Matthew 6:31-33 “Therefore do not worry, saying, 'What shall we eat?' or 'What shall we drink?' or 'What shall we wear?' (32) For after all these things the Gentiles seek. For your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things. (33) But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you.”
We have seen in the previous section that God is well able to make all grace abound toward us so that all of our needs are met and more. Nevertheless, while most believers will agree that God is able to make all grace abound toward us in the area of finances, not all agree that God is willing to do so. And so in this section we want to discuss the biblical truth that God is indeed willing to make His grace abound toward us in the area of finances. To that end, if we go back to the words of our Lord Jesus as quoted above, we see very clearly that God our Father is very willing to supply all of our needs, for Jesus says that everything we need will be added to us. According to Jesus the only condition that needs to be met in order for God to supply our needs, is that we need to be a part of His family. Obviously all believers meet that condition. Think about that in the natural. If we had an earthly father who not only knew what our needs were, but also had an abundance of resources available to meet those needs, would he not freely take care of those needs? Indeed, we would consider that an earthly father in such a position, who refused to supply his children’s needs, was a wicked parent. In fact, the scripture teaches us that a father, who is able and yet refuses to provide for his household, has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever (1 Timothy 5:8). God our Father is not a hypocrite. He would not instruct us as earthly fathers, to provide for the needs of our children, and then Himself not do the same for His children. When you think about it in that light, then it becomes an insult to God to not believe that He is more than willing to supply all of our needs.
2 Corinthians 8:9 “For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ that though He was rich, yet for your sakes He became poor, that you through His poverty might become rich.”
The above quoted passage of scripture also clearly reveals to us that it is the will of God for His children to prosper. The context of this passage is dealing with the financial wellbeing of the saints in this life, and we therefore need to interpret this scripture in that light. Obviously this scripture also refers to our eternal rewards in heaven. Nevertheless, when you read the context of this passage, very clearly the Holy Spirit is referring to our financial needs in this life. And so we see that our Lord Jesus has made provision for us to become rich in this life. He did so by making Himself poor, so that through His poverty we may become rich. If it was not the will of God for us to become rich, then Jesus would not have done what He did. You will recall that our Lord Jesus stated at one time, “Go and tell John the things you have seen and heard: that the blind see, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, the poor have the gospel preached to them” (Luke 7:22). None would dispute that all the healing miracles, and the miracles of raising the dead that our Lord did, took place in this life. And so if that is the case, why would we think that the Lord was not referring to the poor in this life also having their physical needs met? Clearly, our Lord preaches the gospel (good news) to the poor, by telling them that God our Father is not only able, but also willing to meet all their needs.
Philippians 4:19 “And my God shall supply all your need according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus.”
Again, in the above quoted passage of scripture the Holy Spirit through the apostle Paul reveals to us that God our Father will supply all of our needs. The context of this passage also clearly deals with the financial needs of the saints. And so if God were not willing to meet our needs, then the Holy Spirit would never have allowed the apostle Paul to teach this concept to the saints. This is a promise of God given to us in scripture, and the bible teaches us that all the promises of God are “yes” and “amen” in Christ Jesus (2 Corinthians 1:20). What that means is that when we claim that promise from God our Father because we are in Christ, then God always answers by saying, “yes and amen”. In other words “yes, so be it”. Notice that the above scripture does not say that God will supply some of our needs, but rather that God will supply “all” of our needs. In other words, God is not selective as to which needs He will supply, and which needs He will ignore, for He supplies them all. The scripture also tells us that God supplies our needs according to His riches. Our Father’s riches are limitless, and so He has no problem meeting every need we may have.
3 John 1:2 “Beloved, I pray that you may prosper in all things and be in health, just as your soul prospers.”
The Holy Spirit taught the apostle John to pray the above quoted prayer for the saints. John clearly understood and taught us the truth, that God only hears our prayers if we pray according to His will (1 John 5:14). And so the apostle John would not have prayed this prayer for the saints, if it were not the express will of God the Father that His children prosper in all things and be in health. God is not confused. And so He would not instruct us to pray for something that is contrary to His will for our lives. You will not find one place in the New Testament, where God states that it is not His express will that His children prosper and walk in health. On the contrary, we have seen a number of scriptures thus far that prove categorically, that it is our Father’s express will that we do prosper and walk in health.
Galatians 3:13-14 “Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us (for it is written, "Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree"), (14) that the blessing of Abraham might come upon the Gentiles in Christ Jesus, that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.”
Our Lord Jesus Christ did everything for us when He went to the cross. There is nothing that we can do to inherit the promises of God, for Jesus has done it all. One of the things that our Lord did for us is that He became a curse for us, thus redeeming us from the curse of the law. This truth is revealed to us in the above quoted passage of scripture. So what is the curse of the law that our Lord Jesus has redeemed us from? The curse of the law is recorded in the book of Deuteronomy, chapter twenty-eight. Part of that curse is financial lack. There can be no doubt that poverty is a curse and not a blessing, for if it were a blessing then God would not have listed it under the curse. So in that light, the above passage of scripture could just as easily have been written that “Christ has redeemed us from the curse of poverty, having become poor for us”. That ties in with the scripture that we read earlier, where it was stated that for our sakes Christ became poor, that we through His poverty, might become rich (2 Corinthians 8:9). Again, if it were not the express will of God our Father that we as His children should walk free from poverty and walk in financial blessing, then He would not have allowed His Son to become a curse for us, thus redeeming us from the curse of the law. And so in this section we have seen conclusive proof, that it is our Father’s express will that, as His children, we walk in financial prosperity. Therefore for one to continue to doubt this truth is to doubt the integrity of God our Father and our Lord Jesus Christ.
Michael E.B. Maher
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