As a genuine child of God in Christ in this World, you must take time to find out how God commanded you to live wisely and smartly in Christ in this World.
This is because if you do not, you will find yourself in the situation the people of the World finds them always. And this is not suppose to be so for you. This does not glorify God or tell good of your walk and work with God in Christ in this World. No, it is not!
Personally, I believe that a genuine child of God in Christ in this World who is cut unaware or greatly affected by the economy of his or her nation par time is not living as God requests him or her to live in Christ in this World. (Philippians 4:19).
What do I mean?
This what I mean:
1. God requests that you and I pray for daily provisions.
Jesus Christ asked us to pray thus:
After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.
Give us this DAY our daily bread.
Take therefore no thought for the morrow. For the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the DAY is the evil thereof. (Matthew 6:9,11,34).
If you obediently and humbly PRAY and LIVE with the biblical mindset of par day, you will never get yourself worried for lack of divine provisions for each day. True!
This is because God provides for us each day He keeps us alive. Even His mercies and compassions are renewed every new day. Halleluyah! (Lamentation 3:22-25; Philippians 4:19).
2. God requests that you and I live by faith for daily provisions.
Jesus Christ counselled thus:
No man can serve two masters. For either he will hate the one and love the other. Or else he will hold to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon.
Therefore I say unto you, take NO thought for your life, what you shall eat or what you shall drink. Nor yet for your body, what you shall put on. Is NOT the life more than meat and the body than raiment?
Behold the fowls of the air. For they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns. Yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much better than they?
Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature?
And why take you thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin.
And yet I say unto you, that even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.
Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which today is and tomorrow is cast into the oven, shall He not much more clothe you, O you of LITTLE FAITH?
Therefore, take NO thought, saying, what shall we eat? Or, what shall we drink? Or, wherewithal shall we be clothed?
(For after ALL these things do the Gentiles seek). For your heavenly Father knows that you have need of all these things.
But seek you first the kingdom of God and His righteousness and ALL these things shall be added unto you.
Take therefore NO thought for the morrow. For the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof. (Matthew 6:24-34; James 1:2-8).
Therefore, the Bible says the just shall live by faith. (Hebrews 10:38).
If you obediently and humbly live by FAITH with the biblical mindset of par day, you will never get yourself worried for lack of divine provisions for each day. True!
This is because God provides for us each day He keeps us alive. Even His mercies and compassions are renewed every new day. Halleluyah! (Lamentation 3:22-25; Philippians 4:19).
3. God requests that you and I live moderately with His provided provisions for us.
Let your MODERATION be known unto ALL men. The Lord is at hand.
Be careful for nothing. But in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.
And the peace of God, which passes ALL understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus. (Philippians 4:5-7).
If you obediently and humbly live in MODERATION with the biblical mindset of par day, you will never get yourself worried for lack of divine provisions for each day. True!
This is because God provides for us each day He keeps us alive. Even His mercies and compassions are renewed every new day. Halleluyah! (Lamentation 3:22-25; Philippians 4:19).
4. God requests that you and I live contently with His provided provisions for us.
The Bible counsels thus:
But godliness with CONTENTMENT is great gain.
For we brought nothing into this world and it is certain we can carry nothing out.
And having food and raiment let us be therewith content. (1 Timothy 6:6-8).
If you obediently and humbly live in CONTENTMENT with the biblical mindset of par day, you will never get yourself worried for lack of divine provisions for each day. True!
This is because God provides for us each day He keeps us alive. Even His mercies and compassions are renewed every new day. Halleluyah! (Lamentation 3:22-25; Philippians 4:19).
5. God requests that you and I do not work and live for money.
Jesus Christ counselled thus:
No man can serve two masters. For either he will hate the one and love the other. Or else he will hold to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon.
Therefore I say unto you, take NO thought for your life, what you shall eat or what you shall drink. Nor yet for your body, what you shall put on. Is NOT the life more than meat and the body than raiment? (Matthew 6:24,25).
Apostle Paul confirmed what Jesus Christ counselled thus:
But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition.
For the LOVE of MONEY is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.
But thou, O man of God, flee these things. And follow after righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, meekness.
Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, whereunto you art also called and has professed a good profession before many witnesses. (1 Timothy 6:9-12).
If you obediently and humbly live and work not for the LOVE of MONEY with the biblical mindset of par day, you will never get yourself worried for lack of divine provisions for each day. True!
This is because God provides for us each day He keeps us alive. Even His mercies and compassions are renewed every new day. Halleluyah! (Lamentation 3:22-25; Philippians 4:19).
6. God requests that you and I love not the World and the things that are in the World.
The Bible counselled thus:
LOVE not the WORLD, neither the THINGS that are IN the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh the lust of the eyes and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.
And the world passes away and the lust thereof. But he that does the will of God abides for ever. (1 John 2:15-17).
If you obediently and humbly live and LOVE not the WORLD and the THINGS that are in the WORLD with the biblical mindset of par day, you will never get yourself worried for lack of divine provisions for each. True!
