Develop a positive attitude towards wealth today!

 "I want to go on holiday in America but I don't think I

can afford it."

 "I wanna be a rock star but I don't know where I can get

the money to buy myself a guitar."

"My parents can't afford to send me to law school so I

will be a teacher, instead."

These are some of the responses that I get when I speak to

people about pursuing their dreams. These statements are

a deep cry among many of the countless people whom I've

spoken to about pursing their dreams.  They feel largely

incapacitated to pursue their dreams by the absence of

money/resources in their lives and have developed a

negative attitude toward wealth.

A negative attitude towards wealth sees present lack as

damnation to perpetual poverty and does nothing to change

the situation.

A positive attitude towards wealth, on the other hand,

acknowledges present lack but looks to it as a temporary

state of affairs that need not perpetuate itself into the future.

A positive attitude sees and creates opportunity to create

wealth even in situations of dire lack and takes appropriate

action.

A positive attitude sees that God has given us everything

pertaining to life. [2 Peter 1:3] (emphasis added)

Do you know what this means?

Let me share with you my understanding of this portion of

scripture by zeroing in on the three words that I have

bolded – has, everything and life – and in a way

demonstrate a positive attitude towards wealth.

But I would like to tackle them backwards – life, everything

and has – and by looking at the following three questions:

·        What is life?

·        What is the extent of God's provision in our lives?

·        When is God's provision made available to us?

What is life?

"Life is more than food." [Luke 12:23] You were not

created just to survive.  Your life counts for more than

mere survival.  You were born for a purpose [Jeremiah

1:5:]. And achieving this purpose also means pursuing

 your dream.

What is the extent of God's provision in our lives?

"God has given us everything pertaining to life." [2

Peter 1:3] Just as it is wrong to say that we are alive

just to survive from one day to the next, it is wrong to

limit God's provision in our lives to be our daily needs.

Surely, it should extend to our purpose, our hopes and

desires and our dreams.

When is God's provision made available to us?

"God has…" [note: present continuous tense] God's

provision for your life has been made available to you

today. The same is true for tomorrow.  Yes, even for

the day after tomorrow.

Develop a positive attitude towards wealth. Begin to work on

your dream. Go out there with the full assurance that

everything that you require in the pursuit of your dream is

already available to you even if there .

Be Inspired.