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The Power of Generosity: God's Promotion System
February 27, 2024 · 28 min
Join Gary and Drenda Keesee as they discuss God’s promotion system and share an amazing story of a couple who went from nothing to owning a million-dollar business!
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0:01 Are you someone God can trust with success? Well, today we're gonna talk about God's promotion system.0:06 Plus, an amazing story of a couple who went from nothing to owning 1000000 dollar business. It's all happening right here.0:14 I guarantee you don't wanna miss this 1.0:19 From the Your Financial Revolution series, the power of generosity.0:27 Being generous is acting like God does.0:35 This is Gary Kasey.0:49 Hi, I'm Gary Kassi.0:50 And I'm Drenda Kassi. We're so glad you joined us.0:53 Wow, it's such a great day to be alive and be free. You know, I love doing this. Love you. We just love sharing the kingdom because that's what changed our lives.1:01 Yes. It changes lives. It changes our life as we share Yes. It just gets more exciting. It is. There's joy in that.1:07 It is so exciting.1:08 I have a story here Gary, just a real quick. Steve says, hi Gary, just wanted to let you know that when you talk about coming into agreement with your ministry, sowing and receiving, it made my life much better. I don't1:20 worry about my money anymore because when I sow, I know that I will receive. Thanks for all that you and Brenda do, Steve. Awesome. Awesome. Fear1:30 is not part of the kingdom.1:31 No, it's not.1:32 The laws of the kingdom give us assurance and confidence that it's gonna work every time. Mhmm. And that's what we try to help understand.1:38 Gary, you just wrote a book, Your Financial Revolution1:41 Mhmm.1:41 The Power of Generosity. And Fifth.1:45 Wow. Fifth. Yes. Yes. Fifth.1:47 And it's excellent. I can't wait even till we release the whole set. But I I know Gary, everyone wants success. You don't meet anyone that says, I wanna fail in Yeah. Life. But there are keys, especially to1:59 do it God's way. The world's definition of success doesn't really turn out to be success. We talked about that. But God's way brings blessing in every area. You're reading the2:11 scripture in second Corinthians 9 in another program about he'll make you rich in every in every you can be Mhmm. Generous on every occasion. So what is the key to success? How God's way?2:22 There are many keys. Alright. As you said, you can pursue it yourself and crash and burn by your life being out of balance. But God has a a strategy of success. Principles you can follow that will2:35 let me say it this way. I said this throughout this series that you have a choice. You can pursue your own success or you can pursue God's success and handle his2:47 money and your money. And, you know, having God on the team is pretty powerful because Absolutely. He knows quite a bit. Yes. He can help you get there. But specifically today, I wanna talk about2:59 a parable. In my mind, in my in my experience, this is the toughest parable. This parable lays it out so clear, but yet so it makes you3:11 stop and think.3:12 It's profound.3:12 It's profound. That's the word I'm looking for.3:14 But it also has accountability3:16 But it is it lays out 1 of the greatest keys to success in life. And it's the parable of the shrewd manager.3:27 Now, I'm3:28 sure you're gonna put another, you have such revelation on how these parables3:34 These are written3:35 What they unveil.3:36 Teach us kingdom law and kingdom principles. And this 1 is every time I read it, it just makes me think. So let's talk about it. The parable of shrewd managers3:48 in Luke chapter 16 and to set the stage, this owner of a company so to speak, fires his manager because he has been dishonest with the3:59 owner's money. He's been wasting it. And so as this guy prepares to leave the company, he goes to all of the vendors that owe I mean, I guess people that owe his company money. I guess they're the4:11 vendor. People owe his company money. He goes to them and say, hey, quickly, you know, here's here's the bill. I'm gonna cut it in half if you pay it right now. Now, whose money is he stealing?4:23 The His money. It's always easy to give the4:27 owners money.4:28 Yeah. The owners money away. And so he does that through a few things, through companies. And so the master hears about this and he confronts him. And let me read this to you what he says in verse4:39 8. He commends the dishonest manager because he acted shrewdly. Now the definition of shrewdly is clever awareness,4:51 resourcefulness, especially in practical manners. In other words, this guy had the ability to put together a plan of of advancing himself. But he had not he had not5:03 and never demonstrated that on behalf of the master's business. He was all about