Grace for His Vision

Although I love to talk about and celebrate miracles, I know they are not God’s best for prospering His children. Though it’s not instantaneous and takes loads of effort, the principle of seed, time, and harvest is much, much better and just as miraculous.

God desperately wants to give you a vision for something better – a plan for you to achieve and then give you the ability to maintain what He gives you. God designed His people so we’re happiest when we’re setting goals and achieving them.

Our lives are fulfilled by having a vision for something better and then finding ways to achieve those goals so we can live in that better place. That’s the Promised Land and it’s a lot better place to live than from miracle to miracle. It takes hard work, but if hard work alone meant prosperity, every cashier and cook at McDonald’s would be a billionaire!

Here’s how Seedtime and Harvest (work and reward) works:

1. God gives you a vision for something better. Example: starting your own business or going after a better job.
2. He gives you a specific plan for that to happen. Example: saving your money and researching locations, costs, and regulations.
3. God hooks you up with the right people and the right tools. 
4. God gives you the guts and courage to pull it off and maintain it.
5. God prospers you so you can be generous with your blessings or profits to “seed” back into the church, ministries, people, and God’s plans to bless you even more!

Hard work and reward are a lot better than needing a miracle! If you want to prosper this way, you’ll need to depend on God for three things: wisdom, favor, and character. These are the tools God provides when He sets you up for long-term prosperity.

And Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and man. Luke 2:52