Money is the maturing agent that can cause unrighteous conditions to form in people, changing your speech, your attitude and about all of your other character benchmarks as well. Let me give you the warning again because I believe some of you are meant to be in charge of and the dispensing of great provisions, whether they be physical or mental blessings or gifts in His kingdom. Realize though managing or the distribution of such responsibilities may be accompanied with great sorrow. Let me explain.
Naturally, when you have access to resources, you’re going to get accustomed to them, as our children did with our affluence. Realize you’re not promised to have all that stuff so when it’s gone, it may well hurt. Do you hear me? You better realize this in the beginning, that one day it’s likely all going to be gone. When you get accustomed to those perky provisions, and suddenly they’re gone, your demeanor may go south quick! That’s the potential hurt I’m talking about. The hope is, is that you can build yourself up mentally & emotionally so as to remember, “Hey, I’m not promised these physical or mental blessings or gifts forever, so let me correctly utilize them right now so when they are no longer available, I don’t cobb an attitude and lose my righteousness.”
BOTTOM LINE:
Do you really think your Father wants to give you something now, so that if & when later it’s gone, you slump into a spiritual or emotional depression and lose your righteousness? Why would the Lord give a person like that anything? Remember and rest in our Father’s provision, as well as His interpretation of the Parable of the Talents and the subsequent rewards.
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