The Prosperity Gospel has been a subject I harp on often,
but Matthew 6:33 keeps our focus on God:
But seek ye first the kingdom of
God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
I believe too many people fall into the rub “Buddha’s belly”
to get riches from God mentality. Sure God blesses many and He loves to see us
happy, but we must seek Him before all. I am still trying to process what has
happened to us during the past 7 years and don’t get it. In December of 2008 we
hit bottom, the business was failing, our rentals we in a shambles and we were
in over a half a million in debt. Our prayers of prosperity were simple, and we
needed a lottery win and since that was not coming our next stop was a bankruptcy
attorney.
Our prayers were own our home and be out of debt. We wanted
the home to have the perks and upgrades but just debts was the main goal. The
first problem was the attorney said don’t go bankrupt and that was the best
advice I got in this process. It started with a job, not good paying but a job
all the same. This and a “Dave Ramsey” laser focus on debt, we started chipping
away. Well 5 years later our credit card debt was gone and we were liquidating
our properties, but now in a sellers’ market and not a crashing one.
Then we got the offer for our farm in Suwanee and the doors
opened for opportunity. The process took over a year and was painful but we can
now say we are 100% debt free and live in the home of our dreams. Now I thank
God every day I wake up and look at the mountains, but at the same time I am
uneasy talking about this since I don’t want to give false hope to others or
make people think God is all about money.
Before this I was focused on a new age fad called the Secret
or the Law of Attraction where if you want something just believe and the
universe will align itself to you. It focused on money, but also talked about
the total goal of health, wealth, love, joy and peace. How many rich folk do you
know that do not have many of these? Any you do really have to know them to
understand the short falls. But we miss the spiritual connection with God in
this new age crap.
I will be processing this in the next few days but enjoy the
ride. I think we will see that the Prosperity Gospel and our mindset are key to
connect totally with God.
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