See if you can relate to this true story…

Two young men were the best of friends. They went to church together and got along fabulously. They went to school together with never a trace of difficulty in their relationship. They enjoyed many church-related trips together. These two men spent hours talking about things they were interested in with never a disagreement or a strong word.

But then, these two young men went to work for the same company and reported to the same boss…

Suddenly, one of these young men started manifesting a very cranky, competitive, and paranoid spirit. He was just sure his “friend” was trying to gain an advantage over him. He was sure that his “friend” was trying to maneuver in closer to the boss. He was sure that his “friend” was trying to get the better tasks, leaving him “out in the cold” with the less enjoyable tasks.

Have you ever found yourself in a position where you felt like other people were trying to gain the advantage over you and maneuver their way over you where they could “shut you out”?

If so, pay careful attention to what you’re about to read.

This young man who became cranky, competitive, and paranoid allowed the spirit of this world to blind his eyes to the abundance that God has for him.

See, the worlds view is that there everything is finite and limited.

The worlds view is that the money that can be paid out in salaries is limited and therefore, the “many” employees must compete for the “few” pay raises.

The worlds view is that there are only so many promotion opportunities and therefore, the “many” people must be compete for the “few” opportunities.

The worlds view is to try to get “what they can see”.

When a higher-level job opportunity appears within a given department, most everyone within that department will “see” the opportunity at which point they will start clamoring, competing, and even fighting for it.

But, Gods way is DIFFERENT and BETTER!

In God’s way, you don’t have to compete for limitation and lack. Instead, you get to CREATE abundance.

How do you transition from competing to creating?

It starts by changing your focus to pleasing the Lord instead of trying to please men. When you are focused on pleasing the Lord, you will automatically perform at your highest level possible.

You will automatically strive to be the best that you can possibly be.

Colossions 3:23-24 says it this way – “And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men; Knowing that of the Lord ye shall receive the reward of the inheritance: for ye serve the Lord Christ.”

Did you catch the phrase, “Knowing that of the Lord ye shall receive”?

Here’s the thing. When you focus on pleasing the Lord, then the Lord will create opportunities out of nothing for you. The Lord will create opportunities for advancement, growth, increase, and abundance that you cannot even see yet.

Here’s proof that God will do what I’m saying…

Isaiah 43:19 – “Behold, I will do a new thing; now it shall spring forth; shall ye not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert.”

Do you see the depth and power of God’s Word?

• “New things” – opportunities for increase that you hadn’t recognized or thought about before
• “It shall spring forth” – opportunities for increase will appear that you were not able to see before
• “I will even make a way in the wilderness” – to the world everything looks like limitation, lack, and scant resources but out of this “nothing” God will create abundance for you
• “Rivers in the desert” – deserts don’t have rivers – that’s why they are deserts. But with God all things are possible. It might appear that what you want isn’t available. It may seem like its not an option. But God can and will create the abundance that you want out of the impossible. Notice the word Rivers. This isn’t one trickle of water. This isn’t even a stream of water. It’s big and multiple Rivers of water. That’s the kind of abundance God will create in your life.

When you are focused on pleasing the Lord, the Lord will automatically present opportunities for abundance in your life.

The Lord will create a way where there is no way.

Make sure you get this. You don’t have to compete.

Instead, focus on doing all as unto the Lord. Be the best that you can be.

Love your neighbor as yourself.

This means help your neighbor obtain the increase that he or she is looking for realizing that God has an over-abundance and there is plenty for your neighbor to have all that he or she wants and for you to have all that you want.

Have a merry countenance (a big smile) like the Bible talks about. Perform acts of kindness and love at every opportunity.

And when you do these things, you’ll soon find Psalms 115:14 to be true in your life, “The LORD shall increase you more and more”

This is a concept that applies to all areas of your life – financial, health, relationships, and so on.

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What is it that is holding you back from what it is that you really want? What is it that is preventing you from POSSESSING that which you really desire?

I know the answer…

The pure, plain, and simple answer is that you have a FEAR OF FAILING!

Go back to a time when your imagination was really soaring, really start mentally enjoying what it is that you want to do, be, and have…

Your imagination is “running free”. The things you see in your imagination are great. They are wonderful. They are beautiful.Amazing things are happening. The spectacular is just a matter of course, it’s a glorious world…

And then it happens…

Like a frigid blast from the North Pole that instantly freezes everything…

Your mind runs a few short scripts that sound like this:

• What if I make a fool out of myself?
• What if I fall flat on my face?
• What if I lose everything I’ve got?

