{"id":10904,"date":"2024-01-29T04:32:00","date_gmt":"2024-01-29T10:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.servias.org\/?p=10904"},"modified":"2024-01-24T06:35:31","modified_gmt":"2024-01-24T12:35:31","slug":"who-do-you-serve-part-12","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/servias.org\/?p=10904","title":{"rendered":"Who Do You Serve? Part 12"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Who do we serve, GOD or mammon?<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

We don\u2019t need more money; we need to understand GOD and His Kingdom better.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jesus spoke in Matthew chapter 6:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

31  “Therefore do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’<\/p>\n\n\n\n

32 For after all these things the Gentiles seek. For your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

33 But seek first<\/u> the Kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

34 Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about its own things. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Many Christians in the past have had the mindset to give so they can get.  But instead, we are to get so that we can give.  Jesus addressed this issue when He spoke in Luke chapter 6:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

37  “Judge not, and you shall not be judged. Condemn not, and you shall not be condemned. Forgive, and you will be forgiven.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

38 Give, and it will be given to you<\/u>: good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over will be put into your bosom. For with the same measure that you use, it will be measured back to you.”<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A cheerful giver is the true requirement to expand his or her giving.  We are called to be givers.  Those who are dealing with \u201cself\u201d will attempt to pursue the opposite strategy expecting to give to get.  It is a subtle issue that each of us must address.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is foolish to give to get as well, it is foolish to give without an expectation of return which would allow you to give on a greater scale.  Frequently, the issue is patience for a harvest of the financial seed you have planted.  It takes commitment to wait for a harvest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jesus spoke in Mark chapter 4:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

26  And Jesus said, “The Kingdom of God is as if a man should scatter seed on the ground.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

27 He sleeps and rises night and day, and the seed sprouts and grows; he knows not how<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

28 The earth produces by itself, first the blade, then the ear, then the full grain in the ear.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

29 But when the grain is ripe, at once he puts in the sickle, because the harvest has come.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Don\u2019t be predisposed in determining how or where the fruit will come from.  My greatest financial harvest came from an unexpected source.  It actually sought me out.  I responded to it solely because The Holy Spirit instructed me to do so.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Anxiety and worry are to the spirit of mammon what praise and worship are to the One True GOD.  The way you worship the spirit of mammon is by being worried, anxious, and upset about finances.  As a result, you are bowing your knee to a lesser god.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fear is faith in the devil.  Worry is a form of atheism because it is imagining your future without GOD<\/em>.  Selah!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Faith is imagining your future with GOD!  The good news is that GOD is in your future, so you don\u2019t need to worry.  Worry is a sin to be repented of, not an emotion to be medicated.  FATHER\u2019S Supernatural cannot flow into fear and worry.  You and I are responsible to deal with fear and worry by renewing our minds daily to the Promises of GOD.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Paul wrote by The Holy Spirit in Philippians 4:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

13 I can do all things through Him Who strengthens me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In other Words, I\u2019m trained in the secret of overcoming all things, whether in fullness or in hunger. And I find that the strength of Christ\u2019s explosive power infuses me to conquer every difficulty.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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