KFLCC Kingdom Economics

Provision for All Blessings is Found in the Atonement

glory (Philippians 4:19). Missionaries often report how God blesses these poorer nations on their own level of blessing. When we stop comparing our price, quality, and name brand belongings with the rest of the world and understand how God meets the true needs of His people, we begin to see that God’s blessings for believers are global and not limited to North America or the west. For example, a missionary in India does not need a car that will use gas. He needs a bicycle. In Vietnam if a pastor has a small motorbike, this transportation is better and more practical than a car or a truck that would be more useful in America. In South America a horse or a mule is far more valuable that a pickup truck, since mules can climb mountains that trucks can’t climb. Can you imagine an American CEO riding a rickshaw to work each morning or tying a mule or a camel to a parking space outside the office all day? The same can be said about food and clothes. In America, we will take friends out to a nice restaurant for dinner. In the third world countries they consider themselves blessed to have rice every day. They don’t require more and do not ask for more than what they need. In America, we consider clothes important because in the business realm, we are judged by our appearance. In many foreign nations, receiving a shipment of nice used clothing from America is like a free shopping trip to the mall. Does God prosper and bless those believers who do not live in a Western nation? Certainly He does. Jesus said men would give to you (Luke 6:38). Prosperity covers physical, spiritual and material wealth. The poor believers may have fewer material possessions but are often rich in faith (James 2:5). This strong faith produces, for example, miraculous healings and testimonies of God’s supernatural power to meet their physical needs without medical assistance. In America we have experienced great material prosperity in recent decades. As we give away material blessings to our brothers and sisters in need, in return, they often can impart a level of faith and trust in God that we in the West are missing. We minister substance to them and they pray for us in return. Their material needs are met and we receive spiritual impartation. Having conducted mission evangelism in stadiums and outdoor events, I can testify that the love and simple faith from these believers is actually greater than material wealth, and it warms the heart like nothing else can. T HERE I S A W ARNING

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