Psst! Wanna hear a secret? It has to do with my IPhone. At the time of writing, my online activities have used up 100 Mb of data. This is Day 6 of the billing period. Why is this significant, you ask?

Until last month, this would’ve been cause for concern. You see, the previous plan allowed for only 500 Mb total usage for the entire month…which would mean that I had already used up 20% of that allowance.

In order to avoid paying additional charges, I would need to be extremely vigilant to ensure that the 500Mb mark was not exceeded. No downloading mp3’s, no viewing videos 🙁

All of that changed with this month’s newly-negotiated plan. Thanks to a promotional offer, I now have 2 Gb of data, which is four times my previous allowance (with a price reduction to boot, yeah, God!).

Do the math…there is still 1.9 Gb left to use up this month before being penalized. The same pressure is not there anymore when only 5% has been used to date.

Makes a big difference when you work from abundance, doesn’t it?

Listen to the apostle Paul’s reminder to us in Ephesians 1:3—“Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ.”

“Has blessed us.” This is a fait accompli. It has already been done.

“Every spiritual blessing.” Everything we need is already in place.

Yes, it is in heavenly places…but did Jesus not teach us to pray: “on earth as it is in heaven?”

The reason it is stored in heavenly places is so that it can be accessed by us here on earth!

When we are aware of this reality, then we can work from abundance.

However, when we look only at what we have that is visible, tangible and discernible, it is easy to conclude that we will soon run out of what little we have left.

So, for example, we can look at a declining balance in a bank account and decide that we cannot afford to give any more, so we’d better hoard all we’ve got left.

The word of God assures us: “God is able to bless you abundantly, so that in all things at all times, having all that you need, you will abound in every good work…You will be enriched in every way so that you can be generous on every occasion, and through us your generosity will result in thanksgiving to God.” (2 Corinthians 9:8, 11)

In other words, as we give, the Lord gives back to us…and we realize that He has already blessed us with every spiritual blessing.

When we are aware of His abundance, then we are no longer reluctant to release what He has entrusted to us, amen?

No matter what our need may be—love, joy, peace, patience, self-control, health, finances, unity—He has what we need…and then some.

When we realize that we have access to this abundance, then we do not have to act out of anxiety that what we have will soon be exhausted.

Instead we can act with the confidence that comes from knowing that there is more coming our way than what we have right now.

Dear DWOD friend, how would your life change when you realize that you work from abundance, not scarcity? Please share your responses with the rest of your DWOD family.