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Jehovah Jireh

Genesis 22:14
So Abraham called that place The LORD Will Provide. And to this day it is said, "On the mountain of the LORD it will be provided."

2 Corinthians 9:8
And God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that in all things at all times, having all that you need, you will abound in every good work

Psalm 121:1-2
I lift up my eyes to the hills—
where does my help come from?
My help comes from the LORD, the Maker of heaven and earth.

Matthew 6:24
"No one can serve two masters. Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and Money.

2 Timothy 1:12
he is able to guard what I have entrusted to him for that day

Ephesians 3:20
Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us

Philippians 4:19
And my God will meet all your needs according to His glorious riches in Christ Jesus

2 Corinthians 9:10
Now He who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will also supply and increase your store of seed and will enlarge the harvest of your righteousness

Money is not our provision, God is. He provides the seed to sower, He meets your need, He gives you your hearts desires, it is not money. For too long we (Christians) have looked at a situation and hope/prayed for money for it but not actually praying for the situation to meet by God, we are determining His means of provision. Money is just a tool on this earth for people to have order in obtaining things of this earth. Imagine if everything was for free…..the people were going to fight over that certain thing, they might even kill each other. The Bible says that “man’s heart is evil”. But the greed of money becomes incorrect….

Some people find joy when they see their bank account is full, or they have money in their pockets, What happen to the Joy of the Lord? Search yourself to see if money or things of this world is the centre of your joy…..Seek first the Kingdom and all these things shall be added unto you. Therefore if you work harder in getting a car, than working harder to spend time with the Lord and serve Him, then you have things the other way around. Let me put it this way: if it gives you greater joy to drive a BMW/live in Umhlanga than spending time in His Presence, then you got things turned the other way around, He is our first love.

We tend to put money before God, and this is idle worship! Our prayers are based on needing money than needing His Provision. A situation of need is just to test you if you trust in Him or your own means, some start by the loan shark before asking for the Lord’s provision, Who is first,kanti? We are just stewards of the works of His hands, He owns the gold and the silver, you are just entrusted(Matthew25:14) with it, and as He has entrusted you with His possessions, He has given you orders regarding them:
1. Pay tithes (10% of what is entrusted to you)
2. Give to the needy (not poor , but needy this means anyone in need)
3. Pay offerings
These 3 instructions are to keep the everything flowing and accessibility of things be primary to all. If you practice these 3money principles, there’ll never be a lack in your life, because you understand the Source of the money and how He wants it to be used. But we are not on discussing these 3principles of money, these can be done another day, God willing.
Let us know who is our Source, and meditate on Him through His Word, have faith in Him, let Him be indeed first in all things in our lives, our firstfruits, our Beginning and our End. We need to walk in a dimension of faith, where money plays no value, it is the Lord who is the Source and Result, our own wilderness, just like the children of Israel, where all their gold (money) did not matter, they desperately needed Provision from God for food, shade and light. Their money couldn’t buy them manna, cloud, fire…their need could only be filled by God. There’s a lot for us to learn from this situation, because first of all , it was God who told them to get the gold and silver, then He lead them to the wilderness where their gold had no value, but only God. It is God who gives you the money but remember that it is He who holds more value than money, seek Him first and He can supply above what you think or can ever imagine.
If you don’t have money now, it doesn’t mean you are going to die, or it doesn’t mean you are of no value, you must know what God says, and what God says is law, it must be done, so seek Him and all things will follow!!!