Power to Get Wealth

Power to Get Wealth - Verse of the Day :
And you shall remember the LORD your God, for it is He who gives you power to get wealth, that He may establish His covenant which He swore to your fathers, as it is this day.
-Deuteronomy 8:18

Daily Bible Reading Plan

Morning : John 4

Evening : Deuteronomy 7-8

We all know that money can't buy us happiness, a good name, a happy marriage or lasting friendships. Money certainly can't buy us eternal salvation or the anointing of the Holy Spirit. But nonetheless, God still wants us to have money--the more the merrier!

There is a reason why Jesus, for your sakes, became poor that you through His poverty, might become rich (2 Cor. 8:9). Deuteronomy 8:18 says that He gives you the power to get wealth for the purpose that His covenant with all mankind can be established.

So, the reason why God wants you to have money is so that you can use it to bring the gospel to the whole world. No wonder the psalmist says, "Let the LORD be magnified, who has pleasure in the prosperity of His servant" (Ps. 35:27). Because the more we prosper financially, the more we can preach the good news and magnify our Lord.

March 13 - Power to Get Wealth - Christian Daily Devotions

There are two contrasting covenants in the Old Testament. One is God's covenant with Abraham which is eternal, and the other is God's covenant with Moses which is temporal.

Under the Abrahamic covenant, God blesses you to be a blessing to others. God told Abraham, "In you all the families of the earth shall be blessed" (Gen. 12:3).

But under the Mosaic covenant, there is another set of promises found in Deuteronomy 28. It is about God's favor and blessing for our individual lives. Now, you have to be very careful which covenant you lock your mind onto.

If you focus exclusively on the temporal Mosaic covenant, you could become self-serving and greedy, and end up destroying your life. But if you mature to focus on the eternal Abrahamic covenant, then the more prosperous you are, the more you can be effective for the cause of the kingdom.

The truth is this: you can't be a blessing if you haven't been blessed. If you can't even feed yourself, how are you going to feed the hungry? If you can't even clothe yourself, how are you going to clothe the naked? If you have no money for your Church projects and world missions, how are you going to take the good news to the world?

Meditate on this thought right now: "God has given me power to get wealth, that I can use it to bring the gospel to the world!"

March 13 - Power to Get Wealth - Christian Daily Devotions

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