The top ten percent of Americans make half the nation’s income. They also pay seventy percent of the nation’s income taxes.
We are under the impression that the rich are getting richer and the poor are getting poorer, and there’s truth there. Bob McIntyre of Citizens for Tax Justice says, “The vast majority of income gains have gone to the people at the top.”
God desires the rest of us to benefit as well.
John 21:11 tells us:
“So Simon Peter went aboard and hauled the net ashore, full of large fish, 153 of them. And although there were so many, the net was not torn.”
Let’s break this scripture into five parts. Each tells us something different about our upcoming wealth from the Lord.
Simon Peter went aboard.
We have to participate in our wealth creation. It’s not going to magically happen with a prayer and a song. We are part of the process.
He hauled the net ashore.
That takes muscle, and quite a lot of it. For those of us in the 21st century, that means college classes, extra hours on the job, or even taking off in a completely new direction, one out of our comfort zone.
The fish were large.
We mustn’t expect God to do small things for us. When we participate in the wealth-building process, he will reward us greatly.
There were 153 fish.
God knows what we need, and he has a plan in mind to give us our reward. There’s nothing vague or “iffy” about his desires for us. We will get all 153 fish.
The net wasn’t torn.
None of the fish escaped. What was meant for Simon Peter came to him, totally, completely, and with no loss of benefit.
That takes us back to the first part of the verse. While Simon Peter got everything the Lord intended him to have, he would have gotten nothing if he’d never stepped aboard that boat in the first place. God has our great wealth ready for us. It’s up to us to make the first step.
We deserve to be part of the ten percent, and God has a plan to take us there.
What we get from God starts with that first step taken by us.
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