ROBBERY IS THE ROOT OF THE SPIRIT OF POVERTY! Yes that is what the Lord said to me this morning. We have been robbed for so long we do not believe we are loved, we are wanted, we are desired, we are needed, we are accepted, we are prosperous, we are generous, we are… We hang on tightly to what we think will run out. This is the spirit of poverty, which is rooted in robbery.

I know that is a lot to think about so early on a Wednesday morning, but when a root is revealed fruit is no longer concealed. The root of poverty is robbery. We have been robbed by those who have a spirit of poverty and that robbery has created in us a spirit of poverty. A spirit of poverty is the belief there is not enough, so I have to fight to get a piece of the pie.

Think about what you have been robbed of in finances, relationships, time, energy, you name it. Robbery is not poor stewardship, robbery is a thief has come in and took something that is rightfully yours. John 10 says, “Jesus again said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, I am the door of the sheep. All who came before me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not listen to them. I am the door. If anyone enters by me, he will be saved and will go in and out and find pasture. The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life and have it abundantly.” A voice has robbed you of what belongs to you.

Proverbs 6 says, “When the thief is caught, he must repay sevenfold of what was stolen, even if it costs him his whole house.” Friends, you have been stolen from by a thief. The thief is a spirit of poverty that is continually robbing you of what you have been given freely. God is a God of abundance, there is more than enough of everything, catch the thief in your life, so you no longer operate in a spirit of poverty when you have been given access to abundance. It is time to stop listening to the voice that robs from you and agree with the voice that is speaking abundance to you.