“Go to the ant, you sluggard; consider its ways and be wise! It has no commander, no overseer or ruler, yet it stores its provisions in summer and gathers its food at harvest. How long will you lie there, you sluggard? When will you get up from your sleep? A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest—and poverty will come on you like a thief and scarcity like an armed man .”- Proverbs 6:6-11

THE LAW OF BREAD 🥪 AND SEED

When God blesses you with RESOURCES, especially in the area of finances- in every increase and every blessing that God gives you, whether it comes as a salary or as profit from a business or deal or as a one off show of favour to you, in it there is always a 🥪 BREAD and a 🌱 SEED.

The assignment of 🥪 BREAD is to satisfy you CURRENT NEEDS. Ecclesiastes 5:18 reads “ The best anyone can do is to eat and drink and enjoy what he has worked for during the short life that God has given him. If God gives a man a wealth and property and let’s him enjoy it, he should be grateful and enjoy what he has worked for. "

Chapter 9: 7 also reads, " Go ahead - eat your food and be happy; drink your wine and be cheerful. It's all right with God. Always look happy and cheerful. Enjoy life with the one you love ..."

Now the assignment of the 🌱 SEED, is to make sure you are not HUNGRY caught wanting tomorrow. So Ecclesiastes 11:1-5 reads , Invest your money in foreign trade, and one of these days you will make a profit. Put your investments in several places - many places even - because you never know what kind of bad luck you are going to have in this world. No matter which direction a tree falls, it will lie where it fell. When the clouds are full, it rains. If you wait until the wind and the weather are just right, you will never plant anything and never harvest anything.

If you sow 🥪 BREAD, you wasted it, if you EAT SEED, you selling your future. -

God is so benevolent that out of every money he sends your way, out of every resource he sends your way there is 🥪 BREAD for today and there is 🌱 SEED for tomorrow. When the nation of Israel cried out in hunger- he sent them bread, daily bread, because they needed to eat immediately that's why they were instructed not to store it. Daily bread. (Exodus 16:19)

Now, here is what most people do or did, respectfully speaking -most people were so focused on the SEED, they forgot about BREAD. That means they were so futuristic about securing the destiny of the future, their children and children's children that they forgot today's needs, give us this day our daily bread, they forgot that one. There are many people it is until they die, then you will see how much they are really worth.

Now after death, the children discover that this man, whom they call their father, was a billionaire, he had so much assets and properties but while he was alive there were times in that house they did not have food to eat, Three square meals was a problem. There were times in that house, payi g for medical bills was a problem. He did not know that out of all the resources God brought to him there is the BREAD dimension in it and there is the SEED dimension in it.

In his ignorance- he carried both BREAD and SEED and SOWED it into the FUTURE, now in the hic- et-nunc people are hungry and he himself did not benefit from the blessing of God on his life, and in the same house his children did not even go to school, no one had the opportunity to advance meanwhile, he died a billionaire. Then after his death people who had no business or whatsoever with this wealth will come and fight and claim the inheritance in the name of the dead man is our relative.

My advise, while it is good to think about tomorrow, don't let tomorrow rob you of today's daily bread. Ecclesiastes 4:8 says "there was a man all alone; he had neither son nor brother. There was no end to his toil, yet his eyes were not content with his wealth." For whom am I toiling" he asks himself, " and why am I depriving myself of enjoyment " This is vanity, meaningless and depressing.

Don’t over-focus on the future, it is only when you invest in the bread 🍞too and are alive that you will get to the future, God is benevolent enough to bring you BREAD for today, and SEED for tomorrow.

Then there is another generation that is on a REVENGE MISSION. To prove something to OTHERS and only God knows what they are out to prove. So they say things like, “ I will prove to them ”; “I won't suffer like you suffered”; “ I will enjoy my life now ”- If you think like that you will soon be naked, poverty will jump on you sooner or later.

“ In the morning sow your seed, and at evening withhold not your hand, for you do not know which will prosper, this or that, or whether both alike will be good .”- Ecclesiastes 11:6

Everything you receive, God is the source, we already settled that in the just ended “WHEN YOU PRAY CONFERENCE ”, remember this LAW God is teaching you through my voice, whatever you are holding, there is the BREAD part and the SEED part.

You must be honest enough to be fair on yourself for the bread part which is today.. But you must discipline yourself to allow the one (the SEED part) that should get you into tomorrow. You know, If you were to meet an accountant and ask him to tell you how much money has passed through your hands since you got here in earth, since you were born, you will REPENT and ask for forgiveness for one year- for the kind of wastage you have engaged in. You will be surprised at the billions that passed through your hands, but because it came in little drops you didn't notice.

