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The Bible shows that the supreme goal of God in bringing abundance is to bring glory to Himself. When you read the restoration of Israel into their own land in the book of Jeremiah chapter 33, the LORD eventually was to be glorified by HIS people because of His goodness to them.

Abundance makes us to abound to every good work always. There are two reversible chapters and verses in one book in the Bible which show this very clearly. That is, 2 Corinthians 8:9 and 2 Corinthians 9:8.

In 2 Corinthians 8:9 it says, For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that ye through his poverty might be rich. This shows the purpose of Christ coming on earth. Many people do not understand that Jesus Christ was a rich man while He was on earth. Jesus was very rich when He was on earth with His disciples. He lacked nothing. Jesus even dared to ask His disciples at the end of the ministry,

in Luke 22:35, When I sent you without a bag of money, and scrip, and shoes, lacked ye anything? And they said, NOTHING. Even the clothes of the Lord Jesus were very expensive, the soldiers at the cross where fighting for them. Even one was so expensive that they could not even divide it. Jesus Christ was buried with the rich by a rich man called Joseph of Arimathea.

Remember, Jesus Christ only became poor on the cross. He did this so that He can take our total poverty. It is by His grace that we, through His poverty, be rich. At the cross Christ took our lack of food, He took our lack of clothes, he took our lack of honour, he took our shame, He took our lack of health, he took our rejection and connected us to the God of abundance. Hallelujah. Brothers and sisters who should meditate on this until it becomes part of our thinking and faith.

In 2 Corinthians 9:8 it says, And God is able to make all grace abound toward you; that ye, always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good work: This is the out working of the grace of the Lord Jesus provided in 2 Corinthians 8:9. This is the purpose of the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though He was rich, yet for His love for us, He became poor, so that you and I be rich. Notice, the Bible does not say, ‘we become rich’, it says, ‘we be rich’. Oh, there is a big difference. Do not miss it.

We need to understand the following terms in relation to the teaching of abundance. There are these terms, ‘Poverty’, ‘Riches’, ‘Wealth’ and ‘Prosperity’. When God speaks of provision He uses the terms, Abundance, Riches, Wealth, Success and Prosperity. The opposite is poverty, which is associated with lack, failure and darkness.

Let me try to define each of the terms. If you consider the word ‘enough’ or ‘sufficient’ it can make it easy for you to understand these terms. For example, abundance means more than enough. Sufficient means just enough. Poverty means less than enough. God sometimes could say to Apostle Paul, my grace is sufficient for you.

God could also tell Paul that He could make abundance grace to be available. These are levels of abilities in the ministry. Oh, brethren, let us know the grace of God. Grace means, God’s enablement or God’s unmerited favour, it means a special supply of the Holy Spirits and His power to a person or ministry.

Riches is the Bible normally means money, gold or silver. Wealth the Bible means material things like houses, livestock and household goods. Prosperity means to operate in the purposes, will and plans of God.

Joshua 1: 8 This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success. Hence, one can see that being instructed by God and thinking like GOD, makes us to prosper and have good success.

Psalms 1: 1 Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.

Psalms 1: 2 But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night.

Psalms 1: 3 And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper. This shows the power of walking in holiness and the stability, fruitfulness and prosperity which follow.

The God of abundance has provided for us abundance. In the Old Testament God gave the children of Israel a promise of a land though Joshua. In the New Testament we have been given a land of promises though Jesus. Oh, holy brethren, this is abundance. Let us see how God raised Joshua and directed Him to guide the Children of Israel to their inheritance.

In Joshua 1: 1 Now after the death of Moses the servant of the LORD it came to pass, that the LORD spake unto Joshua the son of Nun, Moses’ minister, saying,

In Joshua 1: 2 Moses my servant is dead; now therefore arise, GO OVER THIS JORDAN, thou, and all this people, unto the land which I do give to them, even to the children of Israel.

In Joshua 1: 3 Every place that the sole of your foot shall tread upon, that have I given unto you, as I said unto Moses. We need to read this verse and understand it fully.

It is the key to abundance. God has given us abundance but we need to step out and step on it. The sole of your foot must step on something every day. There are those words in the middle of verse 2 which says, GO OVER THIS JORDAN. Jordan means death. Death is the weapon of satan. It is the fear which Christ has conquered for us (Heb 2:14). When you are risen with Christ, you have gone over the Jordan. It is under your feet.

Then, go and possess your abundant provision. That means all the promises of God will be ‘Yes’ and ‘Amen’ because you are in Christ Jesus. Hallelujah. The Joshua of the New Testament is the Lord Jesus Christ, after His death of the Christ, He rose from the dead and He is alive today unto the end of the age. As you follow Him, every promise you shall find in His word, shall be answered EXCEEDINGLY ABUNDANTLY ABOVE more than you can ask or think. He has even given us exceedingly great promises so that we can be partakers of His nature.

See 2 Peter 1: 2 Grace and peace be multiplied unto you through the knowledge of God, and of Jesus our Lord, 3 According as his divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that hath called us to glory and virtue: 4 Whereby are given unto US EXCEEDING GREAT AND PRECIOUS PROMISES: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust. We have the Holy Spirit who has freely been given to us to enable us to activate the promises of God.

God has blessed us with all spiritual blessings in Christ Jesus (Ephesians 1:3). God has even given us all the blessings of the Old Testament in Christ Jesus. Galatians 3:13-14 says, Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree: 14 That THE BLESSING OF ABRAHAM MIGHT COME ON THE GENTILES THROUGH JESUS CHRIST; that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.

My informed daily confession is that, I have a God of abundance, who has given me abundant great promises in Christ Jesus. The Holy Spirit is activating them for me and making them real to me as I read and pray in the path of holiness. I have riches, I have wealth, I have prosperity, I have good success. I am daily walking into the land of promises and enlarging my territory in the promised land from Genesis to Revelation. You are greatly blessed, Amen.