Arise!
Luke 16:11 “And if you are untrustworthy about worldly wealth, who will trust you with the true riches of heaven?” (LB).
What this scripture is saying is, your reward and your responsibility in heaven will be determined by how you manage your money here on earth. This is huge and scary.
Blessed Order
Ecclesiastes 5:19 “If God gives us wealth and property and lets us enjoy them, we should be grateful and enjoy what we have worked for. It is a gift from God.” (GNT, emphasis added).
Happiness is not determined by what you have, happiness is determined by your response to what you have. Let’s say you have a used car, for instance, it is not luxurious, but it is a car.
God’s Gifts
2 Timothy 3:16-17 “All Scripture is inspired by God and is useful to teach us what is true and to make us realize what is wrong in our lives. It corrects us when we are wrong and teaches us to do what is right. God uses it to prepare and equip his people to do every good work.”
We will kick off today’s devotional with the final thought from yesterday which is, do not just have a budget, live on it. The truth is, it is one thing to have a budget, and that in itself is great. But having a budget alone does not give you financial traction, you have to live on it. Read the rest of this entry
Write It Down!
Proverbs 27:23-24 “Riches can disappear fast. And the king’s crown doesn’t stay in his family forever—so watch your business interests closely. Know the state of your flocks and your herds” (LB, emphasis added).
So far, we have seen three laws of financial traction. The first is The Law Of Ownership. The second is The Law Of Tithing. And the third is The Law Of Investing. The fourth law of financial traction is The Law of Accounting: KEEP GOOD RECORDS! Write things down. Read the rest of this entry
Save & Invest
Proverbs 13:11 “Money that comes easily disappears quickly, but money that is gathered little by little will grow.” (NCV, emphasis added).
The third law of financial traction is The Law of Investing: SAVE MONEY WISELY. I will be using the terms save and invest loosely because you need to save and accumulate money before you can invest money really. Read the rest of this entry
First Place
Hebrews 7:10 “For although Levi wasn’t born yet, the seed from which he came was in Abraham when Abraham paid the tithes to Melchizedek.” (LB).
The first law of financial traction is the Law of Ownership: REMEMBER GOD IS MY SOURCE, everything belongs to God. The second law is The Law of Tithing: HONOR GOD FIRST. And this comes with a promise. Read the rest of this entry
Everything!
Romans 11:36 “For everything comes from God alone. Everything lives by his power, and everything is for his glory. To him be glory evermore.” (LB, emphasis added)
Put your security in your Saviour because everything comes from God. What does everything mean? Everything means everything! Everything comes from God. Read the rest of this entry
Source Principle
Deuteronomy 8:17-18 “If you start thinking to yourselves, “I did all this. And all by myself. I’m rich. It’s all mine!”—well, think again. Remember that God, your God, gave you the strength to produce all this…” (MSG)
For you to function on earth effectively, you need to understand the physical laws and operate them. For you to work successfully in the spiritual realm, you need to understand the spiritual laws and operate the spiritual laws effectively. Read the rest of this entry
Sustained Traction
Genesis 8:22 “As long as the earth endures, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night will never cease.” (NIV)
God is a God of laws. He established the physical world with physical laws, the same way He established the spiritual world with spiritual laws. In other words, there are physical laws and there are spiritual laws. Read the rest of this entry