himself.5:08 So wasn't that he lacked the ability have the capacity. He didn't care. He cared about himself and not about his boss. Care.5:17 About himself. Let me say it's plain as it can be. He was a hireling. Okay? Now, he the master goes on and talks and then Jesus gives us some insights5:29 in this parable that are profound. I mean, like you said, profound. Whoever can be trusted with little can be trusted with much. And whoever is dishonest with little5:41 will be dishonest with much. So if you've not been trustworthy in handling worldly wealth, note that, worldly wealth, who will trust you with true riches? And if you've not been trustworthy with someone else's5:52 property, who will give you property of your own? Let's talk about this. This is this is a5:59 there's a lot there.6:00 There's a lot there. You have to pass the trust test with worldly things first. David was trustworthy with a trust concerning6:11 sheep. Right? Sheep. Right. He risked his life to protect the sheep. Sheep. His dad's sheep. You you have to pass the6:22 loyalty test on worldly things. Now, we have people running around, where's the anointing? I wanna serve God. But they missed the whole point. They're trying to jump ahead and try to6:34 promote things, make things happen. That's not how God operates. See, God knows where you're at. He knew where David was.6:43 Sure.6:43 He knew his name. He knew what he was doing. He had been given a trust. In his era of time, that wasn't a very esteemed position to be a shepherd.6:51 No. It wasn't. Even so much so that his dad didn't even call him in.6:54 Never6:55 When the prophet came to6:57 That's right.6:57 See which 1 could be the king.6:58 That's exactly right. But David passed the loyalty test. Willing to risk his life for the sheep or admit this way, risk his life on behalf of the7:10 assignment.7:11 That's good.7:13 What would it cost him? Everything. Could have cost him everything. Sure. Alright. So, you have to be trustworthy with the worldly assignments and trust7:24 first to qualify for God's assignments. Which are7:29 the true riches.7:30 The true riches, but that's the assignment where you get to handle God's money and others. This guy was disqualified. If he was disqualified, there must be a way he could become qualified. Right? Right. So7:42 he was disqualified because he was wasting the resources. He had no care about the master. He is a hireling. He's there for 1 purpose, that's himself. The master commends him for that7:53 because, oh, gee, guys. You you have the ability to produce all kinds of strategies for gain and profit, but only for you. Mhmm. Because you're a hireling. Alright. Now, now we we8:05 go a step further and it gets a little more intense with this parable. Okay? So, Jesus defines a hireling in John chapter 10 as someone who runs when the the wolf8:17 comes or the bear comes. It says, because they do not care for the sheep. They're a hireling. Now, this guy, he was a hireling.8:26 Self preservation was more important Yeah. To him than the assignment or anything else.8:31 Exactly. Now, let me ask you this. This is a tough question. Okay? Christians Uh-oh. Typically typically give what's left over. When it comes time to give, hey, it's time8:43 to give a support this cause. Let's support this, assignment. You know, God's we're we're doing this. They look at their budgets and they come up with what can we afford. What can we do? And again, there's no8:54 condemnation in this. I'm just giving a principle here. What can I afford? And they'll give, you know, whatever it is. But they'll go out the same day and buy a brand new car, brand new boat, whatever it is.9:03 Same thing with time.9:05 Time, whatever it is. But they give God the leftovers. So I need to ask a question. Do you qualify to handle God's money? Are and this is the tough question. Are you9:17 a Christian hireling? Do you care more about your stuff than God's stuff?9:22 How do we know this, Gary? How do we test9:24 we can test you first off, you can give me your checkbook. I'll tell you in 2 seconds.9:29 Mhmm.9:29 Okay? But are you a Christian hireling or are you on board in the family business, the people business? Now, let's understand this. This guy was disqualified because he didn't handle the money on behalf9:41 of the master. But if God finds someone who is trustworthy, guess what he's gonna do? He's gonna promote that person.9:50 He's gonna give them true9:52 big ideas. Yes. He's going to give him the multi million dollar idea. He's gonna give him the business concept. Right?9:59 Right.10:00 And that guy's gonna prosper big time. But this is a tough question. As you read this, this guy was a hireling. He's do I really care about funding God's10:11 assignments? Am I a Christian hireling?10:16 And what did Jesus say when he actually laid this parable this parable out? How did