We’re studying issues that relate to our finances because we must learn how to prosper in the realm of the Spirit, prosper with God, defying mammon, defying every barricade of satan – nepotism, favoritism, all the -isms out there; where God steps in sovereignly and puts His foot down and blesses a man and exalts a man. You need two things in the realm of the Spirit that will cause God’s power to rule in this natural: humility and the fear of the Lord. Now, look at Psalm 112.
Psalm 112:1 (KJV):Praise ye the Lord. Blessed is the man that feareth the Lord, that delighteth greatly in his commandments.
Blessed is the man that feareth the Lord! I’ve discovered that the only fear of the Lord we know is avoiding the things we consider as sin. But the fear of the Lord in normal relationships is what is messing us up. Let me run quickly to Psalm 34. It says, “Come ye children, let me teach you the fear of the Lord.” In other words, the fear of the Lord is taught, and you will see clearly as I find this thing that this is how the enemy steals from us and robs us blind and we don’t know it.
Psalm 34:9 (KJV):O fear the Lord, ye his saints: for there is no want to them that fear him.
Why is it, then, that many believers lack something and they don’t think that anything is wrong with them? He says, “When a man fears the Lord, there is no want there.” It’s either we will accept the Word of God as written or we will keep trying to use our experience to redefine the Word of God. That’s what pride is, which is totally contrary to humility. That’s the pride I see; that people believe that because they feel the anointing and they pray every day and can hear from God, and they don’t think anything is wrong. Yeah, you may be hearing from the Lord, but this stuff is still messed up. And if you won’t allow Him to send you the message how He chooses to, you will keep missing it because you want everything directly. So when He sends a man, you don’t receive it. Listen to this. It said, “There is no want to them that fear the Lord,” not just in the areas you think are important.
Psalm 34:10 (KJV):The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger: but they that seek the Lord shall not want any good thing.
And He makes another promise for those that seek the Lord, not those that keep praying petition prayers. Seeking the Lord is His face, you want to be a part of what He’s doing on the earth, you identify with Him. Watch this:
Psalm 34:11 (KJV):Come, ye children, hearken unto me: I will teach you the fear of the LORD.
Now look at the fear of the Lord. This is what I’m saying. This is where all our stuff keeps getting messed up.
Psalm 34:12-16 (KJV):12 What man is he that desireth life, and loveth many days, that he may see good? 13 Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile. 14 Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it. 15 The eyes of the Lord are upon the righteous, and his ears are open unto their cry. 16 The face of the Lord is against them that do evil, to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth.
You see now? He starts delineating the principles of fearing the Lord. You start with your tongue! I’ve told people, listen, so many things that happen in all of our lives is what we said when other people were going through things. We mouthed off. We made a comment. And then they signed you up for the same trial. He said, “Come, let me teach you the fear of the Lord.”
“Blessed,” Psalm 112 says, “is the man that feareth the Lord, that delighteth greatly in his commandments.” Hallelujah! You see? When I talked about this in church, I was saying that I understand the fear of the Lord, but this delighting greatly in His commandments… I study the Word, I love the Word of God. But to delight in it greatly is another level. So that’s how blessing comes. It says…
Psalm 112:2-3(KJV):2 His seed shall be mighty upon earth: the generation of the upright shall be blessed. 3 Wealth and riches shall be in his house: and his righteousness endureth for ever.
Come on, Beloved, it’s either you want to redefine the Word of God or you accept it as written. Where is the wealth in your house? See? It’s lack of the fear of God. It’s lack of delight in the Word of the Lord. It’s the using of our tongue and wagging everywhere and placing it on people, particularly spiritual leaders and anointed people. We bring all kinds of problems to ourselves. We cut off our prosperity. We don’t even know when it left us.
May God grant you wisdom! May God help you! May God cause you to understand the way, the legal tender in this Kingdom, how you can engineer the prosperity of God and satan cannot do anything about it because humility is beyond his purview. He can’t handle it. He doesn’t understand it. That’s why Jesus destroyed him through death. Not by power, through humility.
May God help you and I destroy satan, in the mighty Name of Jesus. Amen and amen.
I love you.
-Apostle Chika