My Father Works… So I Work

The reality is that worldwide, life is not as easy as it used to be and those in my Country will admit that it has not been this bad in a long time. So many businesses are crashing, people are losing their jobs and young people are finding it even more difficult to get jobs now. Unfortunately, some are failing, not necessarily because the times are bad, but by their own doing (actions or inactions); these people will not change who they are or anything they do to cause an improvement in their lives. I admit, albeit sorrowfully, that some of these are believers. They also don’t want to fail alone so they ensure that they “go down” pulling at least one other person with them and it is usually by their counsel or whining. They just hate to “go down” alone and would very often take innocent people along with them. These believers never see that they are the problems of themselves so that whatever they are going through is always someone else’s fault and when they can’t find anyone to blame, then it is God’s fault. They often are convinced that other people have some ungodly secrets to their success which they have kept to themselves. They refuse to accept the fact that though God is the source of blessing, we have to partner with Him to be successful.

 

Deuteronomy 8: 18 “Remember the Lord your God. He is the one who gives you power to be successful.”

The thing about God is that He has done and spoken all He would ever do or say, for us to succeed; yet He also equips us with the power we need to not only work but be fruitful at it.  He has done it all but we have a part to play which we must play to enjoy good success but these believers prefer to wait for God; they seem to think He would create the money and then throw it all down from heaven or send someone to them, whose job it is to ensure that he provides for all their comfort. They are mentally and physically lazy and would rather live in yesterday or tomorrow but never today. It is truly sad to note that this correctly describes some believers. The ones who live in "yesterday" are those who keep talking about how successful they were yet they are not making any reasonable effort to get out of where they have fallen to and go forward whilst the ones that live in tomorrow are those who dream about what would happen when they make money but do nothing to make the money and claim to trust God for it. They always say “they are waiting on God” but God is waiting on them. It is true that there are people who work hard and don't succeed but thanks be to God that this is not the position with spirit filled and led believers. God blesses the work of our hands.

Deuteronomy 30: 9 “The Lord your God will then make you successful in everything you do.”
Psalm 1: 1a &2 - 3 “Oh, the joys of those who do not follow the advice of the wicked …but they delight in the law of the Lord, meditating on it day and night. They are like trees planted by the riverbank, bearing fruit each season. Their leaves never wither, and they prosper in all they do.”

According to the scriptures, there is a doing required to prosper. How then does one prosper the way of God doing nothing? Also we can’t blame anyone if we fail consistently especially not God. It is wiser to spend that time we spend on the blame game, trying to figure out the path God has created to bring us out of that bad situation instead. God does not need our background to lift us up because He can take a beggar from the trash and cause him to sit with princes. That is why He is God. He knows that we don't choose your family so He ensures that we have the right to and provides all we need to succeed despite our families so that won’t be our hindrance if we know who we are and do what we should. It is not enough to desire success or to pray consistently and continuously for it; or even go from church to church seeking the “anointing” to be successful. We just need to be ready to do whatever we are required to do when God makes a way. We must do it and do it well which takes work. You can’t want to do it in the most convenient way and yet enjoy all the benefits. Jesus worked and obviously God works.

John 5: 17 “But Jesus replied, My Father is always working, and so am I.”

John 2: 4 “But his mother told the servants, ‘do whatever he tells you.”

The more troubling believers are those who think they will move forward by hanging around 'the boys' so they build their lives around “these boys” and get nothing or get a little for a while and then it stops forever. They spend all their time hanging around “the boys” and have little or no time left for hanging around God. They don't realize that 'the boys' have become their God instead of Jehovah the Most High God. Unfortunately, the boys are mere mortals whom you have chosen to look up to with a view to getting them to meet your needs. The truth is, they will fail at one point or the other and then you dislike the person for something they cannot give; the arm of flesh is bound to fail if you rely on it. If we can rely on a man forever and he truly provides well for us through our life time then he is either a super- man or God. With all the best intentions in the world, no man will be able to meet all of anyone’s needs. If however, one relies on God, He will send a man who will not fail because it is God working through the man to meet your need. It is tough yet easy; but we must trust the God we claim we love.