I Dig This

Deu 8:7-9 MKJV (7) For Jehovah your God brings you into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and depths that spring out of valleys and hills, (8) a land of wheat and barley and vines and fig trees and pomegranates, a land of olive oil and honey, (9) a land in which you shall eat bread without want. You shall not lack any thing in it. It is a land whose stones are iron, and out of whose hills you may dig copper.

Promised Land living! A time when all of your provision is made and 'you have no lack'! Wow that is AWESOME! We talk about it a lot. Drinking out of wells we didn't dig and eating from vineyards we didn't plant. Mmmmm....

But that's our 'provision'. What about wealth? What if we want to be provided for, AND we want a little extra? Is that wrong for a Christian?

God isn't against you getting a little extra in the Promised Land. On the contrary, He is into 'abundance'. But, there's a small price to pay. You have to dig.

It's a land whose stones are iron, but you have to mine them, and then smelt them. There is a little sweat involved. Is copper more your gig? You don't have to steal it here. But you do have to find it, dig it up, and then you can make rolls of pennies out of it.

The blessing of God is so abundant! We feel guilty if we want a little extra. But He owns the cattle of a thousand hills! He has 'riches in Glory'! It can't be wrong to have a little! He has placed it before us to work for, which - by the way - is a far cry from the cursed land. The cursed land is a place where people have mined for years, but have never found a prize. The cursed land is a land where people toil and sweat for a paltry sum, and then they place it in a bag with holes. Seek the Promised Land! God intended it for all of us!