Better Life for Everybody VI

Sam Adeyemi
The above scriptures start with a depiction of God's plan for us. He has destined for us to live in a land flowing with milk and honey, abundance, where we will lack nothing and then we shall bless Him for His graciousness.
Jesus said we should seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness and all the things we need, food, clothes, homes, will be added to us. We must learn to put our trust absolutely in God even in the face of dire or desperate straits and when you do, you will lack nothing. Use lack as an opportunity to discover God. Don't make a habit of begging, or else you won't find God and you will turn human beings into your source of supply. Remember, woe unto the man who trusts in man. Take the decision that God won't do it, then you won't have it; God will undoubtedly show up when it's Him you are trusting, and when He does, your faith grows stronger.

Once you go past the basic needs on levels one and two of Maslow's hierarchy of needs, a different set of things drive your life; you become aware of your needs for love and relationship, self esteem, recognition, achievement and success. Then, there is a tendency to forget your Lord your God Who has provided the abundance you now enjoy. Beware! Watch carefully that you don't lose the drive to seek God when everything has fallen into place – good schools, good health care etc. That's problem with the developed world, they've lost the zeal to seek God because all their basic needs have been met. Also, temptations come with breakthroughs.

The way to combat this is to follow Christ's advice. Jesus told the wealthy young man who asked how he could inherit eternal life, to sell all that he had and distribute to the poor. That's a cue. Instead of coming up from levels one to five in Maslow's theory of needs, let's start from level five. The problem with levels one to four is that on these levels, the focus is on what to get. On level five, you succeed by giving, and when you give you'll get. If you love genuinely and solve problems for people, you cannot lack.

The surest way to attain success is to help people break free from poverty; when you do this, you will never be broke or poor for the rest of your life. Giving also ensures that you will never be blown away by large sums of money because you will give it away anyway, to solve problems. God trusts you because you have been faithful with little so He gives you more. The more you give away, the more you get. That's the secret!