“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure, we ask ourselves who am l to be gorgeous, talented, brilliant and fabulous actually who are you not to be, we were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us and as we let our light shine we subconsciously give other people permission to do the same.” From a movie called Akeelah and the Bee
There has never been a time in history when most people did not believe that possessing great wealth was the key to happiness .Yet time and again we have seen millionaires and billionaires who lead miserable lives.
We have watched their children wander through life aimlessly, doing one self destructive thing after another. For example, the likes of celebrities such as Lindesay Lohan, Paris Hilton and Britney Spears, they have all the worth you could ever possible want, but still you can see by the way they are portrayed in the tabloids that they lead miserable and empty lives. Some have even used their wealth to destroy others. Why? Because their wealth consisted of temporal things, not eternal. Do not get me wrong, though, material wealth is not evil in and of itself. Ten rand in the hands of a criminal or a pastor is still ten rand! The bible says it is the love of the money that is root of all evil.
Mankind must avoid being controlled and owned by material wealth. Let`s suppose that a father says to his daughter or son “That car out in the drive way is yours. Here are the keys , do with it as you please.”
Does that car belong to the son? Yes, because the father has said so. Has he possessed it yet? Not until he goes it yet? Not until he goes out there, gets in it, turns the key in the ignition, and drives away. It`s his, but he has yet to take it.
It sounds like a paradox to say, “it`s yours” and then to say “Go, take it,” but that`s the position God puts us in. The problem people have is that they don’t know what is already theirs. And even they know, they do not believe it or act on it.
Before the son could go out and get in that car and drive away, he would have to know and believe that his father had said to him, “Son, that car is your car. I have given it to you.”Do you believe God owns what you need? Do you even believe that God actually wants to give you what you need?
The first step to possessing our inheritance is knowing and believing that God has what we need. The second step is personally taking possession of what has been decreed, bequeathed, or given to us.
Most believers seem to spend their entire lives reading the will and shouting over the contract, but never moving out and obtaining what God has given them. Everything you could possibly need is available to you in the full measure you could ever desire it. Let me assure you today, you are rich beyond measure. But you still have to take hold of what God has promised you and what God has already given you. Tremendous life changing, abundant blessings are waiting for us if we will only pursue them and possess them in faith.
hey thats very powerful,its an inspirational message that almost left me motionlessly as i almost relaxed my sphicter muscles!….
Intersting article I agree and disagree with you on some points. The examples of Paris Hilton, Britney Spears etc could not necessarily be because they are wealthy , they behave like that. Their real self is just being manifested because they are celebreties, everyone knows them(their weaknesses and behaviour, we have too many poor people doing the same in our midst) and since they have money, they have just been able to have freedom to show their self. So it means that anyone of us, to have our real self shown or known sometimes takes place when you acquaire a lot of wealth and the real self just manifest. There is a good number of wealth people who have continued leaving honourable lives in society. Last time I checked e.g Bill Gates one the richest man is living a balanced life regarded as acceptabel in society. To get the tremendous blessings as you mentioned which are waiting for us if we pursue them and possess them. We need to be cautious with this. The world now is full of “name it, claim it have it gospel in the name of Jesus!”. Things do not work that way. Faith even as small as mustard seed which Jesus mentioned which we need as minimal, will not enable us to have the abundant blessings. Work, giving time and helping poor will not give us blessings. Faith + works is the one which can give us abundant blessings according to GOD’s will. In addition to this you need to have patience, standing on the promises of the lord. you can do both of these things BUT still not get the abundant blessings. Reason? It will not be God’s perfect timing. Therfore you will need to have patience and understand how GOD works. Sometimes with the same faith and work you can even lose the blessings you already have like the story of Job, but we all know you will eventually emerge victorious at the end if you stand on the promise of the Lord, like what Job did.
I agree with you that beleivers must not spend much time talking about their promises form Lord, its time faith and works get mixed and for sure GOD will change the circumstances
For the Bible says “Greater is he who is in me than the one in this world” so who are we to be to be worried about what life has for us for our maker is great hence so are we….we are powerful beyond measure!!! It is further sytated in the bible that for he, the Lord, ddnt give us the spirit of fear but of love, power and of a sound mind. It is this sound mind from God that makes us do everything, be achievers and powerful beyond wat we think of…