Yes. I heard this and strongly urge you to quit your job.
I am not saying you should “leave” your job. You should quit working the way you do.
Read this to the end and you'll see the secret to untold wealth. Something has been holding you back – and its icy grip is going to be broken in 2014.
Since the fall of Adam, man has toiled under the curse of earning a living by sweat, toil and labor.
In Genesis 3:18-20 God said: “Both thorns and thistles it (Earth) shall bring forth for you…In the sweat of your face you shall eat bread.”
JESUS DEFIES THE CURSE
Right up against this we have the splendid defiance of the Galilean Rabbi, Jesus of Nazareth, who refused to toil and labor for bread. Instead He multiplied it in His hands, paid taxes by a last-minute coin found in a fish’s mouth and funded his disciples’ families for the duration of their three-year training by starting them off with a miraculous boat-sinking load of fish.
Jesus’ defiance wasn't toward God. His defiance was against the tyranny of the curse that would no longer have legal authority over His followers because it had NO authority or claim over Him. He was the “second Adam”…the last Adam, the start of a new order of Overcomers. (1 Cor 15;45)
This Jesus is the one who commanded us to “not worry about food, or drink, or clothing, or shelter…”For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father KNOWS that ye have need of all these things.”
What did he say? “All these things do the GENTILES seek”…The Gentiles? The UNBELIEVERS seek these things.
But how is it today?
DESPERATE CHRISTIANS
Christians are by and large some of the most financially desperate and neurotically “End Time” preoccupied people I meet. Churches and ministries constantly needing money and shaking down anxious followers for the means to “change the world?” With what message? Mormons, Jehovah’s Witnesses and Muslims aren't branded by offerings and financial crisis. We are.
In fact, it’s worse. The “Gentiles” who know not God, the unbelievers, are actually the wealth barons of Wall Street, the entertainment industry and the politically connected. It is the rich unbelievers who eat up the “sweat” of others.
WHAT’S COMING TO AMERICA AND THE WORLD?
In the midst of the New Year, 5774 or whatever you want to call it, the most anxious people on earth are the believers who are preoccupied with the future…what’s going to happen next? Will there be a collapse of the economic system? What judgment is coming on my nation – TOMORROW!?!?
But who are the ONLY ones who were told “TAKE NO THOUGHT ABOUT TOMORROW”? Believers!
That’s why you need to QUIT your job and START your ministry! Your work is now your ministry. It isn't your vehicle for transforming sweat into bread – it’s the field God has called you to OCCUPY like an Adam who NEVER SINNED. In Christ you are now free from the tyranny of the curse. You are the righteousness of God Himself, “in Christ.” Before Adam fell to the earth, the environment around him cooperated with him to create flourishing prosperity.
Make your work your garden and commune with God as you produce results no “Gentile” can compete with.
HERE IS YOUR TICKET OUT OF THE ASYLUM
What is the #1 condition Jesus laid down for this “no thought” promise to be activated? After He said “don’t act like a gentile,” He gave the KEY…
“But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.” “ADDED” – not acquired, purchased or extracted.
Adam and all his “gentile” unbelieving sons have NO claim to this “no thought,” “no toil,” “no anxiety” life.
Seek to use your employment as a platform to extend and expand the dominion of heaven over earth. That’s what “seek ye first the kingdom of God” now invites you into.
If believers would do this in their current sphere of assignment they would progressively move to the epicenter of influence and liberate wealth from the hands of those who control the currency of decision-making that controls nations.
amen brother. thank you for that word. God blessed me with a sales job and I have to depend on Him every day to partner with me in it. When I become anxious and try to do it in my own strength i don’t get many sales but when I remember to turn it over to Him and not worry people call me out of the blue. I thank God He gave me a job where my trust in Him is connected to my finances!
Thank you for the encouragement. However, it is the practical applications of this that cause us (in our business) the most pain and worry. My husband and myself own a Software Consulting firm, and thus answer to all of our customers. And at times the problems that happen, whether it is with computers, customer personnel, third party software applications/vendor, our own employees, etc. can just overwhelm us. We have always lived by a code of excellence in our work, because the work of our hands does reflect upon our testimony for Christ. GOD has been faithful and in blessing us with lots of work, but we are at the point of burnout and are having a tough time getting our head around what we should be changing so that we can walk this out.
