Financial Blessings

Financial Blessings "The blessing of the Lord brings wealth, and he adds no trouble to it." Proverbs 10:22 God promises to “supply all your need according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus” when we love and serve Him. Philippians 4:19. The important word is "need", not our wants and desires.. Sometimes God uses financial need to test us, train us, or teach us, if we are using what He has gives us in the wrong way. Sometimes, He wants us to obey Him by giving more. Proverbs 28:27. He can get our attention if we are holding back, in giving back to Him or to others and hoarding our wealth for ourselves. Sometimes, He wants us to seek Him and trust Him for all our financial blessings, Luke 12:29-31. We may get to the point that we think we have accumulated our wealth by ourselves. Other times He is leading us to do something different in our lives, and this is the way He gets our attention so we will follow Him. God always wants us to seek Him first before anything else, because when we do that we will receive all we need. When you pray for financial blessings, ask God to show you whatever you need to see about your finances. Are you experiencing a financial shortfall? Is one about to happen? Do you need to cut expenses? Live a simpler and less expensive lifestyle? Sell something? Change your job? Be wiser in your financial decisions? Give more to Him and to others? Or simply seek Him first for everything and learn to depend on Him for all you need? David said that he had never seen “the righteous forsaken, nor his descendents begging bread” Psalm 37:25. He said that “those who seek the LORD shall not lack any good thing”. Psalm 34:10. Let those words be a great encouragement to you. Live God’s way, seek Him for wisdom to guide you in all financial matters, and pray that His financial blessings will bring no sorrow with them. Robert William Brock, Jr. My Daily Devotional Volume Seven April 26