FINANCIAL FREEDOM

In the scripture, God affirms His desire to ensure prosperity in all economic endeavours of all believers. He demonstrated this commitment by enriching His servants, notably among them who were: Abraham, Isaac, Jacob and Joseph. In Isaiah 51:2, we are told of how God called and blessed Abraham and Sarah. Abraham became richer even than the king of his land.

In the same way Isaac also experienced a tremendous financial prosperity to the extent that he was envied by the natives of the land he lived. Even though they fought him over his prosperity, his (Isaac) possessions still continued to multiply. Having been overwhelmed beyond reasonable limits by the riches of Isaac, the writer of Genesis had this to say: “And the man Isaac began to prosper and continued to prosper until he became very prosperous”.

For the want of space, readers would be spared with the details of the wealth of Jacob. Having started life with nothing, Jacob became prosperous even to the envy of his father-in-law. Although the children of Jacob (Israeli) went to the land of Egypt virtually empty handed, they left to the wilderness with great wealth!

In the stories of all these great men of God briefly discussed, we notice they all experienced divine financial affluence! God demonstrated His commitment in prospering them in spite of the prevailing environmental constraints and economic hardships. For example, Isaac thrived in the midst of drought and scarcity. In fact, a divine financial blessing defies all reasonable odds! Natural conditions such as unfriendly economic environment and low social status can never be barriers to divine prosperity. God overcame all such natural economic conditions to prosper His people.

In the book of the II King, God used Elijah to bless His people so they could experience financial freedom irrespective of the conditions they found themselves. In the New Testament, Jesus reinforced the commitment of God to see the prosperity of His people through his teachings and performance of miracles. In his teachings, Jesus dwelt mostly on financially related subjects to demonstrate his preparedness to prosper his people. Moreover, He (Jesus) performed many miracles that could be linked to ‘financial freedom’. Examples of such miracles are: the great catch by Peter and friends; the feeding of the five thousand and the coins in the fish. Jesus demonstrated his commitment to prosperity in personal life and in the life of his disciples by assuring them that they had more than enough and would never lack. Perhaps, this became the testimony of the early church that experienced financial freedom; members never lacked anything that was good (Acts 2:45-46).

By: Apostle Ali-Asomah