There was a virus on my twitter account (@leroyjrt). The virus posted a website about quick money from home. A young man that is following me on twitter responded to ask me if this was a legit twitter post from me. I responded to let him know that it wasn’t legit. But then I heard the Holy Spirit, in my ear, say No Shortcuts! Seedtime and harvest first! Everything else follows!
There are some people that are coming into the church trying to replace God as the source of increase. Nowhere in the bible did God give up the title as Provider. They are entering the church with “opportunities”. God is the originator of the greatest opportunity there is, which is seedtime and harvest, giving and receiving, sowing and reaping! EVERYTHING ELSE AND EVERY OTHER OPPORTUNITY IS A RESULT OF THE FIRST OPPORTUNITY EVER GIVEN!
Until you master sowing and reaping, you will always struggle with money and happiness. Money and happiness are like salt and pepper. They don’t control each other. You can have one without the other, BUT together they make food taste so much better. Proverbs 10:22 says, “ The Blessing of the Lord, it maketh rich and added no sorrow. “ So the blessing from God is the only thing that can make money and happiness cooperate! You don’t have to choose between one and the other!
I’ve had many people who call and waste my time by telling me they have an opportunity for me that will change my life. My first response to them always is “My life is constantly being changed by my sowing and reaping”.
I trust God to show me opportunities. That’s what He promised in Deuteronomy 8:18. He gave me the power to get wealth, but if I don’t adhere to Luke 16:11, I will jump for everything that comes to try and help God with my increase. I Corinthians 3: 6-7 clearly makes it known that GOD is the one that gives the increase, NO ONE ELSE OR ANYTHING ELSE. In other words, God will reveal opportunities to you that will cause increase for EVERYONE (buyer, seller, giver, receiver) involved. His opportunities leave everyone involved whole.
According to Luke 16:11, I must first learn how to handle the opportunities I presently have before I get introduced to bigger opportunities from God. What most people want is for God to give them an opportunity to handle $1 million and they can’t handle $100. God will introduce bigger opportunities based on present behavior with present opportunities. In Isaiah 48:17, the bible says that God is willing to teach us how to profit and how we should do it. Teaching is a main ingredient to growth. When God teaches you how to do something and you follow His directions, no one can stop the results from that opportunity from coming into your life! So if God teaches and shows you opportunities for increase based on what you have handled already, you can rest assured that nobody can stop you from prospering.
Finally, Luke 16:11 says,
If therefore ye have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches?
Why would God (Lord of the Harvest, the Provider, Increase giver) give me more than I have now when I can’t trust His system of seedtime and harvest with what I have now? Stop helping God with channels and wait on him to reveal opportunities!
Releasing the Spirit, Provoking Thought, Causing Increase
Leroy Thompson Jr.
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