One of our church members saw his sales performance hit rock bottom by the middle of the year. As a result, he was ranked 320 out of the 420 financial advisers in his company.
Devastated and on the verge of giving up, he started listening to my messages and claiming God’s promises such as “the Lord will make you the head and not the tail; you shall be above only, and not be beneath” and “many who are first will be last, and the last first” (Matthew 19:30).
He committed everything to God because he believed that only God could turn things around for him. And God did just that.
By the end of that year, he was ranked second in his branch and 10th in the whole company! He qualified for a trip for two to Barcelona, Spain, worth about S$20,000. That was not all. For the first time in his 12 years as a financial adviser, he qualified for the Million Dollar Round Table Award. Only the top six per cent of advisers in the entire industry qualify for this international award.
Beloved, when God makes you the head, you will end up on top of your circumstances. Consider the story of Joseph (see Genesis 39). Even when he was a slave, he was the head and not the tail because God prospered everything that he did.
“But Pastor Prince, when I look at my life, there are times when I am up and there are times when I am down. Yet, the Bible says that I will be above only. I don’t understand this.”
What you are going through is only temporal. Keep believing that you are above only and not beneath, even when you have hit rock bottom. It is God who always causes you to triumph in Christ (see 2 Corinthians 2:14). You cannot cause yourself to triumph. Only God can and He has promised in His Word that you will be the head and not the tail, above only and not beneath. So believe His Word in spite of your circumstances and expect to see victory!
I'M HERE TO TELL YOU" EDITOR'S NOTE
Today, Pastor Prince says "So believe His Word in spite of your circumstances and expect to see victory!" I think that is the key here. We need to live above our circumstances. Things in life don't always go the way we like and sometimes life even deals us disaster, yet we continue. We continue because we are positioned in Christ Jesus. Our circumstances don't matter, what matters is our standing. Our standing in Christ doesn't change. We are saved and loved and cared for by our loving heavenly Father. He only wants the best for us and He is always standing by and ready to bless us. We... all we have to do is trust Him to do what He said He will do. The Bible says that 'faith without works is dead.' Show the world today that you trust God and your faith will be rewarded no matter your circumstances. See Victory!