Don't say, errm Kwame Cyril, “ all I earn is 50 cedis ”, it is too small, what can I do with it? , hear me when I tell you, in that 50 cedis there is 🥪 BREAD and there is a 🌱 SEED. Every seed is small, there is no seed as big as your hand, So God gave you a FAVOUR and someone blessed you with 1000, what did you do, you forgot God, forgot your future and focused on the bread abi... You just said look, called your friend Charlie whatsupp, where you at, money drop ooh, me I Don suffer since, this nah breakthrough - let us just do justice to this money, you call friends and blow the money away.

Please obtain GRACE from God to be disciplined enough to fight, reject and resist temptation, anybody who advices you whether as friend or association, to be a spendthrift- does not like your progress or wellbeing, oh its your birthday , let's spendthrift, that's how we do it.

You are earning 500 gh and you spend 3000 organising a birthday party, you need deliverance- Or you are earning 500 and you give 400 every month to the church you need more deliverance, I will come back to that later-

Or some so called man or woman of God with self esteem issues comes and tells you, for this your problem“ God says you should give me all your salary ”- are you not the one holding the money, why didn’t God reveal to you instead but to him- that nonsense people are perpetuating in the name of religion. Some of you have sick parents, sick children, sick spouses, yet you refuse to buy medication for them, when you see the call of your parents coming in, you are angry, meanwhile by the time the month ends you are in a hurry to bring in your tithe or money to that man or woman of God, it is God that will punish you for that act of wickedness. Scripture says if you refuse to take care of your relatives, especially your immediate family, you are worse off than an infidel or an unbeliever . - 1 Timothy 5:8

Then we have a another group who do not understand the MISSION of the SEED, but they understand that of the bread. They eat both bread and seed today not thinking about the ramifications for tomorrow. So you find out someone who is supposed to be blessed TODAY and forever becomes a pauper or beggar- over night because they were bread conscious. Their philosophy is let's eat and drink for tomorrow we shall die.

There are people all they have is 1500 in their savings but them no dey hear.. they won’t cut their shoes according to their leg size- where billionaires are going they want to go there some, forgetting that the billionaires have assets that pay for their liabilities so they can afford to spend 1 million in an hour. The man spending that money owns an airline, and as he is spending, people are queuing at the airport to return the money he is spending. And you are being paid 1200 in some funny company, you want to live large, I pray for mental renewal for you.

God is speaking to you ooh, God's house is a place of wisdom. Have the courage to look at that friend, look at everybody and say I like this idea but I don't have a budget for it now I will write it down, when am ready I will look at it . Summon the courage to let them know your head is straight, you have mental prosperity, your mind just got renewed.

There are people who will have been property owners but because of wastage and spendthrift they ate their BREAD and SEED. So the land was selling at 1000, you could afford but you ate both BREAD and SEED, and you watched the price of the land rise to 5000- to 10,000 now it is over 50,000.

What about those who borrow money to buy an expensive luxury car, get to work at 6 and leave it under the sun for the next 12 hours and they are paying the debt for the rest of their lives with their salary which is small already. Their take away home is very small, they ride a Nice luxurious car that they cannot even afford the servicing, the family is starving, bills are waiting to be paid. Then the next day somebody comes and hit your car then you discover the price of the shock absorber of that car alone can but a tricycle which could have done “bollar bollar” and earn you additional income every day. My international friends do you know what is Bollar Bollar in relation to tricycle business? As anyone in Accra 🇬🇭 Ghana, they will explain to you. Are you seeing the mistakes we keep making. We keep making very wrong decisions because we do not know.

Your salary is 1500 you spend 600 cedis on Internet every month, the data is not meant for business or anything productive, just posting and viewing statuses, my sister my brother you need deliverance...

Everything God trusts you with, in it there is BREAD and there is SEED. For some of you by reason of this message, begin to save ooh.. Open an account with a reliable financial group, refuse to collect the ATM card or cheque or savings book, let that account be your seed account. What do I do with it , you may ask - no worries... Just make sure it is there first.

Many of us had the opportunity to meet FAVOUR but it eluded us, you were praying for God to help you get your own house, now you meet someone who says “ am travelling my house is valued at 1million but bring 1000 and take it , and you could not... Because you ate all your SEED and this FAVOUR God brought- God just brought your way the opportunity to own a house and it cheaply passed you by. All because you were eating your SEED.

Or you were praying for a car- FAVOUR finally comes your way - a car valued at 50,000 the person is cash trapped and he says bring 5000 and pick it up, but because you ate both BREAD and SEED.

Look don't regret yesterday, start now.. Make up your mind to start now. For everything God gives you there is BREAD and SEED . BREAD is for today, SEED is for tomorrow.

TO BE CONTINUED

PRAYER INTENTIONS

1. We pray for the grace to make judicious use of the BREAD God brings our way

2. We pray for the grace and discipline to save SEEDS for the emergencies of the future.

Shalom and God bless you

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