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by Scott Johnson

Interesting events are happening all around us. In fact, we’re in what I would call “extreme times.” That’s why it’s necessary that we learn to separate the interesting from the important.

Years ago, the Lord began to give me wisdom for my own life from Romans 11:29, “The gifts and callings of God are without repentance.”

The Lord showed me how this promise is not just for preachers but for all people. God has gifts, graces, assignments and callings for all of us. Then He went on to explain:

“The graces, giftings, and anointings are a currency that I gave you that I want spent on the Earth. Don’t bring them back to heaven because they weren’t meant to be spent here!”

In other words, people can get so preoccupied with daily life, that they don’t access the graces God has given them to live successfully as believers, having an advantage, the upper-hand over their circumstances.

The question that begs asking then is, how do we deal with our issues?

To answer that, let me remind you of a story Jesus told, found in Matthew 25:14-30:
“For the kingdom of heaven is like a man traveling to a far country, who called his own servants and delivered his goods to them. And to one he gave five talents, to another two, and to another one, to each according to his own ability; and immediately he went on a journey. Then he who had received the five talents went and traded with them, and made another five talents. And likewise he who had received two gained two more also. But he who had received one went and dug in the ground, and hid his lord’s money. After a long time the lord of those servants came and settled accounts with them.”

Notice each servant was given finances according to his original graces and giftings that facilitated God’s purpose for his life. The two who possessed right thinking took the finances they were stewarding with the currency of their graces, giftings and anointings, and put them to work to produce increase. Right thinking with right actions produced twice as much.

Verse 29 goes on to say…“For to everyone who has, more will be given.”

The point is, we must always keep our graces in motion.

God always gives more to those who are fruitful and who bring addition and multiplication by utilizing the currency of their graces in the here and now.

That’s why it’s so important we see our graces and anointings correctly. We can avoid the mistake of the “fearful servant” who did nothing with the graces he had been given, not recognizing its value, its worth, even its power because of his wrong perspective of God. He should have known that His master required him to be fruitful, multiply and increase…as the other two did.

Let me be frank. I’ve learned not to “pimp” my graces through poor stewardship. I’ve learned not to misappropriate my gifts on wrong pursuits or even wrong associations. Many times, this occurs because we get preoccupied with other things and lose focus of what’s important to Him, and who we should be connecting with.

God gave us the currency of graces not to react in fear, burying it inside our own personal lives and agendas. When we do this, our God-given power is placed into inactivity, when it should be unleashed.

So—even in these “extreme” times—we must not take on the posture of the fearful, who through a wrong perspective of God misappropriate the graces they’ve been given.

We need to understand the importance of associations, partnerships and assignments so we make transactions with our graces and gifts as directed by God. He is very specific where He wants the currency of our graces, gifting and anointings to go, as well as how to steward them.

In the end, when you connect to your God-ordained assignments and associations, you essentially turn on the “switch” of your anointings, giftings and graces—which will pull you through extreme times and get you to the other side.

Remember what the Lord said: “Don’t bring the currency of grace back to heaven. It won’t spend here.” Rather, exhaust your account, emptying it of all its heavenly contents, being fruitful and productive bringing increase and multiplication to the kingdom of God, thereby advancing His purposes on the earth.

In heaven, someday, we will have new assignments and new graces and giftings. For now, trust God. Trust His plan and you will have abundance (Matthew 25:29),which will bring additional increase along with new levels of success in your life.

Thank you for being a partner with BelieversWay. Thank you for being involved. Your graces are active. This month, I’m asking the Lord to reveal the great graces you possess, their value and importance to your life.

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