BVOV Magazine 2013 - present

Heeding it (or getting in heartfelt agreement with it so that you act on it) is as important as hearing it. You don’t want to spend time in the Word just getting intellectual knowledge. Intellectual knowledge won’t help you in your time of need. The Word in your heart is what will meet your need in times of trouble. It will not only bring you through, it will bring you through in victory. Steady, Earnest, Energetic Effort Christians who are too lazy to spend time in the Word don’t live in victory. Lazy Christians live like the world does. When the world’s economy craters, theirs craters too, because they haven’t expended the effort required to get the answer inside them. That’s why in Isaiah 55, God said, “Hearken diligently unto me.” According to the dictionary, diligence is characterized by steady, earnest, energetic effort. So obviously, God expects us to really apply ourselves to this business of attending to His Word. “But why does it have to be so hard?” someone might ask. It’s not! Especially these days, it’s easier than ever before. Most everyone reading this can tune in to VICTORY Channel™ and hear the Word anytime of the day or night. We not only have Bibles to read, we can put Bible apps on our phones and take the Word with us everywhere we go. We have more ways to keep God’s Word before our eyes, in our ears and in our hearts than any other generation ever has. And God wants us to do it. Because He loves us, He wants us to learn how He thinks and how He operates. "For My thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways My ways, says the Lord. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are My ways higher than your ways and My thoughts than your thoughts. For as the rain and snow come down from the heavens, and return not there again, but water the earth and make it bring forth and sprout…so shall My word be that goes forth out of My mouth: it shall not return to Me void [without producing any effect, useless], but it shall accomplish that which I please and purpose, and it shall prosper in the thing for which I sent it" (Isaiah 55:8–11, "Amplified Bible, Classic Edition"). I’m so grateful God has given us His written Word! With His Word in our heart and mouth, we can live like He does even while we’re living in this world. We can walk in His ways and operate in His kingdom right here on earth. His Word never returns to Him without producing what He said. When we speak it by faith, it comes to pass for us. It connects us to God’s power and prospers us so that we can live in supernatural abundance anywhere, anytime. I’m telling you, God has no problem prospering His people. He promised to do it; He enjoys it; and no matter what state the world’s economy might be in, He is well able. First Samuel 2:7 says, “The LORD makes poor and makes rich” ("New King James Version"). (That doesn’t mean He makes some of His children poor and others rich. It’s the wicked He makes poor. He makes all His family rich, if they’ll cooperate with Him.) “He brings low and lifts up. He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the beggar from the ash heap, to set them among princes and make them inherit the throne of glory” (verses 7–8, "NKJV"). I never lived on a literal ash heap, but I know what it’s like to be poor. Ken and I were poor the first few years after we got married. We didn’t have our needs met. We didn’t have the money to pay for a decent home or furniture. We couldn’t afford a decent car or nice clothes. All we had to depend on was ourselves, and ourselves was not enough. But then, thank God, we found out about the waters of God’s life. We came to Him, started hearkening diligently to Him and living by faith, and things began to change. God lifted us out of poverty into abundance. Now all our needs are met according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus. We do have money, but we aren’t limited to it. We aren’t subject to this world’s economy or its crazy financial system. Whatever happens, we know how to keep increasing. We can buy without money because we’re living in the kingdom of God! V POINTS TO GET YOU THERE: 1) God invites everyone to come to Him, receive His life and learn to buy without money. (Isa. 55:1) 2) With God at the helm of your life, you’re not limited by the conditions in this world because He’s not limited by them. (Mark 10:27) 3) All God asks is that you hear His Word and do it. (Isa. 55:2) 4) When you find out from the Word what God has promised you, faith rises up in you to receive it. (Rom. 10:17) 5) God enjoys making His people wealthy, and no matter what state the world’s economy is in, He is well able to do it. 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