"How do I get abundance?" That seems to be a question we would all like the answer to. To have abundance is to have all your needs met and then some. Some would use abundance selfishly, some unselfishly. That fact in and of itself does not render abundance either good or bad. People can choose to be either generous or selfish whether their state is abundance or lack. Jesus said it is better to give than to receive. In my experience, having the ability to givd is better than being in the place of needing help. Also in my experience, giving results in joy while receiving results in happiness. There is a difference.
In Matthew 25, Jesus' shared the secret of abundance. It is amazing to me when I see things like this in the Word of God, why these must be secrets I'm still not sure, since they are written down and freely available to everyone.
Ready? Here is how to get abundance (according to Jesus): first you have, then you get more. The secret of abundance is to get more. Profound, I know. But the hard part seems to be getting some in the first place, right? Like the old joke about making a million dollars in the stock market? Start off with 2 million.
In Matt. 25:29, Jesus said "Everyone who has will be given more, and he will have abundance." While recently reading these words again, the word everyone seemed to jump off the page at me. EVERYONE. If you have, you will be given more. No exceptions noted - everyone.
Going on, everyone who does NOT have, even what he has will be taken away. (Question: How can they take away what you do not have? Answer: they cannot).
It is not so much a matter of what we have- inheritance from our family, talent we were born with, our last name, etc. And it is not so much a matter of the reasons why we cannot - lack of inheritance from our family, others being more talented, our last name, etc. What matters is what we have, and our attitude to what we have, and what we decide to do with it.
We've all heard the saying "Use it or lose it." According to Jesus, it's true after all. Everyone who has will be given more, and she will have an abundance. And to those who do not have (or choose not to use what they have) it will be taken away. I'm going to use my prayer language, and my body, and my money, and my confession, and my will, and my place of authority in my family and my workplace, and this little blog, to lift Jesus up and seek His will and His Kingdom. I want to hear Him say "Well done. Come and enter into the joy of your master." Don't know a better definition of abundance than that.
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