he present this to10:23 pretty clearly, if you've not been trustworthy with someone else's property, who will give you property of your own?10:31 Wow. That speaks so much, Gary. Because through the years we've talked to people who they wanna own a home. They wanna have their own business or they wanna have their own ministry and they haven't been willing10:42 to do what needed to be done to care of somebody else's. We've seen people do so many things that had lacked integrity, lacked character. Yes. And you know, talent they always say can take you somewhere your10:54 character can't keep you. And it's true when we've seen this play out, and it's just a matter of time you feel kinda like that sick feeling in your stomach for them because you know, oh, no. You know. They're making a11:05 decision that in the in the long run, they think is gonna advance them. Yep. But it's actually gonna set them way back.11:11 But everyone has to pass this test. Everyone must pass it. In fact, Jesus said, no 1 can serve 2 masters. Either he's gonna hate the 1, love the other, or he'll be devoted to the 1 and despise the other. You cannot11:22 serve both God and money. Now, that that's wonderful. Because what it's saying is, I have a choice.11:30 Right.11:31 And if I wanna serve God and I am all for God and I'm I'm gonna be count me on the team. Wow. I have a wonderful future.11:38 But I love what you teach because just like Steve said, because he's learned how to engage the kingdom of God, sowing and reaping, now he can trust God's taking care of his money. And you know, people sometimes say,11:50 well, why do you talk about money? Because we don't want people to worship money. We don't people to run after money to love God instead. But when you don't know how to meet your needs, it's very easy for people to worry12:00 about money. And so, when you teach them, you teach so well and you're a you're a revolution, your financial revolution, you help people understand the principles that God put in place to take care of their provisions so12:12 they don't have to run after the things of life. Have to run after money and get the priorities messed up. Mhmm.12:19 It didn't say seek first God. It says seek first the kingdom, the operation, the laws of the kingdom. Do things according to God's laws because he already gave you the entire kingdom. But if you begin to apply12:31 the laws of the kingdom, learn how old testament laws. You're talking about seek first the God and all these things will be added to you because you already have them. But learning how to appropriate them through the12:42 kingdom, the laws of the kingdom is essential. So, when we come right back, we're gonna talk more about this because this is vital to your success.12:51 Yes. And we're gonna12:52 right back with12:53 some great awesome.12:57 We'll be right back.13:00 No matter how long you've been a Christian, you probably still have questions about God and his kingdom. Because you asked, faith is a mentorship CD that answers your specific questions about13:12 faith. Understand the will and character of God, know how to determine if you're truly in faith, and learn exactly how the kingdom of God operates. Head to our website, Gary13:24 Kasey dot TV, so we can send you this important audio teaching.13:32 So we're talking about promotion God's way. That's the best way. It's also much bigger than you can manufacture yourself. Right? Right. And the principles to qualify. To qualify, to catch13:44 God's attention, to give you a trust, to give you access to his assignments which are big big assignments. So it's good. And I wanna make another point here because, you might remember King13:55 Saul. King Saul in first Samuel 15. He was disqualified. We talk about the manager being disqualified. Saul, the king himself was disqualified. Remember, he built14:07 a idol to himself, a statue to himself. He's all about himself and he was disqualified to the point that God even said, I regret. This is in verse 10 of that14:19 chapter. I regret that I have made Saul king because he's turned away from me and not carried out my instructions.14:27 Wow. I wouldn't wanna be that person that God regretted putting in a position.14:31 Yeah. Well, you wouldn't want to be Saul either because it wasn't good. But here's what happened. The Lord found another king, David. But I want you to listen to what he said about David. Why did14:43 he pick David? Yeah. It says this, after removing Saul, this acts 13 22. After removing Saul, he made David their king. God testified concerning David. I have found David, son of Jesse, a14:54 man after my own heart. He will do everything I want him to do. Now, in Christian circles, I love God. I love God. I love God with my heart. But what does God say? Right. If you love me, you'll keep my15:06 commandments.15:07 Yes.15:07 David was called