Walking In Abundance- Part 17
November 1, 2026 – 3:19 amIs wealth an aspect of abundance?
The Beloved Disciple wrote by The Holy Spirit of what he saw and heard in Revelation chapter 5:
11 Then I looked, and I heard the voices of many angels around the Throne and the living creatures and the elders; and the number of them was myriads of myriads, and thousands of thousands,
12 saying with a loud voice, “Worthy is the Lamb that was slaughtered to receive power, wealth, wisdom, might, honor, glory, and blessing.”
This group of heavenly beings, in an aspired song ascribe to the Lord Jesus Christ seven things: power, wealth, wisdom, strength, honor, glory and praise. Every one of those things is good. In a certain sense we can say of Jesus nothing but the best is good enough for Him. And heaven ascribes to Him these seven things. And notice, the second is wealth. And this is put together with wisdom, with strength, with honor, with glory with praise with power.
All those seven things are essentially good. But, we have to face the fact that though they are essentially good, many times they are abused. They are used in a bad way. That does not mean that they are not essentially good, it means that relatively they are not good in that situation.
For instance, strength is good but there are many people who abuse strength to bully, to harm others, to impose their will unjustly and unrighteously. That doesn’t mean that strength is not good. It means that something good can be abused.
The same is true of wisdom. Wisdom is essentially good and yet there are people who use wisdom for their own ungodly ends—to cheat, to deceive and to get things for themselves that they’re not entitled to. That doesn’t mean that wisdom is not good. It only means that even a good thing—something essentially good—can be abused and thus become relatively not good.
So, bear in mind that wealth is one of seven good things ascribed by Divine right to the Lord Jesus Christ.
It is recorded by THE HOLY SPIRIT in 1st Chronicles chapter 29:
10 So David blessed the Lord in the sight of all the assembly; and David said, “Blessed are You, Lord God of Israel Our Father, forever and ever.
11 Yours, Lord, is the greatness, the power, the glory, the victory, and the majesty, indeed everything that is in the heavens and on the earth; Yours is the dominion, Lord, and You exalt Yourself as head over all.
12 Both riches and honor come from You, and You rule over all, and in Your Hand is power and might; and it lies in Your hand to make great and to strengthen everyone.
This is part of a prayer of worship and dedication that David prayed to the Lord at the time he was preparing for the building of the temple.
Many beautiful and glorious things are ascribed there to the Lord: greatness, power, glory, majesty, splendor, strength. And then again, power. But in the middle of that beautiful prayer, David says to the Lord, “Wealth and honor come from you.”
Nothing evil comes from God. Wealth and honor are two excellent things that come from God. Wealth is essentially good.
You may think that I’m overemphasizing but I can assure you that if you come from a certain kind of religious kind of background one of the greatest struggles you’re going to have is to accept the fact that wealth is essentially good, it’s not wicked, it’s not sinful.
The third passage of Scripture that I want to mentione is found in Deuteronomy, chapter 8, verse 18, where Moses speaks to Israel and he says the Lord is going to bring you into a abundant and plentiful land and when you get in there and have all that abundance, be careful you don’t forget where the abundance came from. That’s a really important lesson.
Moses recorded by The Holy Spirit in Deuteronomy chapter 8:
18 “But remember the Lord your God, for it is HE Who gives you the ability to produce wealth, and so confirms HIS covenant, which HE swore to your forefathers, as it is today.” (NIV)
Notice, the ability to produce wealth comes from God. It’s a gift from God. I’ve observed over the years the people who are able to make money and sometimes they don’t appear to be too smart. Often they’re not highly educated.
Many times the smart and highly educated people can hardly make enough to get by with. And people who can’t do arithmetic and don’t understand computers make money
I understand that the ability to produce wealth is a gift from God. And God gives it to His people, not because we deserve it, but because its part of His covenant. He confirms His covenant.
In His covenant He promised all blessings, all good things, to those who would make and keep a covenant with Him and so, in His Eternal faithfulness, even though we may not be as wise and deserving as we ought to be, God gives the ability to produce wealth that He many confirm His covenant. This is part of His covenant commitment.
He said to His people, “You be the head and not the tail. You’ll be above and not beneath. You’ll lend and not borrow.” It’s a covenant commitment of God. So, to fulfill His commitment, He gives to His people the ability to produce wealth. That comes from God. Even if it’s abused as I’m afraid it sometimes is, it still comes from God.
So, remember, that riches, wealth, prosperity and abundance are, in themselves, essentially good.
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