LEARNING TO SAY NO TO UNRIGHTEOUS WEALTH Many are the prophecies of these last days as being the times of God raising His Joseph generation, His Joshua generation, His David and Daniel generation. No doubt such men and women of God who prosper in the dimension of wealth in the physical world by spiritual means will rise. But each of them will first be tested like those before them in the Bible. Prosperity is more of a heart issue than people realize. Abraham had to say ‘No’ to the wealth offered by the king of Sodom before God’s pronouncement of great blessings upon him and his generations was revealed (Genesis 14:22-24; 15:13-14). He had taken an oath that he will not even take a thread or a shoe string. He only wanted wealth from God and not from the devil. Joseph had to say ‘No’ many, many times to daily temptation but he ended up being the most powerful and wealthy man after Pharaoh (Genesis 39:10- 20; 41: 40-45). Besides suffering the rejection by his brothers, he endured humiliation in prison but remained faithful until the day of his exaltation by God. Moses had to say ‘No’ to all the wealth and riches of Egypt but through the Lord’s power ended up inheriting all the wealth of Egypt for the people of God to build God’s house (Exodus 3:21, 22; 12:35, 36; Hebrews 11:24-27). He was completely emptied of all ambitions of wealth, fully contented with his humble lot before God deemed him ready to receive great power and might (Exodus 4:12). David had to say ‘No’ to getting power, wealth and might by his own hand twice but he inherited the entire nation of Israel and built it into a wealthy nation for God (1 Samuel 24:3-7; 26:10-12). By saying ‘No’ he endured many years of suffering, pain and rejection but he became the standard by which every other king of Israel and Judah was measured. He laid aside his wealth for the building of God’s house (1 Chronicles 22). Daniel said ‘No’ to all the rich foods and privileges of the Babylonian palace but received the gift of wisdom which promoted him to become the most powerful man in the Babylonian empire after the king (Daniel 1:8, 17; 2: 48). Even in his great power and wealth, riches still mean nothing to him (Daniel 5:17). Jesus said ‘No’ to all the temptations of the devil, even his offer of the whole world but instead conquered the devil by his humility at the cross and inherited all authority in heaven, on earth and under the earth (Matthew 4:1- 11; 28:18; Luke 4:1-13; Philippians 2:9-11). All the mighty men of wealth in the Bible have no interest, no, not even a thread of a desire, for wealth and power that comes through the devil. They had been offered a short cut, a compromise but they choose not to accept it: rather enduring the greater difficulty of receiving the blessings of wealth correctly; making sure that the source is God, the accumulation and maintenance of wealth and power. Its when you decide to say no no no to unrighteous wealth that genuine wealth will locate you. Some Christians passed the test and after gaining genuine wealth they have started adding unrighteous wealth to genuine wealth and sadly it will corrupt their wealth and lose it. Shalom
Posted on: Wed, 10 Jul 2013 07:54:50 +0000
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