Poverty is not God’s will for your life

 

It might shake some people. Tradition without truth is a prison, God is not glorified by your lack, God is glorified when you have enough food, when your cup overflows. 

God wants you to bless others not just survive. Poverty is not an economic condition. sometimes poverty is a spirit, a curse or demonic weight placed upon your life to prevent you from achieving God’s purpose in your life,  it is about your peace, your purpose, your inheritance as the child of the most high. Devil knows that if he can keep you in lack he can keep you in fear, If he keeps you in fear he can silence your faith.

But that’s not how the story ends, Psalm 23 is about to become your weapon, you have heard it before but you have not heard it like this, it isn’t just a written poem, it is a prophetic sword, A covenant declaration, a psalm written by David, a Man who went from shepherd to king, from obscurity to overflow.

The Lord is my Shepherd I shall not want, it is not just a suggestion that is a spiritual reality! When the Lord becomes your shepherd. Lack has to bow, Poverty looses ground. Every spirit of scarcity must go. This is not just a sweet phrase to sit on a pillow, this is a divine legislation, this is heavens decree over your house hold, it doesn’t just describe abundance it unlocks it. Every verse is a step in breaking the curse, most people read the psalm for comfort, Comfort without alignment changes nothing, you want breakthrough in your life, then you have to ask this question, who is truly the shepherd in your life.. Are you following your own understanding, Psalm 23 only works if the lord is your shepherd, not just in word but in Authority, that means he leads, you follow, he speaks, you obey even if it doesn’t make sense, when it doesn’t make sense that’s where breakthrough leaves.

Poverty thrives in anxiety, but provision flows when you are at peace. Greatest attacks come when you are tired, that’s not coincidence, When you let the shepherd lead you to rest, you position yourself to here God’s voice, And God’s voice is what destroys poverty and every curse, The voice of God breaks every curse . Lack has no power were revelation is present.

Psalm 23 vs 3 continues he restores my soul, he leads me in the path of righteousness for his name sake, Restoration isn’t just emotional, it is financial, relational Generational. He restores what poverty stole, what fear destroyed. What the enemy tried to bury, but here is the condition. You have to walk in path of righteousness, that means integrity, that means generosity, that means obedience, you can’t ask God to break a curse, when you still agree with the lie that created it, you can’t quote psalm 23 but live in rebellion, every step in righteousness weakens the curse, but every compromise gives it more fuel.

If you want poverty to break within 24hrs, you don’t just read psalm 23, you declare it, “you live it”. You surrender to the shepherd,

Even though I walk through the valley and shadow of death….. let me be real to you, sometimes before the curse breaks the battle intensifies, right before the breakthrough comes the shadows grow longer, before deliverance the enemy whispers louder and in those moments poverty tries to speak. The enemy will say you will never get out. You are always going to struggle. No one will help you. But the valley is not your destination (even though I walk through the valley and shadow of death I fear no evil) Shadows have no power, as long as you have the light walks with you, you shall fear no evil.

When fear breaks so does poverty, because poverty is rooted in fear. Fear of not having enough, fear of the future, fear of failure. You remind the enemy that you are not walking alone.

You prepare a table b4 me in the presence of my enemies. This is climax of the curse breaking moment, because when God prepares a table, it is not just for your survival, but for your vindication. Who are the enemies? They are not just people, the spirit of lack, the spirit of shame, the spirit of never enough.

 What does God do, he doesn’t remove them, he feeds you right in front of them, he blesses you openly, publicly, powerfully. So that every demonic force that tried to curse you, has to watch you eat. The enemy has the front row sit to your restoration. That’s just how God works, he doesn’t just lift you up. He lifts you up in front of everything that tries to destroy you then he anoints your head with oil.

Now pause, this is important, in biblical tradition, oil represents favour, healing, appointment and protection. When David wrote this he wasn’t just thinking about luxury, he was remembering the moment Samuel anointed him. Heaven marked him for kingship. That’s what happens when you pray psalm 23, God marks you for overflow. You go from scraping by to having a cup that runs over. Overflow is not a Metaphor but a spiritual state, when your needs are met and there is still more to give.

