“And the Lord shall make thee plenteous in goods, in the fruit of the body, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy ground, in the land which the Lord sware unto thy fathers to give thee” (Deut. 28:11).
I first learned about this subject over 20 years ago. When I first read this verse, “plenteous” to me was $500!
You have to understand that the blessings are relative. They’re relative from the standpoint of what is plenteous. It is different things to different people.
That’s why at one time, $500 was plenteous. I’d never had that much money in my hand at one time – ever! And storehouses? When I first started out, I didn’t have a storehouse. But I noticed that every time I increased, the Word still said the same thing – that I’d be blessed.
I’d be obedient to that and go up higher, and every time I did, the Word still said the same thing! So I would go a little higher, and up and up I would (and still do) continue to go.
“Well,” someone might ask, “where does this thing end?”
It ends wherever you decide to stop being diligent and obedient. But if you will be diligent and obedient, then as far as God can go is how far you can go.
Some people don’t like to hear teaching about diligence and obedience. But I am where I am today because I was diligent and obedient for the past 22 years. And as a result, I get to see people saved and healed. I get to see families restored.
It’s a tremendous blessing to do what I’m doing. But it didn’t happen overnight. It came from diligence and obedience – from finding out what God wanted me to do and deciding that what He says is better than anything I can think up!
God wants you to continue to increase in every area of your life. You will have to practice what I have described here and continue to grow little by little.
You have to continue to be diligent in the areas that God has placed you so that you can have plenty. Your plenty will increase for you step by step, in stages. Praise God for plenty!
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Keith Butler has been an ordained minister since 1974. He is a graduate of the University of Michigan and holds diplomas from Canada Christian College and Rhema Bible Training Center.
He serves in ministry with the support of his lovely wife, Pastor Deborah L. Butler, and their children: Pastor Andre Butler (granddaughters Alexis, Angela, and April), Pastor MiChelle Ferguson and husband Pastor Lee (grandson Lucas), and Minister Kristina Jenkins and husband Pastor Joel (grandsons Andrew and Austin, and granddaughter Alyssa).