Afternoon Brothers,
In preparing for Lesson Five of Caleb’s Promise, God has re-directed me to teach on a topic He wants you to receive. It is entitled, “Manifesting the Abundance.” Originally I was going to teach on the Law of Confession. We will still cover some of the Law of Confession during our teaching, but we will cover it in greater depth in Lesson Six.
It has been exciting preparing this next lesson. The Holy Spirit has been opening my spiritual eyes and ears to even greater revelation of God’s precious and powerful Word. I’m already applying it to my life, and I’m seeing the immediate results. The following is a teaser for you.
We’ve talked about the role Adam and Eve had on this earth. God gave them complete dominion and authority over the earth – in fact, He gave it to Man. All legal authority over this earth belongs to Man, not to God. God has to work through man to get things done on this earth.
Psalms 115:16
The heaven, even the heavens, are the LORD’s: but the earth hath He given to the children of men.
When God created Adam and Eve and placed them into the Garden, God gave them three things, in order of priority:
- Fellowship
- Assignment
- Provision
Adam and Eve fellowshipped daily with God. They were given the assignment to dress and keep the Garden, to be fruitful, multiply, replenish the earth, and subdue it. The Garden represented the Kingdom of Heaven. They were to replenish the earth with the Kingdom of Heaven. And, God provided everything Adam and Eve would EVER need in the Garden. They lacked absolutely nothing! And they never toiled, labored, or sweat.
When Adam and Eve fell through sin, fellowship with God was lost, they lost their assignment and were kicked out of the Garden, and they lost God providing for them. The “curse” entered the earth. Now, they have to shoulder the burden of provision. For thousands of years, the people of the earth have been doing what throughout their lives? Chasing provision. Provision went from the last in the order of priority to first. This completely abrogates God’s law.
Jesus Christ, the last Adam, came to earth to RESTORE that which the original Adam had lost: fellowship, assignment, and provision AND in that order. All of Jesus’ teachings and demonstrations in the four Gospels and Acts were solely to RESTORE man back to his original state with God that was introduced with the first Adam. When we become Believers, we are entitled to fellowship, an assignment, and provision. However, most Believers still have the order of priority wrong. We might have fellowship first, but we have provision second, and assignment third, if we even know what our assignment. Or, we have provision first, fellowship second, and assignment last. Again, wrong. God showed me this explains why so many Believers are struggling financially, or they are not realizing the ABUNDANCE God has planned for them. They may be comfortable, but they are NOT living at the level God wants them to live at so they can be a blessing to others.
To close this teaser, and you’ll learn the rest in our next meeting, God said, “Your job has nothing to do with your prosperity.” He also said, “What are you heir to?” And, finally, He said, “Why would you have to go to a job to get money to buy something you already own?” I know, it seems to be crazy statements and questions. But, believe me when I say God DOES NOT operate like man. God mocks man’s wisdom. Why do you think God told me to throw away every single business book I owned written by business luminaries like Jack Welch, Lou Gerstner, Peter Drucker, etc? God mocks their wisdom and their accomplishments. God is challenging you and me to rise to His thoughts and His ways (Isaiah 55:8), to rise to His level. We’ll discuss these questions and statements plus much more. You’ll have the secret to manifesting an abundance.
Blessings to all of you,
Larry