See yourself as royalty. You are a child of the King of kings. Refuse to live with a poverty mentality. It is not wrong to have material wealth. It is not about having things. It is about things having you. True riches come through knowing Me. Earthly riches are temporal, however, they are still necessary. Seeking My Kingdom first means that everything you do in this life should be run through My filter first.
Ask how you can use what I have already given you to further My Kingdom in the earth. If you have little to give, then ask for seed for the sower. While you are waiting, sow what you do have. It may be a physical possession, but oftentimes it is something spiritual; a gift or a talent that you can offer. I see the smallest seeds that you sow for the Kingdom; a word of kindness, a hug, a phone call, a letter, text or email.
Notice that Jesus stopped to meet the physical and spiritual needs of people. Therefore, think like a royal and use your wealth, power and influence to build My Kingdom.
Matthew 6:20-21 New International Version (NIV)
20 But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moths and vermin do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal. 21 For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
Genesis 13:2 Amplified Bible (AMP)
Now Abram was extremely rich in livestock and in silver and in gold.
Job 1:1-3 Amplified Bible, Classic Edition (AMPC)
1 There was a man in the land of Uz whose name was Job; and that man was blameless and upright, and one who [reverently] feared God and abstained from and shunned evil [because it was wrong].
2 And there were born to him seven sons and three daughters.
3 He possessed 7,000 sheep, 3,000 camels, 500 yoke of oxen, 500 female donkeys, and a very great body of servants, so that this man was the greatest of all the men of the East.
Genesis 26:12-13 New International Version (NIV)
12 Isaac planted crops in that land and the same year reaped a hundredfold, because the Lord blessed him. 13 The man became rich, and his wealth continued to grow until he became very wealthy.
Matthew 27:57 New International Version (NIV)
As evening approached, there came a rich man from Arimathea, named Joseph, who had himself become a disciple of Jesus.
Acts 4:36-37 New International Version (NIV)
36 Joseph, a Levite from Cyprus, whom the apostles called Barnabas (which means “son of encouragement”), 37 sold a field he owned and brought the money and put it at the apostles’ feet.
Acts 16:14 New International Version (NIV)
One of those listening was a woman from the city of Thyatira named Lydia, a dealer in purple cloth. She was a worshiper of God. The Lord opened her heart to respond to Paul’s message.
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