 A
few years ago I was looking forward to writing a testimony about being
debt free with a Liberty loan and living happily ever after. But
God showed my a few years ago that the way I intended to use my Liberty
Loan didn’t quite line up with his financial way of doing things. I
had started to rely on a Liberty loan to meet my financial needs
instead of allowing God to do that. I wanted to GET a loan instead of
aligning my finances with God’s purpose which is to GIVE. I had begun to
limit my vision to the size of my Liberty loan instead of God’s vision
which was much bigger. GIVING is God’s heart
beat behind Liberty Trust. You would think I would have learnt that
because the most amazing financial miracles and breakthroughs in my life
have come from GIVING. The best breakthrough was when I had almost run
out of money and the bank was about to foreclose on my mortgage. I gave
away my last $3,000.00. Then a miracle happened. I traded out of a
development that was bankrupting me. That was
ten years ago. Back then I had large debts, negative equity, and
negative cash flows. Now my wife and I own a Holiday Park business in
Queenstown partly funded by a Liberty loan. Now we are able to give away
more than my entire salaried earnings. The transformation has been
miraculous. My favourite scripture is the
parable of the three stewards who were given different talents to manage
for the master (Matt 25). The steward with the 5 talents doubled his
talents. That’s how I view our life. We are called to manage the King’s
wealth by doubling it and to distribute it by GIVING. Usually our giving
is at a level that is unsustainable apart from God’s miraculous
intervention – no different to giving away my last $3,000 ten years ago. That
requires faith but without FAITH it is impossible to please HIM and
I’ve never had so much FUN than through giving! Giving doesn’t deplete
your resources and make you poor; on the contrary it ushers in God’s
miracles and creates a life of abundance. This is how God wants us to
live…supplying our needs according to his RICHES and GLORY! Kenneth & Sandra Mitchell Queenstown 1 Sept 2007 |
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