Living in abundance
I would love to start this article with a popular confession I say to myself, as it is in the Bible .
At destruction and famine thou shalt laugh: neither shalt thou be afraid of the beasts of the earth.
-Job 5 : 22
The quality of what you listen to and what you read affects your life. One thing I want you to know is that God’s intention is for you to prosper. Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us. I know this and I know peace.
what do you know? What do you hear? What do you confess to yourself every day? What kind of mentality do you have? Do you have the abundance mindset or the scarcity mindset?These are my questions to you, if you are reading this article.
Your revelation precedes your experience. You can only function in what you know or have knowledge of. Most times, a lot of us don’t even know the provisions that have been made available for us, just for us to key into it and walk by it. If your heart is not right,the happenings of your heart won’t be right. Your heart is the governor of your destiny, out of our heart proceeds the issues of life. Abundance is an issue of life,scarcity is an issue of life, they both proceed from your heart. Scarcity thinking is a thought that everything is not enough. You always see yourself as the less privileged person all the time and you think less of yourself. Even when you can afford a quality cloth, you would rather settle for a less quality one.
How to know there is scarcity in your soul?
Fear- The fear of loosing what’s in your hand to generosity. Fear could make a stingy man out of anybody .Faith could make a generous man out of anybody.
Abundance is not for rich people,it’s for people who think like God.
Pit falls of abundance
It is important to note that when you are blessed, the goal is not for vengeance. It is not to take revenge on those that were not there for you when you needed help. Well, I know it can be painful most times when you get rejected by people you have put your trust in, especially when they are people that are very close to you. But then, the main thing is just to be grateful your status has changed and move on. It is wrong when you start planning to take revenge with your riches.
Misuse of prosperity and abuse of prosperity-Misuse is when a man thinks of himself alone. When you feel as though you are now in the position to store up wealth for yourself alone, without considering the needy or the fact that you can leave the world one day and what you have stored up can get spoilt when there are actually people who needs it more on the street. Misuse can also be when you start oppressing people around you with your riches.
Abuse is when God bless you and you use it against God’s will. You know it is the lord’s doing and it is marvelous in your sight ,but you have chosen to oppress the people of God with it. Remember the lord with gratitude and praise and also with financial commitments.
Do not forget that abundance living begins from the renewal of your mind. Even with that little you have, think big, dream big, plan big, give to those that do not have as much as you do.