The Bible's Direction on Abundance
“And why do you worry about clothes? See how the flowers of the field grow. They do not labor or spin. Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these. If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, will he not much more clothe you—you of little faith? So do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them. But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own."
In addition, let me refer to Luke 6:38:
"Give and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together and running over, will be poured into your lap. For with this measure you use, it will be measured to you."
An abundant God speaks clearly throughout the Bible. We are directed, of course, to "give" so that it will be given--to seek truth first and all will be provided. To me, this is a metaphysical truth.
Could the state of mind that we hold and the level of faith we achieve in a loving, kind and abundant God directly influence the abundance we receive? Could our acceptance of a God who wishes that "all these things will be given" change our earthly experience of the eocnomy?
Much new age (actually ancient age) thought professes this metaphysical truth. As you think, so shall it be. This is not a new thought, but perhaps one we can't fully understand. Or, perhaps we can't fathom such a large responsibility? Would we prefer to label God as punishing rather than take responsibility for our own thoughts and level of faith?
Let me know your thoughts on this. And, may the abundance of the Lord flow freely to you. And so it is...Amen.
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Certainly; as a man thinketh(present continuous tense)in his heart, so is he. Therefore, we think lack, then 'lack' it is. likewise when we meditate on abundance we attract abundance-simple. This is a very thought provoking view point, time allowing I could do much. However I will endeavour to be brief. God said, he is not a man that he should lie... so then, when God stated in Psalms's:27 'Let the Lord be magnified, who has pleasure in the prosperity of his servant.' May be the real issue is not that God wishes to punish us rather; we are not his 'servant' there-in lies the lack. Since in 3John2 Beloved, I pray that you would prosper in all things...which I believe is inclusive of all things concerning us to infinity. It is then safe to say there are individuals in this society, who cannot complain; will not/never complain of any form of lack. Simply put, they specialized in serving whoever,wherever and whenever. David said "I was young, now I am old I have never seen the righteous forsaken NOR and thats not a typo(NOR) lets go to infinity....his seed begging for bread. God cannot lie, will never lie; abundance then is indeed relative to not just service, but how we harness our FAITH how much we can think to ask of God or even if we ask of God. The scripture stated we do not ask, we do not receive. As to whether God is punishing us....so a man thinketh...
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