| We spend every waking hour chasing after | | | | job(s), but God never intended for us to use our |
| money. From the time we wake up in the | | | | jobs as our source. God should be our source. |
| morning until the time we go to bed we are | | | | Your paycheck should be your seed and you |
| seeking after money. | | | | should be living off your harvest not trying to live |
| However, from the beginning of time Man was | | | | off your seed. No wonder there is more month |
| never meant to struggle after provision. In the | | | | than money left at the end of the month. |
| beginning God provided Adam and Eve's provision, | | | | Now, this doesn't mean you don't have to work; |
| assignment and fellowship. | | | | but you are not working for a living. Stop living off |
| In the Book of Genesis it states that Man was | | | | your seed and start living off your harvest. |
| created in the image and likeness of God (Genesis | | | | Proverbs 10:22 says the Blessing of the Lord; it |
| 1:26-27). God spoke everything on earth into | | | | maketh rich (well supplied) and addeth no sorrow |
| existence. Whatever was needed, God spoke it | | | | with it. No sorrow means no hard labor, no toiling, |
| and it was done. | | | | no sweating to get your needs met. The Blessing |
| Everything on earth was made in 6 days. At the | | | | is the covenant of God that over-rides the earths |
| end of the 6th day God made Man (Genesis | | | | curse. |
| 1-26-31). Read that carefully. It didn't say that God | | | | A relationship with God is paramount to your |
| made Man on the first day in order to help God | | | | needs being met by God. This means spending |
| make the fish of sea, the fowl of the air or | | | | time with God. This can be 10 minutes or more |
| every living and breathing thing. God made Man at | | | | daily. Reading scriptures, meditating his Word or |
| the end of the 6th day. On the 7th day, God | | | | just having a conversation with God will develop |
| rested. It doesn't say that God told Adam to | | | | your relationship with God. Don't make this too |
| pickup were God left off. Man stepped into the | | | | complicated. God wants us to fellowship with Him. |
| earth in rest (Mark 2:27). | | | | Getting your needs met by God also means |
| God made every provision for Adam and Eve. | | | | having faith; believing and acting on your faith (call |
| They wanted for nothing (food, shelter, money* | | | | things that be not as though they were). Faith is |
| (*Gold - Genesis 2:11-12). God gave Adam | | | | substance of things hoped for; the evidence of |
| dominion over the earth (Genesis 1:26). Dominion | | | | things not seen (Hebrews 11:1). Without faith it is |
| means supreme authority or absolute ownership | | | | impossible to please God (Hebrews 11:16); |
| (Merriam-Webster Dictionary). God put Adam into | | | | therefore it will be impossible to receive from |
| the Garden of Eden to dress and keep it (Genesis | | | | God. |
| 2:15) - Inheritance/Provision. Provision means a | | | | Getting your needs met (Philippians 4:19) by God |
| measure taken beforehand to deal with a need or | | | | also means sowing seeds into the Kingdom (tithes |
| contingency - (Merriam-Webster Dictionary). | | | | and offering - Malachi 3:10). Your tithe should be |
| God gave Adam specific instructions in regards to | | | | 10% of your gross earnings. This is what you |
| the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. | | | | owe. Many miss this because we are so worried |
| Adam could eat of every tree, but not of the | | | | about not having enough. "If I give God the first |
| tree of the knowledge of good and evil (Genesis | | | | fruits of my increase I will be short at the end of |
| 2:16-17). | | | | the month." If God is supplying all your needs you |
| In Genesis 3:8 it says that Adam heard the voice | | | | will have enough. If your job is supplying all your |
| of the Lord God walking in the garden. You can | | | | needs you will never have enough. Read that |
| only hear God if you have a relationship with God. | | | | again. |
| Adam fellowshipped (had a relationship) with God. | | | | Your offering is your seed. When you sow a seed |
| In the next verses is where you see Man's fall | | | | expect a harvest. Farmers don't plant seeds not |
| from having provision to working and toiling, to | | | | expecting a harvest. Neither should you. |
| Adam losing his assignment in the garden and | | | | If we are made in the likeness and image of God |
| losing his relationship with God. Adam lost the | | | | we should also be calling things into existence. |
| ability to communicate with God. Adam fell from | | | | Evidence of God calling things into existence can |
| faith to fear (Genesis 3:15-24). | | | | be found in the first chapter of Genesis. |
| All looks hopeless but God has mercy. He gave up | | | | Whatever you need, make a confession for it |
| his only son, Jesus. Christ redeemed us from the | | | | today. Start speaking to your situation. Anything |
| curse of this law (Galatians 3:13-14). | | | | asked in the name of Jesus must obey. Don't |
| To receive all God has for us we have to go | | | | pray that God gives it to you. God has done all he |
| back to the way God intended. He never intended | | | | is going to do about your situation. You already |
| for us to toil and sweat for things (provision). We | | | | have it; now pray that it is revealed to you then |
| get so caught up in the things of this world that | | | | thank God for the revelation. |
| we forget that we are heirs to the blessings God | | | | We also must begin to speak the Word of God |
| bestowed onto Abraham (Deuteronomy 28, | | | | and not the situation. If God is supplying all your |
| Galatians 3:29, Romans 4:13) and we only have to | | | | needs then don't talk about how you don't have |
| call things into existence. We can't hear God | | | | enough money. Remove the spirit of sickness, |
| because we are too busy chasing after provision | | | | poverty and lack off your life today by saying |
| (money). | | | | what God says. Find a scripture about your |
| We have tried to meet our needs using our | | | | situation and confess it. |