When you were younger, were you often scolded for not finishing all your food or leaving the lights and fan on when you left your room? Were you constantly reminded that there are people starving in the world, that electricity costs a lot of money and that money doesn’t grow on trees? Now, do you find yourself telling your child the same things?
We are naturally conscious of lack, but Jesus isn’t. Even in the midst of lack, He was always conscious of abundance. Remember the little boy’s five loaves and two fish? What did Jesus do when these were placed in His hands? Did He say, “What do you expect Me to do with so little?” No, His eyes were not on the natural, the visible, the lack. His eyes were on the kingdom of God where there is always abundance. So in His hands, the little boy’s lunch was multiplied, and 5,000 men, not counting women and children, were fed that day (see John 6:1–13)!
God doesn’t want you to be conscious of the lack in your natural circumstances. He doesn’t want you to live by how much you earn or how much you have in the bank. Now, I am not encouraging you to spend foolishly beyond your means. I am saying that God wants you to be conscious of the abundance of resources in His kingdom.
“But Pastor Prince, where is that kingdom?”
As long as you have received Jesus as your Savior, that kingdom is in you!
Jesus said that “the kingdom of God is within you.” This means that the kingdom of God is not some physical place. It is within you and it is where the abundance of resources is. So if you want to experience abundance in your life, be conscious first of the abundance inside you. Then, what is inside you will become a reality on the outside.
Beloved, God doesn’t want you to be conscious of the lack you see outside you. He wants you to be conscious of the abundance within you because His kingdom is within you!
"I'M HERE TO TELL YOU" EDITOR'S NOTE
Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. That's Bible. Faith is the substance. Substance is that of which a thing consists. Faith is evidence. Evidence is that which tend to prove or disprove something. So, with faith you are seeing what a hoped for thing consists of and with faith, you are seeing the proof of the unseen.
Faith is pretty heavy. With faith you see the proof of the unseen and you see the substance of what you hope for. Faith is the basis of things we believe about God. When you have faith, you have it all. All the treasures of Heaven, all the victories from Jesus. All the Blessings from God, our Heavenly Father. Sadly, some people do what they do and are waiting for some miracle to come so they can participate in all the joy in the Kingdom of Heaven. When in fact, that miracle was done when Jesus paid for our sin debt and reconciled us back to God (Himself). Live your life, even through we are on this side of heaven, live it like you are on that side of heaven because the Kingdom of God is present, inside you today (and forever).
