MORE RICHES, MORE PRAYER
In today’s message, we have been
asked to memorise
Psalm 62:10: "Trust not in oppression,
and become not vain in robbery: if riches increase, set not your heart upon
them.”
Today's reading was taken from
Genesis 13:14-18 and the Bible reading in one year is Zechariah 11-14 and Psalm
90:1-6 (Adeboye, 2014).
Quoted below is the message for your
input
"Every new promise from God
calls for a new level of prayers. Promises yet to be fulfilled also call for
perseverance in prayer. Abraham's life reveals a secret and a law that guides
the retention of wealth and the creation of more wealth. Rich people face many
challenges in life. The greater your riches, the bigger your challenges will be
and consequently, the greater your need to pray. As Abraham continued in
prayers, he prospered greatly and the land became too small to accommodate him and
Lot (Genesis 13:4-6). Abraham was now faced with the challenge of wealth
management with his nephew whom he raised. Was Abraham going to allow this
challenge lead to war between him and his nephew? He knew the God of peace
would not justify that, so he wisely handled the situation and peacefully
parted ways with Lot. Some people don't have problems with their neighbours
until their businesses begin to grow. If you don't know how to wisely handle
the expansion of wealth, it could lead to the loss of everything you have. God
is the source of pure wisdom and the means of getting it is prayer.
Lack of wisdom in handling riches is
the beginning of poverty. Ask those who used to be rich how they relapsed into
poverty. They will tell you that if they had been wise, their situation would
not have changed negatively. As your riches increase, you need a commensurate
increase in wisdom from God to manage and use it as He wants (Proverbs 24:6).
God teaches the wisdom of generous giving, tithing, offerings, doing good,
sharing with others and investing in kingdom projects so as to lay up our
treasures in Heaven. Wealthy people who are godly know how to function as
kingdom treasurers. Being an effective kingdom treasurer is the key to ever
increasing prosperity. When you manage the expansion of wealth wisely, the
challenges you face in life will always be easily overcome. In order to cope
with the challenges that follow increased riches, the more God blesses you, the
more you have to pray. Abraham Increased in riches, got more promises from God
and yet he managed to keep his prayer altar intact (Genesis 13:18). What a wise
man he was! He did not allow the riches to take over his heart. Prayer is very
necessary to keep the heart focused on God. Riches demand the attention of the
heart, but the prayerful rich man or woman cannot set his or her heart on them.
Prayer will continually set your heart on God as your riches increase. You have
the responsibility to pray and keep praying."
Today's prayer point is Father;
let not riches take my focus away from you. As you give me breakthroughs in
life, grant me grace to keep my prayer alter intact.
Thank you and God bless you for your
contribution. Have a blessed weekend.
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