The Promise Of Provision by Derek Prince

Author:Derek Prince [Prince, Derek]
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Tags: God's Promises Of Provision
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

PART 4

FIVE CONDITIONS

FOR

GOD'S ABUNDANCE

CHAPTER 14

Admitting Your True Motive

The purpose of God's abundance is this: for every good work. This means that abundance is not for our own selfish end. It is not for our own satisfaction or glorification. But it is for every good work.

We will take a look at various kinds of good works for which God makes His abundance available a little later. Here I want to deal specifically with the conditions for receiving God's abundance. I would suggest that there are five main conditions presented in Scripture. In short, these are:

1. Our motives and attitudes must be right.

2. Faith is essential.

3. Giving is a scriptural way to show honor.

4. We must think, speak and act rightly.

5. We let God add in His own way and time.

In this chapter we will be taking a closer look at the first of these conditions: Our motives and attitudes must be right. In the next four chapters, we will examine the remaining four conditions.

GOD LOOKS AT THE HEART

It is very easy to look to God for His abundance but to have wrong motives and wrong attitudes. Motives and attitudes are of primary importance with God.

God does not look at us as we look at ourselves or even as we look at one another. In the book of 1

Samuel the Lord told Samuel something very significant when he came to anoint one of the sons of Jesse to be the future king of Israel. Samuel looked at the first son, who was tall and handsome and impressive, and he thought, This must be the Lord's anointed. But the Lord spoke to him and told him something that is of general significance and consequence in all our relationships.

The Lord said to Samuel, "Do not consider his appearance or his height, for I have rejected him.

The Lord does not look at the things man looks at.

Man looks at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart."

1 Samuel 16:7, NIV

That is the very essence of what we are talking about. God does not see as we humans see. We just look at the outward appearance—we hear the words, we see the appearance and we form our conclusions.

But the Lord looks below the surface—at a person's motives and his or her heart attitude.

Might you be looking toward God's provision with a heart attitude that does not honor Him? I want to suggest two main safeguards that will help you handle abundance in a wise manner. The first is: Check your motives. The second is: Check your attitude toward the poor.

CHECK YOUR MOTIVES

Why are you seeking abundance in a particular area? Is it out of personal ambition? Is it out of covetousness? Is it out of pride?

Are you self-centered or are you really sincerely seeking the extension of God's Kingdom? Check your motives.

This principle of selfishness can apply, for instance, in the realm of business. Two individuals may be in the same kind of business, pursuing the same goals, using the same methods. Outwardly there is nothing to distinguish the one from the other.

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