And immediately, YOU SLAM ON THE BRAKES to the beautiful world that exists in your imagination that could just as easily exist in your external world was it not for your fear.

Fear is YOUR GREATEST ENEMY.

Why?

Because fear is a paradox. If you fear failure, then you are guaranteed to fail every time. This is the paradox of fear.

If you fear failure, you will fail each and every time. It’s as simple as that and it’s totally guaranteed.

Your fear of failure is ITSELF the biggest failure. Did you get that? The biggest failure is to fear failure.

Because you fear failure, you decide to play it “safe”.

But I must ask you…

Safe from what?

Safe from all the great, wonderful, beautiful, spectacular, amazing things that you could do, be, and have?

Think about that.

Do you really want to be safe from the good and wonderful life that God would like to give you?

Do you really want to “play it safe”, repeating this same “fear of failure” pattern your whole life, until at the last, you come down to death’s bed, never having really lived, never having really accomplished anything great in the Kingdom of God?

Is this what you really want?

Why is it that people always run these self-defeating, negative lines that shut them down? Why don’t they run positive lines that lead them on to accomplishing and achieving great things?

One of my favorite examples of the right way to think can be found in 1 Samuel 14:6-7 “And Jonathan said to the young man that bare his armour, Come, and let us go over unto the garrison of these uncircumcised: it may be that the LORD will work for us: for there is no restraint to the LORD to save by many or by few. And his armourbearer said unto him, Do all that is in thine heart: turn thee; behold, I am with thee according to thy heart.”

Did you see the powerful script that was played in Jonathan’s mind? The script that Jonathan lived by was:

• Come, and let me __<fill in the blank with something great and wonderful>__: it may be that the LORD will work for me: for there is no restraint to the LORD to __<fill in the blank with something great and wonderful>__.

In this story, Jonathan has an amourbearer. Let me ask you, who is your armourbearer? Who is your shield and buckler? Who is your strength? THE LORD IS!

And it is my full belief that if you have a desire to do great things in God’s Kingdom, then the LORD is saying the same thing to you that Jonathan’s armourbearer said to him, “Do all that is in thine heart. I am with thee according to they heart.”

Acts 10:38 tells us that “Jesus of Nazareth…went about doing good…for God was with him”. And, we know from the Bible, that Jesus was “God in the flesh” and that “if we’ve seen Jesus, we’ve seen the Father”.

My point is that God is a GOOD GOD who wants GOOD IN YOUR LIFE and who wants you to do GOOD IN HIS KINGDOM.

It is important to lay aside your fear of failure so that God can do good things in your life and through your life. But, there’s another reason why it’s important for you to lay aside your fear of failure…

Revelations 21:8 describes to us a list of sins that if committed will absolutely doom our souls to hell.

Guess what is at the top of God’s list?

Answer: The fearful.

Go back through this article. Read through it. Meditate on it. Build yourself some new, positive scripts. Every time you catch yourself playing one of those old negative scripts, tell yourself:

“I reject these negative thoughts because they are not of God. Instead, I choose to believe in God and believe that He wants to do great things for me and through me.”

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I still can’t get away from this vein of thought so here’s a question for you…

Why would a mere teenage boy named a David, choose to go to battle against an apparently undefeatable foe, a mighty and seasoned warrior-giant named Goliath?

Really think about the LUNACY of David going to battle against Goliath.

The Bible tells us in 1 Samuel chapter 17 that everyone else in the nation of Israel was afraid to confront Goliath in spite of his repeated insults. In fact, when Goliath appeared on the scene, the Bible tells us that all the men of Israel fled in terror.

But then, David shows up, takes one look at the situation and has an entirely different RESPONSE from every other man in the nation of Israel.

Why the different response?

Because David understood something that no one else in his nation understood. David understood that God wants to do great and mighty things through any person who will believe in Him and trust in Him.

David understood that God will channel His power and might through anyone who will let Him.

While everyone else in the nation of Israel was experiencing the situation through the five physical senses, David was experiencing the situation from a spiritual perspective that said the power of the unseen God was FAR GREATER than anything that could be seen (no matter how big it was) in the physical world.

Does the notion of being a Millionaire For Jesus – a man or woman who does great things in the Kingdom of God seem like such a GIANT IMPOSSIBILITY that you run from the very thought in terror?

Take courage in the understanding that God wants to do great things through you and that God WILL work through you to confront and defeat all that is OPPOSING you from building up and expanding His Kingdom.

