Christians: You ought to have invisible assets

Many Christians are not aware of the invisible assets available to them. Those assets from God come only from knowledge gained by studying the manual - which is the Word of God, the Bible. In today's spiritual climate one has to educate oneself.

Much of the current teaching via the church platform and on TV is on how to become a better person, Oh it appeals to the masses, but it's a different thing than having invisible assets from God - and seeing them become tangible through faith.

Such invisible assets are not obtainable for those with a merely cosmetic faith. It requires more than a weekly visit to church. It takes heart faith, a certainty that God will do what He says, when all the circumstances around us scream He cannot.

A great illustration of invisible assets is the Bible account of David going out to fight Goliath (1 Samuel 17). David could see those invisible assets with spiritual eyes, but those around him couldn't. They were fearful. They were operating only in the five senses common to all humans. They went by what they could see, feel, taste, smell, and hear. David's companions saw only the giant, huge and carrying an enormous sword. He dwarfed David, and in human terms David appeared to be easy meat for the giant. After all, David was not a soldier, just a mere shepherd boy. The Bible says he was a youth, small in stature.

Yet David was ignoring the circumstance. He knew God, and he knew the power of God. Previously David had killed a bear and a lion, without weapons. He had been given supernatural strength, and David knew that same power would be available to him in confronting the giant. David saw through spiritual eyes. He had the confidence of a man who knows God.

The crucial moment was when David decided to fight rather than run away. The moment he abandoned all human perceptions God knew his heart and stepped in. That's when God showed him what to do. David went to a brook, picked out several pebbles, put one in his sling and hurled it at the giant. Like a bullet speeding to a practice "bullseye", the stone thumped into the giant's forehead and felled him. David then took the giant's sword and killed him.

It is when we trust God, no matter what our five senses tell us, that the invisible assets come into play. The believer with no money and a pile of bills on the table will pay them when he looks steadfastly at God and not the circumstance. As he keeps believing, God creates the means for the money to come.

In the 19th century George Mueller operated an orphanage in Bristol, England. He ran it entirely on faith, he had a heart for God. By the time Mueller died, seven million dollars had been given to maintain the orphans, though Mueller never asked for money.

Sometimes in the early days the cupboards in the kitchen were bare, the children were sitting at the tables expecting to be fed apparently non-existent food. Mueller prayed and all the children did too. They focused on God. Then there would be a knock at the door. Mueller opened it, and uninvited people entered bearing plates with hot food. Mueller knew that God always honoured His Word - "But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus." Philippians 4:19.

The faith Mueller showed is the kind of faith that makes invisible assets tangible in our lives. They are available, but to see it happen requires commitment, dedication and perseverance which leads to heart faith.