The Currency of Heaven
You may notice from the subject of the post that this message is about money. Not quite, but it does tie in with money, and my thoughts on what has true value. You may notice that I have never asked for any money, and I probably never will. You may have also noticed that my website does not have any advertising or any other affiliate banners. There is a reason for this: for me, this is completely a labor of love. I think that this message shown below will help explain how I feel.
But first, I do want to ask for something, if you can spare it: prayer. I really do appreciate your prayers, and I would ask that if God ever puts me on your heart, to please be faithful in praying. I won’t pretend to be self-sufficient: I need your prayers! This is so greatly valued to me, so much more than any monetary gain could ever be.
The Currency of Heaven
The currency of heaven is blessing, and its checkbook is prayer.
Beloved, it is My will for you to be rich in grace, rich in mercy, and rich in your knowledge of Me.
Invest in Me, for My riches are incomparable to anything that the world has to offer. Heaven’s exchange rate is always good, and My returns are divine.
“When thou makest a dinner or a supper, call not thy friends, nor thy brethren, neither thy kinsmen, nor thy rich neighbours; lest they also bid thee again, and a recompence be made thee. But when thou makest a feast, call the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind: And thou shalt be blessed; for they cannot recompense thee: for thou shalt be recompensed at the resurrection of the just.” -Luke 14:12-14
Don’t you know that one day the things of this earth shall pass away? And what shall you carry with you into the next life? If I have said that even marriage shall be dissolved in the resurrection, (Matthew 22:30, Mark 12:25, Luke 20:35), how much more then shall I do away with the vain things of this world?
Beloved, let not your heart be troubled at my sayings: think not that I seek to tear down or strip away without remedy, but rather, I am making room for a more abundant blessing. For the treasures of heaven will far outweigh the things of earth; in the resurrection, they shall seem to you as silly play-things and toys. You have yet to see the full goodness of my blessings.
“For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory; While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal.” -2 Corinthians 4:17-18
Have faith. Trust that I am good. Trust that I know what is best for you. Though you cannot yet see it, have faith that there is a far better place, and far better blessings for you in your devotion to Me.
Let the things of this earth grow dim, and reach just beyond that blackened sky: for a great number of suns and stars await beneath the horizon.
“These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of them, and embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth… But now they desire a better country, that is, an heavenly: wherefore God is not ashamed to be called their God: for he hath prepared for them a city.” -Hebrews 11:13, 16
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