I can relate to you Denise as I have burnout years ago in the technology consulting industry. I can’t speak for you, but I have decided that I am not doing what God want’s me to do, so I am actually literally quitting my job to pursue God’s will for my life, whatever that may be. I have been very successful in my business, like you, but I have also grown very unhappy. I think we need to be careful not to assume that worldly success means we are in God’s will for our life (God’s will being our true destiny). His prosperity are things that surpass these circumstances, like peace and joy. Good luck finding your way with Him.
We should not wait until tomorrow…quit your job today!
Today was tomorrow yesterday. But if you quit tomorrow then it will be today. So since tomorrow is never in the present we can never really quit our jobs tomorrow for it will always be today. …….. .
😉 i couldn’t resist
Agreed….
I hope everyone has read this through and hears this message. The last thing we need is the misconception that Dr.Lance is saying quit your job literally. Just yesterday 1-13-14 I was talking with a ministry partner and explaining how my job is God’s call and a ministry He has assigned me to. I really appreciate this news letters topic because it encourages me that I have heard God correct and am not some heathen neglecting in house/church ministry for what some say is a worldly function. My call in the work place is the avenue God has chosen to unlock my destiny and inheritance.
Great words Mark. As Christ followers we are to be Christians 24/7. We take our heavenly identity with us wherever we go. Our influence on humanity must go beyond the church walls. We are the church, the Body of Christ on earth. We are to work as unto the Lord and the world will know we are Christians by our love.
You have no idea, but God does, of the fine details this addresses in our situation. Open doors, new provision, restoration of many years the locusts have devoured – NO MO!
Just the encouragement I need to catapult me into my destiny in 2014, as I learn to depend on God and stop worrying and fretting. For he does look after me, as he does all his children.
Great word. I’ve been teaching a series at church on this very topic. ELI 360 is too trying to move the masses of high school students to grasp this truth and move a generation of believing students into appropriating their Sonship. Furthermore, we’re inviting the Gentile unBeliever to understand this truth and come into relationship with Creator God who has this kind of life for them. We do it through our education and career guidance program.
Amen. I am a 52 yr old widow. On New Years 2013 The Lord told me that “this would be my last full year in hair” I have been a hairstylist since age two. I joined the Beta Group on His leading. I am looking forward to where He and I are going together as we advance The Kingdom. God Bless you for making all this available. I am also looking forward to doing the in depth report on myself.
what is the Beta Group?
This is Lance’s beta group with destiny dashboard.
We/ the beta group are the first group with this new technology.
Oh well, I am not exactly tech-savvy, Haha! But working on that.
How does one join the Beta Group? I have been to some of Lance’s events, but not for several years.
Lance, is this a prosperity message? Are you saying that if you approach your job as a ministry you will be blessed with worldly success (monetary, position, growth, etc.) by God?
I think the answer would be yes.
What’s wrong with prosperity? God is a prosperous God. He is El Shaddai, the God of more than enough. He is Jehovah Jireh the God that supplies ALL of you needs. He simply wants us to seek Him and then obey what he says. Just do it. Money follow ministry. Follow God, where He leads He provides. What a great principle. Be blessed my friend.
Great word Lance. There is a movement afoot. There is a remnant of believer who are hearing this call. There are even some church leaders who are taking a stand to lead a generation of culture changers. For me, God has brought me to a place of New Beginnings. We are looking at a clean sheet of paper, and a whole new way of doing ministry. Thanks for your continued leadership in these areas.
I feel God is moving me into a greater level of this right now. I am facing some of the biggest challenges and attacks I’ve ever seen (and I’ve been around :)) God keeps reminding me to “rest” during all of it and to use all of the pain and emotions to bring aggressive focus on the Kingdom and my calling right now (I’m in the financial industry). I’m finding that the potential stress and internal (Adam) conflict I could be faced with dissipates as I focus in on what God is doing instead of the external circumstances.