THE JOSEPH PRINCIPLE #61/ THE SUNDAY NIGHT BLESSING WITH DR GEORGE WATKINS

THE JOESPH PRINCIPLE - PREPARING FOR THE STORM IS NOT A LACK OF FAITH

 

I come from a long line of Pioneer Pentecostal groundbreakers. My father left high school 30 days before graduation to travel to Texas with an evangelist and preach the gospel before Jesus came. The early Pentecostal world was fueled with a passion for taking the message of the cross and the Holy Spirit into the highways and byways of this nation. That was the family of mentors that God dropped me in the middle of.

Oddly enough, amid that fire and the passion, we picked up some bad habits, and our teaching on faith needed to be upgraded. We had been trained to trust God for our finances, and because of this, we learned to step out in faith and go as God provided.

So far, so good.

However, subliminally it was teaching us that if we had something set aside, as they say, for a rainy day, it was a lack of faith. It seemed that we trained ourselves that faith only operated when we had no money. We often wore the badge of poverty with pride, thinking we were sacrificing for Jesus.

On the flip side, let me be quick to tell you that God's always faithful, and it was because of these early Pentecostal soldiers the message of the baptism of the Holy Spirit was spread around the world. And I would again make a note with very little money.

When the so-called "faith movement" flooded into our world, it began to teach us that God was not afraid of prosperity matter of fact, he loved it. And according to our human nature, some of those that heard the message we're prone to go to the excess to the point their faith began to be in what they had in their pocket.

The spirit of God spoke something to me today. He reminded me of the "Joseph principle." Then he said preparing for the storm is not a lack of faith.

Then my attention was taken to our current situation with the recession and the hurricanes that are ravishing our East Coast. We are seeing multitudes of people with no provision for a storm trying to catch up when it is too late.

Is there a spiritual principle here? Yes, there is.

Why do the scriptures tell us to seek the Lord early? Early in the day and early on the journey. Why?

The same reason that Jesus prayed all night before he went on the journey is that just like saving money up, you have a spiritual bank account that you can deposit in. And when the storm comes, you'll have plenty of supply to get through to Victory.

Our spirit is like a battery; it needs to stay charged up. It's also like a bank account; you need to deposit something in there so you can have something to withdraw.

Also, your spirit is like ground; that's where the good seed is planted so that a great harvest will come to you.

 

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