God's Provision
As humans we need to have our needs and essentials in order to survive, not only physically but also spiritually (Matthew 4:4) - But he answered, “It is written, “Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.”
In today's economy the constant stress and worry about having enough to live with has become so pressurising and scary to a point it destroys many peoples mental health or even leads to suicide. Poverty and lack can also be the root of all evil and open many dark doors for people to do things out of their character in order to survive, and also take so many life changes away from them - This is not of God!!
With the children of God, when we put our faith and trust alone in the Lord Jesus Christ, there is no such thing as worry about tomorrow's needs or solutions
(Matthew 6:25-34) - “Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing? Look at the birds of the air: they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they? And which of you by being anxious can add a single hour to his span of life? And why are you anxious about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin, yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.''
Our God is a God of abundance, it was never his will for people to live in lack and poverty, a beginning had to take place in order to form this problem, this can also be linked to spiritual issues and patterns from generation to generation, The word of God is filled with wisdom, knowledge and the right tools he provided for us in order to break such patterns in our lives, God himself in his love is a compassionate provider and helper, He knows each one of our struggles and he sees the efforts we put in daily in our lives, out of my own experiences I can testify that he is a faithful provider in times of trouble and need. (Philippians 4:19) - ''And my God will supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus. ''
The system wants you to be broke
The current economy system we live in is specifically designed by Satan to keep us in the same position and under control, it can be an anti progression spirit system, the same never ending rat race cycle that sucks the life out of us and steals our dreams away. Even in the job market today, for those who are on the search there's a high demand from people like never before as if nothing is ever enough, it has become harder and harder and more pressurising, we will always have to prove ourselves to the world, but with God, the one who has all the authority and right to require so much from us is the one we don't need to prove and strive ourselves out in order to be accepted.
A salary is a drug they give you to forget your dreams | Testimony
As someone who used to work my soul out in a 9/5, it taught me many lessons spiritually, (please note that I'm not supporting or saying that we should not work a job, God himself is a supporter and rewarder of hard working hands) what I want to share in here today is my own experience and journey with God as he walked with me in this situation. (Proverbs 10:4) - ''A slack hand causes poverty, but the hand of the diligent makes rich.''
After a period in my life where I survived a long journey of survival, I was still under the fight or flight mode and severely burned out, When God blessed my life and I was finally able to get my new apartment and settle more, shortly after, I jumped straight into a 9/5 job and routine in which end up being severely pressurising, toxic and affected my health because of the conditions that I already was in. There was a lot from my past that I was still carrying with me, a lot going on in my mind more the weight and severe pressure I was being put under, It made me have a severe emotional breakdown and loose my strength. My entire being was crying out in need of a spiritual, emotional and physical rehab/period of isolation and actual rest.
(Ecclesiastes 3:1-15) - '' For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven: a time to be born, and a time to die; time to plant, and a time to pluck up what is planted; a time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up; a time to weep, and a time to laugh; time to mourn, and a time to dance; a time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing; a time to seek, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away; a time to tear, and a time to sew; time to keep silence, and a time to speak; a time to love, and a time to hate; a time for war, and a time for peace.''
As I finished and left that place and routine, I went home crying out to God that I would rather make less money than to ''sell my soul'' to a place where there was no value or taking me anywhere, and little did I know that God had taken me so seriously that day.. there was a spiritual gut feeling that no matter what, I could not shake it off, I knew that I was meant for more and that this type of routine wasn't connected to my divine purpose, calling and destiny even while working in my worldly qualifications it felt draining and like an empty path with no purpose.. I knew that the dreams I had and the freedom that my spirit was calling for had a deeper meaning.. When we have different paths and divine callings from God, such routine will always bring up an off feeling about it because God is trying to tell us more and planning better things for us.. Again, after all this happened and as I entered my period of spiritual, emotional and physical rehabilitation, I still fell for the deceiving concern about not having enough to live with now and fell into the temptation of searching for a new job again during this season to a point I was ruining my mind again, nothing was working, the doors were all closed after applying for thousands and thousands of jobs, it was driving me crazy, and in my ignorant lenses at the time I became mad at it while God was the one who was closing the doors for me intentionally in order to continue his work of rehabilitation in me, I was still under a very deceiving perspective about where I was and definitely needed to grow, all of a sudden everything felt like a desert, until I found out later on with confirmation from God that I simply was in this season to rebuild myself, rest and in order for him to grow me and transforming me into a new person. He simply blessed me with a season where he commanded me to do nothing YES (literally) and at first this felt uncomfortable and strange to me since I felt lazy and unfair, but He truly was blessing me with this season and out of my own deception, people pleasing and stubbornness I end up interfering with it and putting myself under unnecessary pressure, satan through this mindset stole a big chunk of my peace that I could've just enjoyed and rested on by coming after my perception of where I was, I wasn't easy to have other people and close friends looking at me crazy and judging me for not working a job at the time, but God knew what he was doing with me, He was the one that truly knew what I needed and been through, and the opinions from others will not matter even if it looks crazy. he is the author of our lives.
