REBOOT – to start (something) anew; to refresh (something) by making a new start or creating a new version; to make a fresh start; give fresh impetus or forward motion to something.
Psalms 51:12 | NKJV Restore to me the joy of Your salvation, And uphold me by Your generous Spirit.
This word appears over 1058 times in the Old Testament.
Manage – the organization of the resource at your disposal to accomplish the desired purpose.
Simplifying your life is to make good choices, choosing those things that are needful to organize the resources of our lives.
The solution to a complicated life is to be a better manager of your life.
The resources of our lives can be categorized in three general areas:
- Time Management
- Resource Management
- Relationship Management
We can also see that the complications of our lives will show up in these three areas of our lives.
Resource Management
There are some truths that we must learn about resource management:
- God is not against His people having wealth and blessing in their lives.
- He does not want wealth and materialism to control or dominate our lives.
1 Timothy 6:17 | TPT To all the rich of this world, I command you not to be wrapped in thoughts of pride over your prosperity, or rely on your wealth, for your riches are unreliable and nothing compared to the living God. Trust instead in the one who has lavished upon us all good things, fulfilling our every need.
- God has a plan whereby He wants to get His blessing into our lives, and we must follow that plan to experience His highest and best.
There are some mindsets that we must have so that we manage our resources properly:
- Our goals and objectives must always be about His objectives.
Matthew 6:33 | AMPC But seek (aim at and strive after) first of all His kingdom and His righteousness (His way of doing and being right), and then all these things taken together will be given you besides.
- We are simply managers or stewards of the resources that God puts into our hands.
Our responsibility is to effectively manage what God entrusts to us so that it multiplies for His glory.
Matthew 25:21 | NKJV His lord said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant; you were faithful over a few things, I will make you ruler over many things. Enter into the joy of your lord.’
- Our main objective in resource management should be to make as many of our resources available for God’s plans in the earth.
- God empowers us supernaturally to generate income for us to be a greater blessing in the earth.
Deuteronomy 8:18 | NKJV “And you shall remember the LORD your God, for it is He who gives you power to get wealth, that He may establish His covenant which He swore to your fathers, as it is this day.
- Tithing is a Biblical, New Testament principle that opens the door for God’s blessing on our resources.
Malachi 3:10 | NLT Bring all the tithes into the storehouse so there will be enough food in My Temple. If you do,” says the LORD of Heaven’s Armies, “I will open the windows of heaven for you. I will pour out a blessing so great you won’t have enough room to take it in! Try it! Put Me to the test!
Hebrews 7:8 | NKJV Here mortal men receive tithes, but there he receives them, of whom it is witnessed that he lives.
- Giving in addition to your tithes to further the work of God is seed that God can bless and bring harvest into our lives.
2 Corinthians 9:6-11 | AMPC (6) [Remember] this: he who sows sparingly and grudgingly will also reap sparingly and grudgingly, and he who sows generously [that blessings may come to someone] will also reap generously and with blessings. (7) Let each one [give] as he has made up his own mind and purposed in his heart, not reluctantly or sorrowfully or under compulsion, for God loves (He takes pleasure in, prizes above other things, and is unwilling to abandon or to do without) a cheerful (joyous, “prompt to do it”) giver [whose heart is in his giving]. [Prov. 22:9.] (8) And God is able to make all grace (every favor and earthly blessing) come to you in abundance, so that you may always and under all circumstances and whatever the need be self-sufficient [possessing enough to require no aid or support and furnished in abundance for every good work and charitable donation]. (9) As it is written, He [the benevolent person] scatters abroad; He gives to the poor; His deeds of justice and goodness and kindness and benevolence will go on and endure forever! [Ps. 112:9.] (10) And [God] Who provides seed for the sower and bread for eating will also provide and multiply your [resources for] sowing and increase the fruits of your righteousness [which manifests itself in active goodness, kindness, and charity]. (11) Thus you will be enriched in all things and in every way, so that you can be generous, and [your generosity as it is] administered by us will bring forth thanksgiving to God.
- A budget is simply a plan of how your money will be allocated and spent.
Luke 14:28 | NLT “But don’t begin until you count the cost. For who would begin construction of a building without first calculating the cost to see if there is enough money to finish it?
Proverbs 27:23-24 | AMPC Be diligent to know the state of your flocks, and look well to your herds; (24) For riches are not forever; does a crown endure to all generations?
- It is not a sin to borrow money, However, it is a sin to fail to pay it back.
Romans 13:8 | AMPC Keep out of debt and owe no man anything, except to love one another; for he who loves his neighbor [who practices loving others] has fulfilled the Law [relating to one’s fellowmen, meeting all its requirements].
The word “owe” in the Greek means to fail in duty or an obligation. If borrowing was a sin, then why did God tell the Children of Israel to get other people into sin when He said:
Deuteronomy 28:12 | NKJV “…You shall lend to many nations, but you shall not borrow.
- It is a sin to overextend or over-obligate yourself through debt.
Proverbs 22:7 NKJV The rich rules over the poor, And the borrower is servant to the lender.
Overextending yourself is the same as bondage or enslavement.