DEVELOP A SKILL TO OVERCOME POVERTY

 The yoke of financial starvation is broken because of the anointing of God's favour upon you.

Good -Life Devotional: DEVELOP A SKILL TO OVERCOME POVERTY

By Rev Michael Benson Ajayi 

   Poverty is not a spiritual gift, and God has given every believer the wisdom and capacity to rise above it. One powerful principle seen in Matthew 17:27 is how Jesus responded to a financial need—not by conjuring money out of thin air, but by sending Peter to use his fishing skill to find the coin to pay the temple tax. Peter was a fisherman, not a full-time preacher living off others. Jesus honored his skill and used it to meet a need.

   This challenges the idea that full-time ministry excludes working or business. On the contrary, Scripture encourages believers to be productive. Paul writes in 1 Thessalonians 4:11-12 (AMP): "Make it your ambition to live quietly and peacefully, and to mind your own affairs and work with your hands...so that you will behave properly toward outsiders [exhibiting good character, personal integrity, and moral courage], and be dependent on no one [in need of nothing]." This is a clear call to develop a skill and mind one’s business.

    Proverbs 22:29 says, “Do you see a man skilled in his work? He will stand before kings; He will not stand before obscure men.” Your skill is your gateway to prosperity and impact. Every Christian should aim to have both a job and a side business or trade.

   Ministry is important, but laziness masked as spirituality is not. 2 Thessalonians 3:10 makes it plain: “If anyone is not willing to work, neither let him eat.”

Develop a skill. God blesses the work of your hands—not your idleness.

 In our daily prayers we should seek a healthy appetite for God's word and humility to learn a skill to overcome poverty.

PRAYER: Heavenly Father forgive me of my sins against you I believe Jesus Christ died and was raised again for my salvation I receive him as lord and saviour and receive the Holy Spirit and power to overcome poverty.

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