Strike It Rich
One of the problems that hung around me for years was poverty. But I remember
the
day I decided I wasn't going to be poor anymore. I was reading in the Word
where
it says that the blessing of Abraham has come upon the Gentiles by Jesus
Christ
(Gal. 3:14). Then I got down to the twenty-ninth verse where it says,
"If ye be Christ's, then are ye Abraham's seed, and
HEIRS ACCORDING TO THE PROMISE."
Suddenly the truth hit me. I got so excited I could hardly stand myself.
I turned back over to Deuteronomy 28 and--line by line--I read those promised
blessings.
"Blessed in the city, blessed in the country. Blessed going out, blessed
coming
in. Blessed in your barns, blessed in your fields, blessed in all the works
of
your hands." Man, I had struck it rich!
I'd been going to school in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and I was living in a dumpy
little house
nobody would want to live in. But when I read those promises in the Word,
I saw the
light. I realized God already had redeemed me from the curse of poverty.
Well, that afternoon in my back bedroom, I took my Bible in my hand and I
said: "I want to
announce to Almighty God in heaven and to Jesus Christ of Nazareth, to all
the angels of
heaven, to all the demons of hell, and to anybody else that cares anything
about hearing it,
that from this day forward my needs are met according to God's riches in
glory by
Christ Jesus."
I told Him, "I'm standing on Your Word, and I'm looking to You to take care
of me. I'll
never ask a man for a dollar."
That was many years ago and I never have. You know why? Because that decision
connected me to the power of God. It'll do the same for you.
SCRIPTURE READING: Deuteronomy 28:1-13
From Tony & Elan Celender's Daily Devotional. Their e-mail:
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