by Scott Johnson
If you have a relationship with God through Jesus Christ, then you have been given the power to get! Get what? Get wealth—and everything else you need in this life.
“But you shall remember the Lord your God, for it is He Who gives you
power to get….”1
This power to get that God has given you gives you the upper hand. It makes the odds stacked in your favor. The deck is not stacked against you—it’s for you! When you are in a covenant relationship with God, you have an advantage that others don’t have.
We see this throughout the Old Testament. Abraham had the power to get—he was wealthy in livestock, silver and gold. Isaac had the power to get—he sowed in a time of famine and reaped a hundredfold in the same year. Joseph had the power to get. David had the power to get. Solomon had the power to get. And in the New Testament, so did Jesus.
Jesus had the power to draw the wise men and the shepherds to him when he was young—and they brought provisions he needed.
Later, as a man, when he needed a boat, he used the power to get to get a boat. When he needed a house, he used the power to get to get a house. When he needed money, he used the power to get to get a coin out of the mouth of a fish. When he needed transportation, he used the power to get to get a donkey. When he needed to feed 4,000, and then 5,000, he used the power to get to multiply food. When he needed the upper room, and partners with resources, he used the power to get and attracted Suzanna, the wife of Herod’s steward.
Jesus used this same power to get that God has given to us. Jesus didn’t use it to show off, or to intimidate. No, he used it to establish the covenant—to further God’s kingdom—and that is the same charge God makes to us.
Establish God’s Covenant
The rest of Deuteronomy 8:18 says, “But you shall remember the Lord your God, for it is He Who gives you power to get wealth, that he may establish his covenant which he swore to your fathers, as it is this day.”1
God has given you the power to get wealth—the power to become wealthy—to establish his covenant. You have been blessed to be a blessing! The power to get is the blessing!
“The blessing of the Lord, it maketh rich….”2
Use the Blessing
What do you need today? Is it healing, finances, maybe a relationship restored? Use the blessing—the power to get—to draw that into your life. It is the potential you need to experience the change you want. Its purpose in your life is to help you get what you need.
Has the power to get drawn answers to you from a BelieversWay Church or the television show? Then praise God for that! Sow some seed toward that as an expression of thankfulness. Rejoice in that the power to get is working in your life!
God is good—all the time, all year long. He is for you. He’s thinking about you…and he wants you walking in the privilege of the power to get all the time.
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Experiencing the Power of Possibility!
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1Deuteronomy 8:18
2Proverbs 10:22
Posted on
Thu, February 10, 2011
by Scott Johnson