also comes honour. The more you learn to honour God, the more the Lord will ensure that you are honoured in return. Nothing gives you a sense of fulfillment as to be honoured by the Lord, because when God honours you man has no choice to follow in same line. 

1 Corinthians 15:58

Therefore, my dear brothers, stand firm. Let nothing move you. Always give yourselves fully to the work of the Lord, because you know that your Labour in the Lord is not in vain. 

One more thing we need to know and appreciate is that our investment in God is not limited to our wealth or money. Our investment  in God is also seen in our work for Him and this investment Paul says is not in vain, it is bound to yield positive returns on investment because God never owes anyone. 

To conclude this, whether you invest in God with your wealth or with your works, I congratulate you because you have made a very wise investment. You have sown a seed in the right place that is bound to yield it returns to you. When you give God your substance or you give God your time, you trigger the opening of the floodgates of heaven that results in the out pouring of God's blessing on your life that you don't have room enough for. That is the standard of God and it is not about to change in your life, you just test the Lord in this and watch Him do what He alone is best at doing.

Please get ready for my next book titled "Stressless Toil," I was blessed writing it and I am positive you will be more blessed reading it.

Promo on the other books are still on, details available on my previous blog post.