Taking over

We are reclaiming our lost honour over money by all means,
Taking over

In the presence of the Creator, there was no toil, strife, tribulation and even money according to the first and second chapter of Genesis before the Adamaic sin. Wild animals were not wild; fruit and seed trees grew and produced fruits and seeds according to their kind without our effort  and life was amazing in the presence of the Almighty.

After the Adamic sin , God cursed the ground, paradise left mankind and death was born by sin Rom 6:23. Adamaic sin separated us from God and His everlasting goodness or let’s say His eternal righteousness that cause a heavenly reality when man was around His presence.

But God did not give-up on mankind for His goodness is still showed to all men whether good or bad. The sun shines for all and the rains still shower us all. He takes care every living creature He created. He does His provision without keeping account of what sin we have done on earth. Adam and Eve sinned but God still provide clothing coats of skins. Gen 3:21.

The lands being cursed refers to our diminished farm produce be it livestock and/ or crop produce due to weather, diseases and pest. To elaborate this deeper is that our farms are not confined to up-country farms that we ordinarily know but our places of work, business and investments which make money cursed. (the root of all evil)

Money has ruled over our lives until we have come to the realization that God does not exist. We have forgotten our creator is our Lord and money comes last. So what do we tend to do? We tend to take over the rule of money to our benefit according to the architectural plan of God’s will.

Step 1: SALVATION

We need to bring ourselves before God confess our sins and that Jesus Christ, son of God, died for our sins to save us. Christ endured death for us to enjoy living with Him and our Heavenly Father in Paradise after our physical death.

When we believe and confess Jesus Christ as saviour in our life, we become Heavenly elect and a helper, the Holy Spirit guide and intercedes for us Heb 6:4, Ps 3:8; 27:1, Acts 4:12 to John 14:6.

Step 2: Church tithes and offerings

Tithes and offerings are money or asset contribution that aid in the functionality of God’s service which is for us the church. These contributions are commanded of us from God which purposefully benefits the clergy who directly does God’s work, used for construction of the church building and schools for our children even hospital for our medical care in our community area and aiding the widows, orphans and less fortunate people as the gospel of Christ is spread across to everyone.

Tithe is the tenth of your first fruit (income) and offering is the willingful gift you offer to God. With salvation in hand, we stand to gain heavenly and earthly prosperity. God’s favour will be with you for your obedience and generosity to support God’s work. God is still faithful to reward those who don’t believe in the gospel of Christ when men contribute their assets to the church. (Mal 3:10)

Offering is a sacrifice of praise offered mostly in every Sunday church service to God through the church which in contrast to tithe has no percentage control based on your income. It is money contribution based out of free will to show gratitude to God that he enjoys his provision. When you give to God’s work according his covenant, He blesses you seven folds according to the measure of your offering.

Thanksgivings is also a special type of offering that is occasionally given to show gratitude for what the Lord has done for you.

Sweet victory

"We were made to achieve victory, it is in our hands."

At this day and age, we find ourselves working hard and/ or smart using our skills, talents and experience towards our goals. We struggle to achieve our own goals which we set for ourselves by again achieving goals which have been set by others for us to achieve. We have the drive to work towards these goals for it will improve our lives to combat with the mishaps of life. This is the sweet victory I am talking about.

We work so hard to enrich ourselves which is not a bad thing so long as you are not overambitious. God is pleased with such diligence and blesses the works of our hardworking hands (Heb 6:10). When you compare yourself with your brother, sister, classmates and age mates and it becomes a constant reminder by your parents of how Frank and Mary doing well in their lives. This dawns to you on how you are a failure. You are by no means a failure in any way you may look at yourself. You have to learn how to see your opportunities and how to salvage them to being victorious according to God’s plan.

I love watching DC and Marvel comic TV shows. Just to get your attention; The Flash, a speedster who is able to run faster than a speeding bullet and break the sound barrier, the light barrier, time barrier and dimensional barrier. This means he can at will travel back and forth of time, into the multi-universe and tremendous abilities of running vertical over buildings and above water and vibrating his body to phase through oblique objects. But fictional as it is, he cannot change bad events with good ones as it will affect the time continuity and hence his own very existence and his loved ones. This means at some point, having speed or no speed, time and its events are unquantifiable to us. Bad events will be replaced by worse ones or the very good ones can also replaced by catastrophic ones. And that is why we need to have God in our lives (Psalms 31:15; John 1:3 Colossians 1:16)

Remember, we cannot rely on our understanding for we cannot fathom the architectural framework of our time. This means that if we rely  on our understanding, we will be acting of our own selfishness, arrogance, enviousness, jealousy and all things that say, ”me me me” building that skyscraper called greed.

So having the urge of grasping victory in our hands we need to have the essential ingredients for this sweet victory we are cooking. The ingredients are as follows:

• God
• Time
• Wisdom
• Hope 

God as the first ingredient

God as the first ingredient is the architect of all things visible and invisible and nothing was created without him. (Colossians 1:16-17, Genesis 1:1, Psalm 19:1, Hebrews 11:3, Isaiah 42:5). We can put our trust in Thee to lead us for we are in total darkness. Yesterday goes away and it is forgotten, tomorrow never comes and today and now is what we deal with so total darkness in deed. “ I am the light of the World. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness but will have the light of life,” Jesus said (John8:12) So press the “follow” button on your bible as you tell Him your goals, your plans to achieve your goals through prayer and surely he will be the help you so needed.

Time as the second ingredient

Time is an unquantifiable unit of continuous progress of existence and events. Time is quite important for it entails God giving you existence through birth, passing through the stage of life (i.e. childhood, youth, middle-age and old age) and the joy and pain that comes with it. The time confinement teaches us to be patient as the Architect does his wonderful works so long as you believe in Him. (Isaiah 40:31, Psalm 27:14; 31:24, 40:1, 62:5, 130:5).

His timing is perfect for it is moment of glory to show His might and sheer ability to the whole World and the Heavens overall. Secondly, it is an act of love to all who believe and depend on Him in all times (Psalm 62:5; 18:2, 37:2, Isaiah 41:13 Phil 4:6). Thirdly, it is a learning process and when we are encountering challenges we will achieve victory and lack nothing (James 1:2-4)

So with time, we learn what we are taught from events of time and experiences which widens your scope of thinking and apply the understanding gained to achieve the sweet scent of victory