YOUR TREASURE

When starting of my new business last month, one thing had been highlighted to me was how focused I was on money that I was going to earn. For a very long time , I  depended on money  for sustenance , believing that as long as  I had enough I would be more than great. I had placed my faith in my finances and how much i would be making not realizing that this was shaping my identity and drawing a new image away from the image of the Lord. I remember when due to circumstances, I had to leave my high paying job and I was panicked. I had calculated how much I would be making and it was half of what I had been making per month with that other job. It was put on my heart to leave end of february but I remember having multiple moments of fear and doubt that the Lord would  sustain me . It took me months  before surrendering to the Lord . At that moment , I remember crying out for help and not even having any sound come out of my mouth.I felt desperate, unsure, fearful of my circumstances. After continuous prayer, I felt this peace that I would be ok. I was reassured that it is in God i am kept and not in the things of this world. Matthew 6 :24 says“No one can serve two masters. Either you will hate the one and love the other, or you will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money

In specifying the "money" , this verse does not insinuate that money is the only other master you can have. There was a desire growing in me that the Lord noticed and urged me to deliver into His hands before my heart was stolen over by this desire that was threatening to rise up within me. It had been deeper than I ever imagined because I remember continuously thinking of the money and feeling so overwhelmed. It might not seem much to someone else but i realized the Holy spirit exposed it to me to heal me from a pattern that had been created before and had the opportunity to arise again.

Proverbs 23 :7 says " For as he thinks in his heart, so is he...." Our desires in our heart have the ability to transform our very character and this is a very dangerous space to be in.  The thing with all these other masters is that they do not satisfy and so we keep going back these for the temporary pleasure that it brings . This sometimes causes a greed to come up.                      Ecclesiastes 5 : 10 says "He who loves money will not be satisfied with money, nor he who loves wealth with his income; this also is vanity."The Hebrew word for “vanity” used in this verse literally means “vapor” or “breath.” It can also be translated “meaningless,” “emptiness,” or “futility.” There is an endless searching, chasing and desiring after all these things that just leads to emptiness. 

James 1 :17 says Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows.

God can provide you with that wealth or let alone the vehicle and wisdom to lead to that wealth but He will not give it to you when He sees that the wealth or the gift will have you instead.It's essential for us not to ignore the speaking of the spirit. I think of the rich young ruler in this context in Matthew 19 :16 -22.

Now behold, one came and said to Him, “Good Teacher, what good thing shall I do that I may have eternal life?”So He said to him, “Why do you call Me good? No one is good but One, that is, God. But if you want to enter into life, keep the commandments.” He said to Him, “Which ones?”Jesus said, “‘You shall not murder,’ ‘You shall not commit adultery,’ ‘You shall not steal,’ ‘You shall not bear false witness,’  ‘Honor your father and your mother,’ and, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ ”The young man said to Him, “All these things I have kept from my youth. What do I still lack?”Jesus said to him, “If you want to be perfect, go, sell what you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow Me.” But when the young man heard that saying, he went away sorrowful, for he had great possessions.

Jesus saw that the wealth he had held his heart because when he placed was in a position of making a choice to choose Jesus, whom he thought had his heart, he chose who truly had his heart. He was willing to give up God to keep what he had even after encountering the deity of Jesus. This is why you need to realize encounters don't change desires. He met with Jesus but his love for his wealth was still there. Through continuous prayer and surrender to the will of God. Denying yourself everyday even on days when you don't feel it.Scripture talks of how nothing is hidden before the eyes of God.

Hebrews 4 :13 "Nothing in all creation is hidden from God’s sight. Everything is uncovered and laid bare before the eyes of him to whom we must give account.

He can see our hearts way clearer than we do. We recognize how we feel only by our emotions but before the eyes of God , it is revealed even before you feel it. Isn't He more than able to help us and deliver us from other masters so that we can walk in priesthood and sonship as kings ,queens as children of the most high.

Prayer:

Lord there is nothing that is hidden from your very sight. I deliver all the things I know I struggle with, all my other masters and surrender myself in totality to your will. Do not allow me to be consumed by love for these other masters but change my desires and my will to mirror yours. May i move with a desire to seek you and you alone father. Give me the strength and discipline to deny myself everyday. Expose every dark thing and any thing i have placed my trust in before my very eyes that I would deliver it into your hands. 

Thank you Jesus. I love you

In you name I pray