So how do we get started living in supernatural provision? Well, since you’ve asked, I’ve created a graphic that explains the transition that takes place on our journey toward living in the Law of Blessing. This graphic also describes some of the pitfalls of not using wisdom on this journey.
Most of us start out with our vocation supplying our primary source of income. And even though we may have some level of spiritual relationship with God, any ‘income’ derived from our spiritual ‘reality’ is fairly small to non-existent. Our objective should be to move into a place where our spiritual life is vibrant and exercised enough that it begins to activate Heaven’s ‘supernatural’ supply… in other words, a supply that is greater than the effort, time and intellect that we’ve invested.
I describe supernatural provision like this:
If your income is only commensurate with the amount of time, effort and intellect that you’ve put in, then that is natural provision… which is simply living under the Law of Sowing and Reaping. It goes like this: if I don’t sow… I don’t reap. If I sow sparingly, I reap sparingly. Etc… Who’s in charge of this setup? I am, of course.
But if your provision measures significantly above the time, effort and intellect that you put in, then this is super-natural provision. This level of provision is activated as we learn to devote ourselves to being about our Father’s business in the unique way that He’s made you and I. At that point, I believe Heaven rallies to be our total Jehovah Jireh. This is living in the Law of Blessing.
This is an overly simplified way of saying it:
If you put in a ‘dollars’ worth of time, effort and intellect… and unexpectedly, you get back more than ‘dollar’, then you are experiencing the increase of Heaven.
Consider this graphic:
Notice the left side of the graphic. Initially, our primary provision is ‘sweat’ income… in other words, it comes solely from our vocation. Very little provision comes from our spiritual impact or influence. But as time passes and as we mature, we want those dynamics to switch so that more of our provision comes from our spiritual impact and less from our ‘sweat’.
Of course, our society has its version of this. It’s called a retirement plan. But who wants to work their whole lifetime, by the “sweat of your brow” on a ‘rock-pile’ job, beating big rocks into little ones, just so we can have a few years of retirement. Why not (as early as we can understand these principles) get serious about cultivating and maturing our unique spiritual identity until it is honed and invaluable in its respective place in society. That way we get to do what we love to do all of our life and eventually we find ourselves living in the Law of Blessing rather than the Law of Sowing and Reaping.
For more of my posts on how to find and live within our unique identity, click here and here.
A common pitfall is that people get trigger happy when they see this possible route to supernatural provision. They think they have enough faith to jettison everything and live by faith… or ‘walk on the water’, so to speak. They don’t realize that their ‘leap of faith’ isn’t true Biblical faith at all. It’s just naive hoping. They haven’t built a ‘position of faith’ sufficient to support them. Sadly, many people live their lives in such a way that they don’t actually need faith to live… as a result, they don’t have a history of faith.
Then, when a person tries to live beyond their level of faith, they inevitably face lean times of lack and want. This will lead to a moment of reckoning. Deut. 7:22 describes how this can happen; “I’ll not give you the promised land all at once lest the wild beasts overtake you.” Some of the “wild beasts” of our day are; fear, bills, hunger, lack, etc.
So it’s really important to apply wisdom on this journey. But the reward of living outside of the ‘sweat’ zone, is so worth it! And in the process, you get to do what you love to do… enjoy God and activate your true identity. Now that sounds like living! I’ve posted five practical steps here.
For more on this subject, check out my book Supernatural Provision. To get a copy, click here or see me personally. You’ll find priceless gems; insights, practical tips, and inspiring testimonies to launch you into your own life of living in Heaven’s super-natural provision.
Are you ready to live in your inheritance?
— MLH
Mark Hendrickson
Beyond the Map 