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It is so important that you get this concept that God wants to do great things through you that I’m going to hit on it again…

John 15:5 – “I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit”

Christ is telling us in this scripture that if we are in Him, big things are going to happen through us. And then, the Bible goes on to say:

John 15:8 – “Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit”

How do we bring Glory to God? By allowing Him to do big and great things through us.

2 Corinthians 1:20 says, “For all the promises of God (God makes no little promises) in him (Jesus) are yea (Yes), and in him Amen (So be it), unto the glory of God by us (GOD’S PROMISES ARE FULFILLED BY CHRIST WORKING THROUGH YOU AND I).”

In Ephesians 6:10, we read, “Be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might”

There is nothing in this verse that insinuates we should be puny weaklings who accomplish nothing for God.

Let me wrap up with these words from King David:

1 Chronicles 22:14 – “Now, behold, in my trouble I have prepared for the house of the LORD an hundred thousand talents of gold, and a thousand thousand talents of silver; and of brass and iron without weight; for it is in abundance: timber also and stone have I prepared; and thou mayest add thereto.”

Notice the phrase, “in my trouble”. In spite of all the difficulties that King David dealt with in his life, he still had a focus on creating wealth so that he could be a part of building up God’s Kingdom. Sure you’ll face troubles and difficulties in life, but that doesn’t excuse you from becoming a Millionaire For Jesus.

Next, notice the phrase, “and thou mayest add thereto”. Not only did King David create wealth for God’s work, but he instructs his son to create even more wealth so that God’s work could be even greater. This let’s us know that its not acceptable to God for us to sit and CONSUME what great men before us have worked to create. Instead, we are to add to what those before us have done.

Also, look at these numbers. My old Bible dictionary says a talent of Gold is worth approximately $30,000. That means that in today’s money, King David had amassed WAY over $3 Billion dollars in just Gold. Then, this scripture tells us that King David had amassed 1 Million (a thousand thousand) talents of Silver. Going back to my old dictionary, a talent of Silver is worth approximately $1,000. That means that King David had more than $1 Billion in just Silver.

And so I ask you, is it any problem for God to bring $1 Million or more into your life? I don’t think so! When you really get a full grasp of what great and big things God wants to do through you, $1 Million seems like a rather PALTRY amount, doesn’t it?

1 Chronicles 22:16 – “Of the gold, the silver, and the brass, and the iron, there is no number. Arise therefore, and be doing, and the LORD be with thee.”

This verse says it all perfectly:

• God has UNLIMITED wealth.
• God has BIG works and BIG projects that He wants to see implemented in His Kingdom.
• All that’s missing is someone through which He can work.
• All God is waiting on is for YOU to “Arise therefore, and BE DOING, and the LORD be with thee.”

Just to keep the record straight, God wants to put this money in your life – not so that you can be lifted up in yourself or to try to bring glory to yourself – but to build up His Kingdom and bring Glory to HIS NAME. Sure, King David had nice things and was able to enjoy life. But, he always remembered that most important of all was to Glorify God.

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I really need you to understand that God WANTS to do great things through you to build up and expand His Kingdom.

Read through this familiar story of Peter walking on the water and then I’m going to make a point I can almost guarantee you’ve never grasped before…

Matthew 14:24-33
“But the ship was now in the midst of the sea, tossed with waves: for the wind was contrary. And in the fourth watch of the night Jesus went unto them, walking on the sea. And when the disciples saw him walking on the sea, they were troubled, saying, It is a spirit; and they cried out for fear. But straightway Jesus spake unto them, saying, Be of good cheer; it is I; be not afraid. And Peter answered him and said, Lord, if it be thou, bid me come unto thee on the water.
And he said, Come. And when Peter was come down out of the ship, he walked on the water, to go to Jesus. But when he saw the wind boisterous, he was afraid; and beginning to sink, he cried, saying, Lord, save me. And immediately Jesus stretched forth his hand, and caught him, and said unto him, O thou of little faith, wherefore didst thou doubt? And when they were come into the ship, the wind ceased. Then they that were in the ship came and worshipped him, saying, Of a truth thou art the Son of God.”

So, we have a situation here where a group of men are in a storm, and they see the figure of a man walking on the water. Just like you would, these men became afraid. And then, the figure of a man announces that He is Jesus. Now, these men have a quandary. How can they PROVE that this is truly Jesus.

But, the Apostle Peter understood something that so FEW people understand. And, because he understood this something, he knew exactly what to ask…

“Lord, if it be thou, bid me come unto thee on the water.”

Do you see what Peter understood that you need to understand too?

