How to Find Your Wealthy Place by Leroy Thompson

How to Find Your Wealthy Place by Leroy Thompson

Author:Leroy Thompson
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Wealth, Personal, money, Christian Life, General, Religion, Personal Finance, Business Ethics, Business & Economics, Finance
ISBN: 9780963258458
Publisher: Ever Increasing Word Ministries
Published: 1999-11-24T22:00:00+00:00


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The Wealthy Place is Reserved for the Obedient

The blessings of God, including divine prosperity, are conditional. In other words, God promises them, and He stands behind His Word to make them good in our life, but we have a part to play too. The blessings won't just fall on us. We have to cooperate with God according to His Word. We have to walk in faith and in obedience. We must meet the conditions.

All of God's blessings that He promised to the children of Israel were based upon their obedience, and the same is true for us today. Obedience is a key ingredient to obtaining wealth.

If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land:

But if ye refuse and rebel, ye shall be devoured with the sword: for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it.

ISAIAH 1:19,20

You have to "strain" sometimes in walking in faith and obedience — in doing some things that the flesh doesn't want to do. You have to strain when your neighbor, your fellow church member, and even your family members are not walking in faith and obedience. You have to have the attitude, I'm going to stick with this, no matter what!

Well, it takes effort to do that. You could compare it to the physical training of prize-winning athletes. The only way they are going to win and keep on winning is through determination, diligence, and discipline. They have to keep running when they want to stop. They have to strain and push themselves harder and harder. They can't settle for the status quo.

It's time for the Church to exercise this kind of determination. Christians need to learn to put their flesh under and not give in to every thought and feeling that comes along that exalts itself against the knowledge of God's Word (2 Cor. 10:5).

Let's read two more verses that connect obedience to God's blessings.

If they obey and serve him, they shall spend their days in prosperity, and their years in pleasures. But if they obey not, they shall perish by the sword, and they shall die without knowledge.

JOB 36:11,12

You don't need any interpretation here. Obedience is the key to wealth. I'm telling you, the reason I am where I am in my ministry and in my personal life is, my wife and I obeyed God. We obeyed Him in our finances and in every area. You cannot violate spiritual laws and still expect, in faith and confidence, the blessings of God.

But your obedience is a choice. God will not force you to obey Him as if you were some kind of robot. You can curse at and talk about the preacher, or you can be humble and teachable.

What do I mean by teachable? Well, if a man or woman of God says something that goes cross-grain to what you believe, at least put it on a shelf, so to speak. Get out your Bible and study the subject to see whether it be so. Be like the Bereans



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