to being a king because God could trust him to do. Yes. What he said to do.15:15 That's good Gary. Jesus said, why do you call me Lord, Lord and do not do the things I say.15:21 Exactly. So we15:21 qualify Our actions.15:23 For the next assignment. Of course, we have that story. You might tell us. It's a great story15:27 coming up. Brad and Charity, a phenomenal couple. They went from 200 dollars left. That's all they had. And God, because of their heart, just like King David, they were able to produce a15:39 phenomenal 6 figure income and business that continues to grow. Take a look at their story.15:48 I started the business after desiring to have products for wavy hair, but at the time I wasn't making the products to15:59 sell. I just was passionate about black hair and so I started giving my friends recipes on how to mix their own products and 1 day a friend of mine came to me and said, why don't you do that16:11 work? Make the products and sell to us. And so I started making natural products. I started praying, what do I call the business? And16:23 what I heard was Uhuru. Uhuru is a Swahili name that means freedom. I just said, yeah, I'll call it Uhuru Naturals. God said that the reason he told me to call it16:35 Uhuru, freedom, is because he would give us financial freedom through the business. So that really blessed me. But the biggest thing that happened is at the women's conference16:47 because I would say we made 350 dollars. We paid 150 for the table and 200 dollars we felt like we needed to sow it as first fruit and so we went to pastor16:59 Gary, he prayed over the seed. We told him we want a business.17:03 What really took us to the next level, early in 20 17 after we sold some products, started to grow a little bit, 1 of her suppliers called from California. He was an17:15 ostrich farmer and he was wanting to sell his ostrich oil company and he wondered if we wanted to buy it. But we'd already promised each other we would not take a loan out for anything and he wanted 40000 dollars and he17:26 he didn't want to finance it.17:28 Something told me that it could be done. I didn't know how but I knew it could be done. So I approached Brad with a positive attitude that we can do this. So I said, okay,17:40 let's go to California. He said, let's get tickets because he wanted us to go and see the the company.17:44 I guess the closer we got to the ostrich farm, the more nervous I got because I'm asking the Lord now what do I tell this guy about how we're gonna purchase this ostrich oil company when I don't I had the money for the17:56 plane ticket, but I didn't have the money to buy the company. They showed us around and then they told us that they had another buyer. So circumstances weren't lining up with, you know, with us purchasing this18:08 ostrich oil company. Before I left he said, I am the president of the American Ostrich Oil Association and I want, I need an IT person. I told him that I worked in IT and he said,18:20 I need someone to work my webinar. Would you meet me in Dallas? So I said, Sure. He said he would pay for the flight, he would take care of everything and I brought Charity with me and we actually helped him out. So we18:31 built a relationship with him. He said, we we meet a lot of people, but there was just something about you guys. We feel like we're gonna have a long term relationship with you and we, you know, we're gonna tell those18:40 other people we found a buyer and that it's no longer for sale to them. He was willing to sell it to us. And then he asked me, how soon do you think you can get me the money? And I was like,18:53 very nervous again. And I and I I turned to Charity,18:56 she says, just time a couple weeks.18:58 And so I said, well, we think we can come up with the money in a couple weeks.19:02 Before we knew it, the couple accepted to take payments for the business for for the and they sold us the Ostrichol company. We paid it off actually, last year. I19:13 remember telling Brad, today I got it. I got what the pastor is saying. He's not asking us to give from our paycheck. He's asking us to partner with God so that God19:25 will give us the money so that we can fund his kingdom. I said, and Brad, if he's going to give us that figure, he's not gonna leave us broke. He's gonna leave us with some19:37 money. I said, okay, let's do it. Between April and August, things were just normal. Nothing was really moving fast, but something happened in August that forever19:48 changed our lives. I found a product from Chad in Africa for natural black hair. So when I found this product, I was able to19:59 formulate other products using the ostrichol company, the the ostrichol that had just bought, so I'd mix with this product from Chad and we made20:11 the perfect product for black hair. By November, the sales had really started picking up. I saw on