This is because God provides for us each day He keeps us alive. Even His mercies and compassions are renewed every new day. Halleluyah! (Lamentation 3:22-25; Philippians 4:19).
7. God requests that you and I make no friendship with the World.
The Bible reveals thus:
You lust and have not. You kill and desire to have and cannot obtain. You fight and war, yet you have not, because you ask not.
You ask and receive not, because you ask amiss, that you may consume it upon your lusts.
You adulterers and adulteresses, know you not that the FRIENDSHIP of the WORLD is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a FRIEND of the WORLD is the enemy of God.
Do you think that the scripture saith in vain, the spirit that dwells in us lusts to envy? (James 4:2-5; 2 Corinthians 6:14-18).
If you obediently and humbly live a non- FRIENDSHIP life to the WORLD with the biblical mindset of par day, you will never get yourself worried for lack of divine provisions for each day. True!
This is because God provides for us each day He keeps us alive. Even His mercies and compassions are renewed every new day. Halleluyah! (Lamentation 3:22-25; Philippians 4:19).
If you as a genuine child of God in Christ in this World, you consciously or unconsciously think, speak and live against the above wise and smart seven (7) counsels of God in Christ in this World:
1. You will suffer lust and lost with the people of the World.
2. You will suffer lack in recession (famine) with the people of the World.
3. You will suffer sorrow with the people of the World.
4. You will suffer depression with the people of the World.
5. You will suffer failure with the people of the World.
6. You will suffer oppression with the people of the World.
7. You will suffer destruction with the people of the World, if you do not restrain and refrain from their way of living. God forbid! (Psalm 1:1-3; James 1:12-15).
My family and I have been consciously and humbly living these wise and smart counsels of God these years and we have found divine rest through them and divine provisions for each day available unto us. True!
The principle of depending on God for daily provisions is not a New Testament thing. During the days of Moses and children of Israel God provided for them daily and ask them not to save for tomorrow. Those who save for the next day for lack of faith in the ability of God to provide for them the next day were punished by Him. (Number 11:19).
If God provides for you more than that for a day, it is because:
1. He can trust you with more. (Matthew 25:14-30; Luke 19:11-27).
2. He wants you to have what to bless someone else or to support noble causes of His kingdom on Earth. That is, laying your treasures in heaven. (1 Timothy 6:17-19; Matthew 19:18-30; Matthew 25:31-46; Matthew 6:19-24)
3. He wants you to have what to fulfil your DIVINE DESTINY (life purpose in Christ ) on Earth. (Ephesians 2:10; Ephesians 1:3,4).
So, if God gives to you more than that of a day, ask Him what to do with it and do not go spending and wasting your extra divine provisions unnecessarily on earthly and material things that will someday perish away with the Earth like the people of the World. (1 John 2:15-17).
The Bible reveals that all that is in this World before the sight of God are:
1. Lust of the flesh (relating to lust for sex, food, sleep, etc).
2. Lust of the eye (relating to lust for beauty, material things, fashion, etc).
3. Pride of life (relating to lust for power, position, fame, showmanship, etc) .
Therefore, learn to be LED by the Spirit of God within you on:
1. How to make money God-way in this World.
2. How to manage (spend) money God-way in this World.
3. How to multiply money God-way in this World.
4. How to take the right decisions in your giving and purchases in this World.
5. How to make the right choices in your giving and purchases in this World.
6. How to employ and deploy your divine spiritual resources (provisions) to fulfil your DIVINE DESTINY (life purpose in Christ) in this world.
7. How to employ and deploy your divine physical resources (provisions) to fulfil your DIVINE DESTINY (life purpose in Christ) in this world. (Romans 8:14; Deuteronomy 8:18; 1 Corinthians 2:9-16).
The Holy Spirit of God is within you to teach you, show you, guide you, lead you and empower you amongst others in all things pertaining to life and godliness in Christ in this World. True! (John 16:13-16; 1 John 2:27; Romans 8:14; Acts 1:8; 2 Peter 1:2-4).
Remember, it is required for divine steward be found faithful in the sight and side of God in this World and not necessarily in the sight of men. Take note, take heed! (1 Corinthians 4:1-5; Colossians 3:22-25).
Yes, money can answer all physical things it can buy or do in this World, but remember, money cannot answer any spiritual thing in Christ in this World before God in Heaven. Take note, take heed! (Ecclesiastes 10:19).
So, each day, think, speak and live moderately and contently before God and men in Christ in this World and use your extra divine provisions wisely and faithfully to the glory of God and for the benefit of His Kingdom in Christ in this World and humanity.
Remember, at the end of it all, it is not how FAR in the sight and side of the World it will be, but how WELL in the sight and side God. True! Take note, take heed! (1 Corinthians 3:6-15).
Do have a wise and smart thinking weekend! (Read 2 Corinthians 10:12).
God bless you.
MODIBO GODWILL
Divine Destiny Messenger,
Author & Speaker
@ The Purpose-Costal Movement (TEPUM)
Phone/Whatsapp: +234 802 827 8092
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