Peter understood that it is God’s will to do great things through His people. Peter understood that if this was truly the Lord, then amazing things would flow from the Father, through Jesus, to Peter and out to the world for an everlasting testimony.

And what did Jesus answer back? A simple, one-word, life-changing answer, “Come.”

It never occurred to Peter’s friends that God would like to do something BIG in their lives AT THAT VERY MOMENT! And because Peter’s friends did not understand this concept, they never walked on water. Later, they came to understand this concept, but they forever missed out on the opportunity to walk on water.

They all could have walked on the water but only Peter did.

God wants to do GREAT things in your life AT THIS VERY MOMENT! Jesus is saying the same thing to you right now, “Come.”

Just because your friends are setting back thinking and acting small, doesn’t mean you have to think and act small too.

Step out on the water. Decide to be a Millionaire For Jesus who does great things in the Kingdom of God. Let your life be one of an everlasting testimony.

Go to any Bible Bookstore and you will find books of great men of God. The only thing that is different between them and you is that they understood God wants to do great things through His people. They understood this and they decided to be a vessel through which God worked.

You can decide this too. You can be a great man or woman for God.

I’m for you! God is for you! You can do it! Christ will perform it in your life!

I just ask that you come back and tell me about it so that I have yet another story of what great things God is doing through His people’s lives.

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II Corinthians 9:8 says, “And God is able to make all grace abound toward you; that ye, always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good work”.

This is a familiar verse to most Christians but yet many people don’t get the full significance of it. So, let’s ask ourselves some questions:

• Is there anyone or anything higher ranking than God?
• When God is going to “make” something happen, can anyone or anything stop it?
• Three times the word “all” is used in this verse…how much do you think God wants you to have?
• When something “abounds” is their scarcity or lack?
• When something is coming “toward” you, do you have to chase it or try to “catch” it?

We know that God is the Almighty, the Supreme Being, the Highest Authority, the Top Commander and it’s Him that is making and directing goodness for every area of our lives to come to us in abundance.

But there is a catch…

And it’s contained in the phrase “is able”. That let’s us know that there is a condition. This let’s us know that there is a responsibility on both our part and on God’s part. This lets us know that when we do our part, THEN and only THEN is He able to do His part.

So, what’s our part?

The answer can be found in Proverbs 24:4, “By knowledge shall the chambers be filled with all precious and pleasant riches.”

This lets us know that when we develop and expand our knowledge (see KEABA in previous posts) then God will make all abundance flow towards us in every area of our lives.

But, He doesn’t just poor abundance upon us for no reason. He pours His abundance upon us for a very specific reason… so that we are in a position to “abound to every good work”.

As a Millionaire For Jesus, can you see yourself abounding unto every good work?

I hope so because James 4:3 makes it clear to us that if we want abundance for the sole purpose of “consuming it upon our own lusts and desires” then God will not give us of His abundance.

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Isaiah 49:18 shows Gods support for our success…

“Thus saith the Lord, thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel; I am the Lord thy God which teacheth thee to profit, which leadeth thee by the way that thou shouldest go.”

Here are the key points that I see:

1. The Lord is the one who leads us in the way we should go
2. The Lord wants us to profit. Profits lead to wealth
3. The Lord’s path gives us opportunities to use our God-given wealth to promote and expand His Kingdom
4. If you are going through a difficult situation right now, it is an important part of your future success and profitability
5. God wants to teach us. Are we willing to learn? Do we devote time to learning?

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Psalms 35:27 gives us this picture of God’s perspective towards us…

“Let them say continually, Let the Lord be magnified, which hath pleasure in the prosperity of his servant.”

I see three important points in this scripture:

1. You should SAY it continually
2. God is pleased when you are prosperous
3. God should be magnified in your prosperity

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Stay with me on this one for just a moment…

In Ephesians chapter 4, the apostle Paul teaches us how we are to live as Christians.

He teaches us that we are not to give place to the devil. He teaches us to get rid of bad language. He teaches us to put away bitterness, wrath, anger, clamour, evil speaking and malice.

He teaches us that we are to walk in righteousness and holiness. He teaches us to be kind to one another, tenderhearted, and to forgive one another.

And everyone knows all of this. But, there is one more thing that he teaches in this setting of scripture that most people either don’t see, don’t understand, or just ignore and that is,

“let him labour, working with his hands the thing which is good, that he may have to give to him that needeth.”

This scripture points out three things:

1. Get to work
2. Creating good things
3. So that you have more than you need so that you are able to give to those in need

Can you see that it is God’s will for you to have the financial ability to do a work in His Kingdom?

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