Want MORE? Be Better!

There’s nothing God can do to prosper a poor steward prosper except help them to become a better manager of resources. If we’re not doing well with what we already have why would God give us more stuff to mess up? The classic example is when we squander our time and money and pray for more. But God’s surely smart enough not to give us more if we’re just wasting it and can’t help us until we get our priorities in line. If we’re having a “lack problem” of either time or money the answer is just that “WE NEED MORE!” it’s that we need to be better with what we already have. The Biblical principle is that God gives more to those who do something with it and takes it away from those who waste it. This is the main reason that many people praying for “MORE” haven’t gotten it because God’s not interested in enabling us to waste His wealth. Even though He has plenty, even more than you could imagine but He won’t violate His own principles. If we’re experiencing lack it’s probably because we haven’t yet discerned what we really need - grace and wisdom to enable us to be disciplined and good stewards. If we will take care of what we already have we will increase and prosper and if we don’t we won’t. It’s as simple as that, we’re praying and waiting for God, but Jesus is praying and waiting for us. If we’ll stop asking for more and start asking Him to help us to be better with what we have then we’ll have more.

I wanted muscles so I prayed for more but God just told me to exercise and it made me sore.


Matt 25:14-30 NKJV
14 "For the kingdom of heaven is like a man traveling to a far country, who called his own servants and delivered his goods to them. 15 And to one he gave five talents, to another two, and to another one, to each according to his own ability; and immediately he went on a journey. 16 Then he who had received the five talents went and traded with them, and made another five talents. 17 And likewise he who had received two gained two more also. 18 But he who had received one went and dug in the ground, and hid his lord's money. 19 After a long time the lord of those servants came and settled accounts with them.

20 "So he who had received five talents came and brought five other talents, saying, 'Lord, you delivered to me five talents; look, I have gained five more talents besides them.' 21 His lord said to him, 'Well done, good and faithful servant; you were faithful over a few things, I will make you ruler over many things. Enter into the joy of your lord.' 22 He also who had received two talents came and said, 'Lord, you delivered to me two talents; look, I have gained two more talents besides them.' 23 His lord said to him,'Well done, good and faithful servant; you have been faithful over a few things, I will make you ruler over many things. Enter into the joy of your lord.'

24 "Then he who had received the one talent came and said, 'Lord, I knew you to be a hard man, reaping where you have not sown, and gathering where you have not scattered seed. 25 And I was afraid, and went and hid your talent in the ground. Look, there you have what is yours.'

26 "But his lord answered and said to him, 'You wicked and lazy servant, you knew that I reap where I have not sown, and gather where I have not scattered seed. 27 So you ought to have deposited my money with the bankers, and at my coming I would have received back my own with interest. 28 So take the talent from him, and give it to him who has ten talents.

29 'For to everyone who has, more will be given, and he will have abundance; but from him who does not have, even what he has will be taken away. 30 And cast the unprofitable servant into the outer darkness. There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.'