God is raising up a new wave of end-time marketplace warriors who will understand the principle of biblical economics people—those who understand that as we sow, so shall we reap—who will put God in first place every time in their business and personal and family dealings, who will, like Paul, say: “This ONE thing I do—I press toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus” (Phil. 3:13).

When we hear that voice of God, that still small voice behind us, it is not saying “here is A way.” The voice is saying: “This is THE way—walk ye in it.” It is THE way—not the comfortable, convenient, easy way, the way of the short cut and the white lie, but the narrow way, His way that leads unerringly to the blessings and the peace that passes all understanding.

We have to understand that money is value-neutral. There is nothing wrong with money as such, or owning money, as long as money doesn’t own us! The Bible tells us that it is the love of money—making an idol of money—that is at the root of all kinds of evil (1 Tim. 6:10), not money itself. The Bible talks about God and money: We cannot and must not worship money as our God, but we can and should worship God WITH our money.

If He gives us the power to get wealth, and teaches us how to profit, how can He be against money? Jesus even sits in the temple watching people putting their money into the treasury (Mark 12:41).

God’s Financial Promise

The Bible teaches us how to handle money, that it is like a seed we sow, and if we sow in a fertile field, fertilize and water it with faith and prayer, and that includes praying in tongues because God says that praying in the Spirit is like “living water” flowing out of our inward parts (John 7:38). We are told that as we sow, so shall we reap (Gal. 6:7). If we sow meanness and selfishness, that is what we will reap; if we sow friendship we will reap a harvest of friends, and if we sow money, we will reap money. This is a fundamental law of biblical economics. It works and it works every time. The harvest WILL come, IN DUE SEASON, if we keep the faith and don’t give up (Gal. 6:9).

Your “due season” may be a short time or a long time (ours was 13 years) but God’s promise is that we WILL reap if we “faint not.” It is an unequivocal promise!

Jesus, who we understand from the Bible to be both the Power and Wisdom of God (1 Cor. 1:24), says these words in Proverbs 8:17-21, 35, “I love those who love Me, and those who seek Me diligently (in other words, put Me first) will find Me. RICHES AND HONOR ARE WITH ME, ENDURING RICHES AND RIGHTEOUSNESS, THAT I MIGHT CAUSE THOSE WHO LOVE ME; WHO PUT ME FIRST, TO INHERIT WEALTH THAT I MIGHT FILL THEIR TREASURIES.”
The Great Commission is to make disciples of ALL nations (Matt. 28:19), to go out into ALL the world and preach the gospel (Mark 16:15), and to be His witnesses in Jerusalem (in your own city), in all Judea and Samaria (in our own and neighboring nations) and to the ends of the earth.

“This Good News of the Kingdom will be proclaimed in ALL the world, as a testimony to ALL nations. And then the end will come” (Matt. 24:14).

To go to ALL nations in ALL the world, to witness to the ends of the earth as a testimony, is no small order. It is a great order, the greatest order ever given, and it is given to us here in Asia, Indonesia, and wherever God has placed us.

To obey this order will take a new breed of men and women, people who are not afraid to step out into new and untried territory, to get right out of the boat and walk on the water, to bring God into the marketplace, our business, our school, our family, and to have the courage to stand up for Him and to put Him first in every single part of our days, even in the smallest of ways.

We must build integrity and righteousness into the very fibre of our being, so that when God begins to pour out the great transfer of wealth, the 10 figures, the billions, we are able to stand up under the test. It is starting. I can see it here and in other parts of the world, in the US, in Europe, in South America and in Russia and the Ukraine.

Be A Trusted Vessel

God is doing a new thing, as He says in Isaiah. He is opening a great door of opportunity, but as Paul says, there are many adversaries. There is the devil to tempt us, and our own greed and selfishness and lust, to take us off course.

God will only pour out the great wealth transfer through clean and holy vessels—vessels who make integrity and righteousness the very foundations of their lives, and who can be trusted with the trials and temptations that come with the awesome responsibility of great wealth.

I would ask that, if any of the above has hit some deep vein of faith in you, and sparked a new understanding of our divine call to the marketplace, pray this prayer right now:

FATHER GOD, WE UNDERSTAND THE GREAT AND AWESOME RESPONSIBILITY THAT YOU HAVE PLACED ON US, BY CALLING US TO BE YOUR CHILDREN, AND TO GO OUT INTO ALL THE WORLD TO OBEY YOUR GREAT COMMISSION.

WE THANK YOU FOR TRUSTING US ENOUGH TO GIVE US THIS COMMISSION, AND IN TURN, WE TRUST YOU AND OBEY YOU IN EVERYTHING YOU SAY TO US.

HELP US TO LIVE OUR LIVES IN ABSOLUTE RIGHTEOUSNESS AND INTEGRITY, RESISTING THE CORRUPTION AND THE TEMPTATION THAT SURROUNDS US EVERY DAY IN SO MANY WAYS.

ANOINT US TO TAKE OUR PLACE IN YOUR GREAT MARKETPLACE MINISTRY—HELP US TO UNDERSTAND THAT OUR WORKPLACE IS OUR PLACE OF MINISTRY, AND THAT YOU HAVE CALLED US TO THAT MINISTRY AS A SACRED AND HOLY APPOINTMENT.

THANK YOU FATHER THAT YOU HAVE CALLED US TO “DO BUSINESS” TILL YOU COME—TO TRANSFORM OUR SOCIETY AT ALL LEVELS AND ADVANCE YOUR KINGDOM ON EARTH UNTIL YOU COME AGAIN IN THE FULLNESS OF YOUR POWER AND GLORY.

GIVE US THE WISDOM AND INTEGRITY TO HANDLE THE GREAT WEALTH YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRANSFER TO YOUR PEOPLE IN THE MARKETPLACE, AND GIVE US THE STRENGTH TO DO ONLY YOUR WILL AND TO RESIST THE TEMPTATIONS OF THE EVIL ONE THAT SO EASILY COME WITH WEALTH AND POWER.

RIGHT NOW I COMMIT TO PUTTING YOU FIRST IN MY LIFE; I UNDERTAKE TO SEEK YOU DILIGENTLY EACH DAY, TO READ YOUR WORD, AND TO MAKE TRUSTING AND OBEYING YOU MY FIRST AND ONLY PRIORITY.

IN JESUS’ NAME.

AMEN