Etsy, eBay, Amazon, and our own website. And so20:23 this year, 1 year later, we were able to finish the goal that was meant we had thought would pay it off in 3 years, but we just go Half20:33 the time. It has to be supernatural because we're in a small suburb in central Ohio and we're selling ostrich oil and shea bay powder all over the world. We are20:45 speechless. Yeah. We like the we we remember a scripture in the bible in the old testament says we are like those who dream to dream. And we certainly are like those who dream to dream. We went from a shoe rack and a20:55 bucket of shea butter and starting our launching our business in the woman's conference at Faith Life Church21:02 Yeah.21:02 To paying off our journey in half the time. And only God could do that. Only God. We're just in awe of what he could do. It's not like we had all the money first. I mean, it's easy to21:14 set a goal when you already have the money. But when it's completely impossible and you're shocked to even write it down on a piece of paper and you see it happen, there's nothing like21:26 it. There's just nothing like it.21:28 I mean, really, if it can happen for me, it can happen for anyone.21:39 What a great story. You can see the generosity in Brad and Charity's heart to want to give. They wanted to build a business to give and that was our motivation to start a business as well. And it's the same21:50 principle and many more that Gary's covering in the power of generosity. They wanted to be generous. Yes. And God gave them the ideas Exactly. And he promoted and gave them the finances to purchase the business. Yeah.22:03 Gave them the, I call it, divine appointments.22:06 Mhmm.22:06 The intersection of favor and people. God orchestrated their steps because their heart, as you said, Jrenda, their heart was they're giving to give. Their heart is for the kingdom.22:18 And they knew that if they set themselves in that posture, you remember what she said? God is not gonna leave us with no money.22:26 Yes.22:27 God is gonna bless us. And they have just had phenomenal phenomenal success. And it just keeps growing and growing and growing. I like the scripture. Yeah.22:38 I'm thinking of the scripture. The Lord has been mindful of us. He will bless us. Yeah. We had that on our refrigerator and mirror for years. Mhmm. And it's true. We make the Lord mindful of us when our heart is his22:49 heart. And we're in the family business and we care about what God cares about. He loves all the kids. But, you know, you do put yourself in a position that God is mindful of you Yes. Because of your23:01 generosity.23:01 I have a series on that. It's called, are you 1 of God's favorites? Mhmm. God loves all of his kids. But even parents know which kid to give the assignment to knowing it'll get done. Mhmm. Right?23:13 Right. So God, you know, he's looking, who can I give this assignment to? Because he wants it done. That's why Saul was disqualified. That's why David was promoted. And that's why23:25 you'll be promoted as well as you put God first and you take part in God's business. He's gonna make sure that you get the ideas, the download from heaven, the direction, the divine appointment. Mhmm. He's gonna make23:36 sure that he works with you Yes. And helps you in promotion.23:40 And Jesus said, give and it shall be given unto you.23:42 That's right.23:43 Good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over. That's the words of our Lord. Sometimes people say, well you shouldn't give to get what your heart motivation is not. I'm just trying to get something for23:53 myself. But it is perfectly right. Jesus put that promise out that we give and it's given back to us because he wanted you and I to be able to trust him for our provision and not to run24:05 after money, not to worry, but to be able to completely have a heart for God, his kingdom, and then he would take care of all those things. Just like Steve was saying earlier in the testimony.24:16 And that's the key. That's the key to life.24:18 It is.24:19 And that's your key as well. To follow the word. Put God first and go back and review that parable. Luke 16. And get the book. It's gonna help you. It's gonna teach you a lot about how to step into that24:30 posture to enable God to bless you. We'll see you next time right here.24:36 Gary and Drenda wanna thank their Team Revolution partners for helping make today's program possible.24:56 Generosity supersedes words. I wanna talk to you about generosity and how it opens the heart of people and the goodness of God.25:08 The dictionary defines generous as showing a readiness to give more of something25:13 than is strictly necessary or expected.25:17 Being generous is acting like God does.25:21 I'm sure we've all felt the power of someone else's generosity in our lives. 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