TODAY’S PROPHETIC NUMBERS

THINGS THAT LAST

Who knew there was no money in giving away truckloads of food and feeding the homeless? I’m living proof that driving hundreds of miles to preach the Good News to inmates in prisons throughout Texas is not a viable route to the Fortune 500. It is, however, a direct line to the heart of God.

“Pure and undefiled religion before God and the Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their trouble, and to keep oneself unspotted from the world.” – James 1:27 NKJV

While I remember the shame of my family having so little and feeling like a lousy provider for giving our resources away to others, my kids and God don’t see it that way. A real man doesn’t push others down. He pulls them up—out of the despair of hunger, loneliness, anger and destructive behavior. A real man doesn’t shame people for being poor, abandoned or imprisoned. He gives them hope and offers them an identity as a child of the one true King—God the Father.

Friends, be sure you’re building on the foundation that King Jesus laid with things that last—gold, silver, and precious stones. We will not be counted among those who stored up for themselves earthly treasures that end up being burned up with the wood, hay, and stubble in eternity.

Declaration: The Father has given good gifts to me. I will build with the things that last, and I will not put my trust or hope in the fleeting treasures of the earth. In Jesus’ name, amen!