HAVE IT ALL

By Rick Mathes

James 1:4 (NASB77) and let endurance have its perfect result that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.

There’s no such thing as a self-made man. Success, true success can only be achieved with God’s blessing and the guidance and protection of the Holy Spirit. Any and all natural success without our Lord is steeped in unforgiveness and the wages are death as you know.

Oh, you can mask the devil’s work and your efforts in good works or charity (for the tax write-off) and participation in your church (for honor and self-esteem). Rev. Lucifer walks in signs and wonders than are counterfeits and lies from front to back. You can have it all on earth but there won’t be a U-Hall hitched to the back bumper of your hearse.

When you as a child of the King have been blessed in abundance. You lack nothing. All your needs and wants are met and you have found a blessed comfort zone reserved only for the elect. This is when you give back to Him what you don’t need. The works of the Lord need your financial support. Christian ministries stand on the shoulders of all those who support them. They cn only reach as high as your effort and generosity will lift them.

The rock of Christianity is very simple, God is Love! When I love you as I love myself, I am headed in the right direction and I have reversed the turn on this planet most everyone lives on. But this monumental feat is not enough alone to overcome the world. We must love each other as our Lord loves us or rather we must love with His love to return to the fullness of joy Adam and Eve enjoyed before the fall. When I realized and articulated I loved Jesus more than my wonderful wife, I felt I had committed a mortal sin. If I love her with my love alone, no matter how hard I try, my love is conditional and His isn’t.

Your good works that emanate from prosperity are really the consequence of your good stewardship of His assets and the meeting of His needs in others. When you believe, you believe and obey. You have it all right now!