Money is one of the few things in this world that can be important and unimportant at the same time. Money is important because that's what we use to value things. So if money is what we use to value things, then you must have it to obtain things that are valuable to you. So that's why you exchange your time and energy to obtain money.
If you think that money isn't important, let's take a look at some facts.
Money buys food for you.
Money buys clothes for you.
Money buys or rents a dwelling for you.
Money buys experiences for you. (movies, vacation, dinner, etc.)
Money buys educational opportunities for you.
I can go on all day but you get the point. There is nothing free in this world. I mean nothing. There are some things you may get or experience that cost you nothing, but that doesn’t mean it didn’t cost someone something. Charities cost something. The people that benefit from charities may not pay anything but it sure did cost something. There is no such thing as something for nothing!
So money is important. Most people spend over half of their life trying to attain money. This is why you must be comfortable talking about money, living with money, circulating money, and receiving money!
In order to be comfortable with talking about money, living with money, circulating money, and receiving money, there are three fundamental principles that you must permanently place in your belief system.
1. There is enough for everybody! There is no lack. For you to say that there is not enough for everyone is for you to claim that God did an incomplete job when He created the earth. When have you ever known God to do and incomplete job? NEVER! Just because you see lack doesn’t means that lack is the majority. If you look again, you see money changing hands all the time right around you!
2. You must accept responsibility for the results in your life! Nobody else can take credit for your results. No matter what happens to you, if you trace back for enough you can see where you initiated the process.
“My marriage is horrible!” Who said “I Do”?
“I hate my job!” Who interviewed and accepted the position?
“My friend doesn’t respect me? Who keeps entertaining them?
“I’m about to lose my house because of this balloon note” Who signed the mortgage?
The answer to all those questions is the same, YOU! Now this can be bondage or liberating. It all depends on how you take this next statement. As soon as you blame someone else for you results, you just gave your power away to change the results to what you want. If you are not willing to accept the blame, then you will remain in bondage and always feeling helpless. But if accept the blame, you will be empowered to explore the steps it takes to change the results to what you want!
3. The third and final principle will be the hardest to grasp and act upon because it involves emotions. You must realize that your prosperity and increase is not taking anything from anyone else. Increasing in money is a personal decision. You can’t make the decision for anyone else to prosper. Just like no one can make the decision for you to prosper but you. You are not all that. I’m not all that! So if you and I can take responsibility for our prosperity then our brothers and sisters can do the same. I am my brother’s keeper, not his provider! (This includes family) God is the provider! It’s my job to point my brother to The Provider. If my brother connects with The Provider, he will not need me. If my brother rejects The Provider, I will not accept the blame for his lack and I WILL NOT FEEL GUILTY ABOUT MY PROSPERITY! I will always offer help to point him to The Provider! Everyone has the same opportunity to connect to The Provider!
Begin to let these three principles sink into your thought life. The next blog we will cover why money is unimportant.
Until all the Families of the earth are Blessed,
Leroy Thompson, Jr.
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