It is God
who gives us the ability to make or produce wealth. The Holy Spirit is our Enabler all throughout
our Christian experience. He causes us
to succeed. It is the same in the
business arena. God gives us the ability
or power or anointing to produce wealth.
We have the Lords favor; we have His supernatural ability. God desires to bless us, but His blessing
does not come without His warning.
First, we
are admonished to observe the Lord’s commands.
We are to obey the words of Scripture.
When we do this, God promises to bless the work of our hands. This does
not mean that we live perfect lives - it simply means that our hearts desire is
to serve the Lord. When we fall, He
picks us up. He helps us to follow His
decrees.
Secondly, we
are told that when our Father gives us increased wealth, we are not to become
proud. We must watch our hearts and
always remember that it is the Lord who brings the blessing.
Thirdly, we must
remember that finances are not only for ourselves. We have been blessed to be a blessing and to
help carry out kingdom business (See Genesis 12:2-3). We are to give towards the work of our local
church first and then to other Christian ministries as we are able. The more God increases our wealth, the more
we should be giving towards the Lord’s purposes.
If we are
diligent, if we make it our aim to obey the Bible, if we extend our faith in the
area of scriptural prosperity, and give to the Lord’s work, God will bless
us. Then it becomes our responsibility
to remember that all the blessings we enjoy come from the hand of our Lord and
Savior. He alone is to be worshiped and praised. Let’s thank the Lord for giving us the ability
to produce wealth!