So, if He says He has power to give you wealth, it means that it is left to you to determine whether that wealth comes to you or not. God is constant, man is the variable. Thus, man has to be in agreement with God in order to get this power. The covenant demand is that:

“While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest…shall not cease.” Genesis 8:22

This is the backbone of the covenant. That is to say, no man should expect a harvest when he has not planted any seed. Thus, the power of abundance will come only by the act of planting the seed. When the seed goes into the earth, God sends rain, which brings about the harvest.

We cannot produce rain, but as we plant the seed, He sends the rain that brings the harvest. What if the rain comes and there is no seed in the ground? Then there will be no harvest!

While we remain on this earth, every harvest will bring forth after its kind of seed. No one can change that order seed time must always precede harvest. If you will not sow, your crying, praying and fasting will not help produce a harvest.

God gave His Son, in order to reap the harvest of more sons. If He did not plant Jesus, the law of life forbids that He should reap the harvest of men. If God Himself could not break the covenant, you CANNOT! Therefore, only givers should expect a harvest. Until you become a giver, material depression is inevitable for you.

It is worth mentioning here that many lose out on their harvest due to impatience. They expect an immediate harvest. It may not always be so. Every farmer knows that he must allow a time lapse between the period of planting and the period of harvest. There is need for the sower to wait patiently. 

God is a covenant-keeping God, He will not fail. At the appointed time, the harvest must surely come. Stand on the Word of God, for it cannot be destroyed, not even by the strongest forces of hell put together.

The covenant law demands that you part with what you have to get what He has. God has the harvest, you have the seed. Let go the seed and open up for the harvest. It is a life-working principle and there is no com-promise. If you won’t let go of the seed, you won’t let in the harvest. The seed must go in order for the harvest to come. This is what people of the world have been looking for and they don’t know how to get it. This is the secret behind covenant wealth.

What happens when you give? There is no where we talk about abundance without talking about obedience. And when we talk of obedience, it means there is a law that in operation. Obedience indicates that there is a law in force. In Job 36:11, the Bible says:

“If they obey and serve him, they shall spend their days in prosperity, and their years in pleasures”.

The words “obey” and “serve” show that there is a law to obey — the law of giving and receiving. God’s Word says:

“If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land”

Isaiah 1:19

“Praise ye the Lord. Blessed is the man that feareth the Lord, that delighteth greatly in his commandments. His seed shall be mighty upon earth: the generation of the upright shall be blessed. Wealth and riches shall be in his house: and his righteousness endureth for ever.” Psalm 112:1-3

What does this mean? He is keeping some commandments that make abundance possible. Covenant wealth does not just happen, there is a law that sets it in motion. Acquaint now thyself with him, and be at peace: thereby good shall come unto thee.

“Then shalt thou lay up gold as dust…” Job 22:21,24

There is a law that brings that into opera-tion. That law is the law of giving. If you won’t give, you won’t receive. That is the only way to get into it. If you can’t get into it that way, you can’t get into it any other way…

Ce texte est un extrait du livre “CONVENANT WEALTH” écrit par David O. Oyedepo.  

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