God's provision is real and he does not play about his children + Gifts and talents
When I finally accepted where I was and started to renew my perspectives about God's will and plan for me in such season, that's when a shift of real peace took place, as I was growing more and more spiritually in wisdom and understanding but also as a person/woman myself, knowing myself better and was able to spend more time and listen from him better as well, he was revealing so much more information that I needed to know and breaking so many strongholds, I was able to understand that what I was doing before was actually idolizing the world's provision over him, I thought that in order to survive I had to go into the ways of the world, he proved to me time after time that I could rest and trust in him and his provision. Like a good father, he provided for me in the craziest and miraculous ways possible and that's how he was building the muscle of full surrender and trust in him alone for financial provision and many other things. At the end of the day, God is the one who truly is in control of our lives, it's not our jobs that pay us, it's not our relatives that will support us, It's God's favour and mercy itself, because everything else can fail, end.. but he is the one holding things up in our lives.. God never fails, he's the one in power above all else. Our past hurts and traumas can leave us with trust issues that will stain us really hard.. We can develop a mindset that we can only trust ourselves and that we need to do everything through our own strength and only through God's healing work in the heart we will be able to relax about it, those who were raised on survival can view things differently than those who were raised on love and the impact of this mindset can affect many areas of our life, but Praised be the Lord for his healing work and journey in our lives amen and amen.
Later on another thing he revealed to me was the use of our gifts and talents. We all have been born with something we are good at, this can be multiple things or just one, it doesn't matter, if you believe you have no gifts or talents that is a lie from the pits of hell and you just need some self evaluation and discovery.
(2 Kings 4:1-5:19) - One of the wives of the sons of the prophets cried out to Elisha, “Your servant, my husband, has died. You know that your servant feared the Lord. Now the creditor is coming to take my two children as his slaves.” Elisha asked her, “What can I do for you? Tell me, what do you have in the house?” She said, “Your servant has nothing in the house except a jar of oil.” Then he said, “Go and borrow empty containers from everyone—from all your neighbours. Do not get just a few. Then go in and shut the door behind you and your sons, and pour oil into all these containers. Set the full ones to one side.” So she left. After she had shut the door behind her and her sons, they kept bringing her containers, and she kept pouring. When they were full, she said to her son, “Bring me another container.” But he replied, “There aren’t any more.” Then the oil stopped. She went and told the man of God, and he said, “Go sell the oil and pay your debt; you and your sons can live on the rest.”
The reason why God blessed us all with gifts and talents is to be used in order to help others and even ourselves, what he confirmed to me through this verse mentioned is that our gifts shall make room for us and provide for us. Many times, we might be struggling with setbacks and lack, and the answer and way out might just be in the use of our own gifts, they are there waiting for us to be used and multiplied not only in our favour but in favour of others too. They are there to save us and open many doors in our life. If we put in the work and are committed to advance such gifts, blessings and abundance will come our way, and God's encouragement and favour will be with us in the progress as we take this step. He will do what we cannot do if we do what we can do. This will lead us to were we truly belong and are meant to do, a sense of fulfilment and purpose will increase while being provided with our needs. It is God's will to grow us into kingdom wealth and use it and share to advance those in need as well. If you have tried everything and all you've got was closed doors, try God and you will see and taste the impossible becoming possible. Amen.
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