I am a great believer in hard work. Over the years, I have written on how I believe that God wants to bless the works of our hands and that His grace is available to us as we go about our daily business. I believe in biblical abundance, prosperity and riches.

I still hold on to these thoughts but a scripture ‘jumped’ out of the page at me recently and I realise that there is more to hard work.

The scripture that caught my attention is Deuteronomy 6:10-11

10 When the LORD your God brings you into the land he swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, to give you—a land with large, flourishing cities you did not build, 11 houses filled with all kinds of good things you did not provide, wells you did not dig, and vineyards and olive groves you did not plant—then when you eat and are satisfied.

Just to re-iterate, God was going to give the Israelites

• Beautiful cities which they did not build

• Houses full of good things which they did not fill

• Wells which they did not dig

• Vineyards and olive trees which they did not plant

God was in effect promising to prosper them without them doing anything. All He asked was that once they possessed these things, they were to remain obedient to Him and His commandments.

The question then arises: does this mean that we are to sit back and do nothing, just waiting for the blessing of God?

Well not exactly, for God did still expect them to work once they entered the land ( Deuteronomy 8:12).

Let’s go back to Genesis for a similar example.  God provided the Garden of Eden to man and then commanded Adam to work and till the land.

God was essentially saying that He will provide the basic raw materials and as long as they obeyed Him and worked hard, He will continue to bless them. God wants us to be blessed from an initial base of sufficiency. We continue to be blessed or maintain and increase the blessing through obedience and hard work.

The question is do you believe that God can give you what you have not worked for or like me, believe that it’s through hard work. I believe that God is still in the business of giving us things we have not worked for. This is what it means to experience God’s favour and I pray that we will all experience His favour in our lives. Remember God’s ways indeed are not our ways.

So until I appear again in your inbox, stay blessed

Ola Aroyehun

www.christianbusinessmagazine.com

www.purposeforchrist.com

Last update : Monday 07/12/10

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