F.O.C.U.S.
FIXED ON CHRIST'S UNLIMITED SUPPLY
Brother James, OIC
Php 4:19 But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus.
2Co 8:14 But by an equality, that now at this time your abundance may be a supply for their want, that their abundance also may be a supply for your want: that there may be equality:
2Co 9:6 But this I say, He which soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he which soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully.
The world and worldly ministries work this way: GET THEN GIVE! Eternity works this way: GIVE THEN RECEIVE. All of us have need. It’s funny how the non-givers who have an abundance look at your need and call everything you may want above bare necessity greed but it’s not necessarily so, it’s really a heart matter, for them and you.
2Co 9:7 Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver.
Luk 6:38 Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again.
To have the heart of a giver is to have the heart of God. Couple that with Loving others as Christ Loved you then you have a Faith that can move mountains and receive the Promises of God.
Through our Faith we must learn to also give God all of our trust. In doing so our lives will be secured in His Promises and we will become partakers of his Divine Nature. (See 2nd Peter 1:4)
George Mueller was a great man of Faith who fully trusted God. So much so he never let any person know his needs, just God. But God heard and acted on Georges Faith so much so that Millions of Dollars was sent to him from around the world so he could open Gods vision in him of an orphanage and this occurred in the 1800’s; NO TV, NO Radio, NO Internet to beg on, just faith.
I’m learning to walk the same walk of faith. The learning process begins with being content with such things as you have. As you obey God in stewardship over what He has already given you He then will multiply your provision. Through 12 plus years in prison I saw God move in very real and very IMPOSSIBLE FOR MAN ways. Yet as I grew I still caught myself attempting to make things happen. This attitude of self reliance is the works of the flesh called emulations and its prevalent in the American Dream infiltrated Modern Church. Today I’m reaching that point that if I stand on God’s Promises do His Vision in me: Overcomers In Christ, and love others as Christ loved me He always brings my provision.
But Now Faith, is real, it’s a substance that’s Focused On Christ’s Unlimited Supply. A supply which is always attached to one of Gods Promises, Promises which we trust and teach others to also trust. And that life giving, Divine Nature Birthing, spiritual supply does not have anything to do with success of the World, the American Dream, being seen nor praised by men, getting more possessions nor trusting in Man’s Fallen False Solutions all of which perish in the end thus glorifying the god of this world Satan, BUT TRUE FAITH KNOWS GODS PROMISES AND TRUSTS THEM FULLY and is always attached to a life giving work of God through His vision that is given and abides in His True Elect.
Psa 37:3-7 Trust in the LORD, and do good; so shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed. Delight thyself also in the LORD; and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart. Commit thy way unto the LORD; trust also in him; and he shall bring it to pass. And he shall bring forth thy righteousness as the light, and thy judgment as the noonday. Rest in the LORD, and wait patiently for him: fret not thyself because of him who prospereth in his way, because of the man who bringeth wicked devices to pass.
