We have look at how Prosperity Gospel preachers have focused
on certain verses that imply God will gives us anything we desire. They link
that to things and twist it around to prey on the needy to get donations. The
point they miss is we are not just praying for wealth but joy and love. The “abundant”
life will follow but we need to focus on the “abundance” and not the problems.
Ever wonder why some seem to do well during down times, when you talk to them
they seem clueless on the problems in the world.
The Law of Attraction states you attract what you focus on.
So if you focus on your debt, you get more debt. If you focus on getting out of
debt, you still are focused on debt and get more debt. Those who seem to always
do well do so because they do not focus on the worlds ills, but the worlds
goods.
For me it started with financing the shop on credit cards, I
focused on paying them off each month and only seemed to get enough to pay off
the debt. Once I started focusing on debt and not the solution, it snowballed.
During the end of 2008 I started to shift my focus from debt to abundance.
December, 2008 I started the slow change, I got a job and Dave Ramsey’s Money
Makeover. Five years later I paid off the cards and lost my job, but remained
focused on abundance and not loss.
We sold our holdings in Georgia and started a new debt free
life in the west with family. Still no job, but we seem to keep working things
out each month. The focus remains positive. Now we are not spending wildly on
credit to maintain life thinking it’s going to get better soon, but rather
spend what we have coming in.
The key that God taught me is focus on what you want and be
receptive to those prompts he gives you. Also, do not focus on the bad! Since
we moved we no longer have any access to consistent news and this is awesome! It
keeps our focus on the abundance and not on the lack. We just need to follow
the path God lays out in front of us.
Now with this said, one thing I know is to focus on things is
not wealth, but love and God first. That is why Jesus said the two most
important commandments were love God and love your neighbors as yourself. Don’t
stop fighting to know God and reading his Word. You will see learn the HOLES in
The Secret and have a truly abundant life!