Walking In Abundance- Part 3
October 16, 2026 – 3:04 amOur faith for abundance must be based on principles related to God’s promises!
God’s provision is made available through His promises, so we must know what these promises are. These promises given by God are our inheritance. They belong to us and we must take hold of them.
The carnal mind cannot understand God’s abundance. It can be apprehended only by revelation, and this revelation must come from God’s Word through God’s Spirit.
The essential thought in abundance is always that you have something over for others. The thought of abundance is that you’ve got something that overflows to others.
I am not talking about the acquisition of material wealth or money, primarily, but rather a kind of condition in which we live lives that are rich towards others or our own needs being met.
Jesus spoke in Matthew chapter 10:
5 These twelve Jesus sent out and commanded them, saying: “Do not go into the way of the Gentiles, and do not enter a city of the Samaritans.
6 But go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
7 And as you go, preach, saying, ‘The Kingdom of Heaven is at hand.’
The disciples declared their mission.
8 Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out demons. Freely you have received, freely give.
They operated in abundance as they fulfilled their mission.
9 Provide neither gold nor silver nor copper in your money belts,
10 nor bag for your journey, nor two tunics, nor sandals, nor staffs; for a worker is worthy of his food.
In other Words, “Travel light, and don’t even pack an extra change of clothes in your backpack. Trust God for everything, because the one who works for Him deserves to be provided for.”
All the basic principles of God’s abundance are related in some way to God’s promises. You cannot separate God’s abundance from God’s promises.
Peter wrote by The Holy Spirit in 2nd Peter chapter 1:
2 Grace and peace be yours in abundance through the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord.
3 His Divine power has given us everything we need for a Godly life through our knowledge of Him Who called us by His own glory and goodness.
4 Through these He has given us His very great and precious promises, so that through them you may participate in the Divine Nature, having escaped the corruption in the world caused by evil desires.
The key note is abundance and it all comes through the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord. Ultimately God is the Source. Jesus is the channel. Abundance comes from God. It comes through Jesus. Don’t look for any other channel of abundance but Jesus.
Then, we are told, God has already given us everything we need. That’s an amazing statement. Notice the tense, it’s not saying “God will give us everything.” It’s saying “God has given us everything.”
The carnal mind reacts and says, “Well, if God has given us everything, where is it all?” The carnal mind cannot apprehend the revelation of God’s abundance. The answer is very clear. It’s contained in the promises of His Word.
Peter says, “God’s Divine power has given us everything we need for Life and Godliness.” Then it goes on. “Through these he has given us his very great and precious promises.”
Everything we need is contained in the very great and precious promises of God’s Word. If we don’t relate to the promises, then we don’t receive the provision.
If you don’t know the promises, if you don’t relate to the promises, then you go without the provision. But it isn’t because God hasn’t made the provision, it’s because you haven’t discovered or are not willing to avail yourself of it.
There are two more breathtaking statements in this passage from 2nd Peter. The next statement is that “through the promises, you may participate in the Divine nature.” The human mind can hardly absorb that statement. If we didn’t read it in the Bible, it would hard to accept it but it’s there clearly in the Bible.
Through the promises of God, you and I, as Believers, redeemed by the Blood of Jesus, coming to God the Father, through Jesus Christ the Son, you and I become partakers of God’s Own Nature. We receive the very nature of God within ourselves.
Next is also breathtaking but it’s a very logical consequence. When this process takes place, or as it takes place, we escape the corruption that is in the world caused by evil desires, spiritual, moral, even physical corruption. There’s a way out. It’s through the promises of God.
As we receive the promises of God, they impart to us the Nature of God and as we receive the Nature of God, we’re delivered from the corruption that is in the world through lust. All this comes through the great and precious promises of God’s Word.
So the first principle is this: God’s provision is in His promises. The second principle, the promises are our inheritance.
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