Seize the Moment – Day 962
Where the Rubber Meets the Road!
Good morning! This is Pastor Jerry Ingalls from New Castle First Baptist Church and today is Friday, November 4.
Where does the rubber meet the road in your faith? For many churches in America, and for many people in today’s world, the rubber meets the road in their finances.
King Amaziah of Judah took a census of his fighting men in preparation for war against the Edomites. He felt that his force of 300,000 fighting men was insufficient, so he hired an additional 100,000 mercenaries from Israel. God was displeased with him, as an unnamed prophet told him in 2 Chronicles 25:7-9:
But a man of God came to him saying, “O king, do not let the army of Israel go with you, for the Lord is not with Israel nor with any of the sons of Ephraim. But if you do go, do it, be strong for the battle; yet God will bring you down before the enemy, for God has power to help and to bring down.” Amaziah said to the man of God, “But what shall we do for the hundred talents which I have given to the troops of Israel?” And the man of God answered, “The Lord has much more to give you than this.”
Amaziah was concerned with losing his investment of one hundred talents of silver, which is approximately 7,500 pounds. Just to put that in perspective, by today’s value of silver at $18.65 per ounce, that is over two million dollars of silver. That’s a significant amount of money! But more important than the money was the invitation for Amaziah to put his faith in God – God would not only win the battle, but He would give him a larger return on his investment of faith.
Could you walk away from a large amount of money because you felt the conviction of the Holy Spirit? Do you trust that God can meet your needs in greater ways, beyond what you can imagine?
Seize the moment and believe God for your victories and finances – “The Lord has much more to give you than this.” Trust God wherever it is the rubber meets the road in your faith.
God bless you!
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