Vs 26 says surely goodness and mercy shall follow me, and I shall dwell in the house of the lord all the days of my life. It is the beginning of a new season because once the curse is broken, your life enters a new rhythm, you stop chasing blessing and blessings start chasing you. Goodness follows you, mercy surrounds you. 

Opportunities open without force. Doors unlock without striving, this only happens when you dwell in the house of the lord and dwelling doesn’t mean visiting on Sundays. It means living in his presence it means prioritizing him every day. It means staying connected and by staying connected to his word and his spirit, you hear his voice and apply it to the work of your hands, then here comes your abundance. 

Where you dwell determines what follows you. If you dwell in fear lack follows, if you dwell in bitterness regret follows. If you dwell in his presence abundance follows.

May be you are in your survival mode, you listened to this message not by coincidence or accident but by divine timing. When you shed the tears no one sees that’s God telling you to come closer. I have more for you. You are not born for lack, you are born for legacy. You don’t just listen to psalm 23 you pray it you declare it, over your family, your biz, your future. Lack has no place here, death must bow, and generational curses must be broken. Overflow is my portion and goodness and mercy must follow you. Say it because heaven must hear you.

Every lie of poverty is drowned up by the voice of truth, you begin to notice things shifting. A divine declaration that breaks poverty. Breakthrough rarely comes by accident, it comes through intention. Through faith through alignment with God’s word.

Wake up and make a declaration before checking your phone. The lord is my shepherd I shall not want, you are not begging God, you are declaring his covenant to him. I cancel every word I have spoken to agree with poverty. Words have power.

Anoint your home, every curse is broken, every spirit of poverty is cast out. Your home should feel like heaven because heaven has no poverty in it. Play worship music lift up your hands.

Poverty can’t survive where God is enthroned, Self crushed. Make it’s declaration personal, make it yours. Poverty is connected to something deeper. Holyspirit Shine your light to everything or anything that I need to know concerning my background and foundation. Poverty is often the Fruit, but God wants to deal with the root. Speak blessings over your hands this hands must be fruitful. Sow a seed, this seed breaks the band of poverty I plant this seed it shall grow.

Generosity is warfare. You activate divine economy. Poverty keeps people in survival mode. Write out all you plan to achieve and present it to God. WRITE AS HEADING THE LORD IS MY SHEPHARD I SHALL NOT WANT, THIS PRAYER POINTS AND VISION becomes a target for our prayer.

Poverty thrives where there is no knowledge. Remember God instructed us to seek knowledge. We perish due to lack of it. Do you listen to current affairs, business news etc. Do you attend trainings, seminars? Please chase knowledge, no knowledge is a waste in this world.

Poverty thrives on isolation, forgiveness is your freedom. Sometimes you have to pray aggressively, Jesus didn’t whisper to demons, neither should you. Every curse of poverty spoken over my blood line be broken now in the name of Jesus. I will walk in provision, every curse must stop with me, you are not just fighting for your self alone but for your family.

The enemy wants you to stay silent, settle for less. Invite the presence of God into your work place. Father increase creativity and open doors. Destroy symbols of poverty. Gifts from toxic people that carry spiritual residue, old clothing that reminds you of seasons of suffering. Ask God for divine strategy, a new idea, a shift in direction, someone to reach out to, maybe a skill to develop. Manna is for the wilderness but strategy is for the promised land.

I am not a victim, I am a vessel of divine purpose, we will not live in lack. We are kingdom influencers.

Rest in God’s prescence. Say lord I trust you, you already know what I need. Faith says if God says it then it is done. Let his word wash over you. Dance like it is already done. Lord I thank you because the curse is broken.

Let me close with this, you don’t beg on covenant, why settle for crumbs when our father owns the field.