Rebuilding the River
A good man leaves an inheritance to his children’s children, but the wealth of the sinner is stored up for the righteous.
— Proverbs 13:22
At church, we’ve been talking a lot about spiritual legacy, how to pass on a life of faith, obedience, and intimacy with God to the next generation. And it made me think about another kind of legacy that is just as spiritual, yet often forgotten, Financial legacy! Not just money, but the kind of wisdom and stewardship that can carry God’s blessing through generations.
Recently, I was working on my family tree, and I noticed something that really caught me by surprise; on both sides of my family, my mother’s and my father’s their grandfathers and even their fathers were wealthy men. They were respected in their communities, with land, businesses, and the kind of stability many people work years to build. But somewhere along the line, the wealth didn’t continue, It stopped with their generation! My parents’ generation had to start again from the bottom and now, so do we.
This realization stirred something in me, not just as a family member but as a believer. Because wealth that stops with one generation is not a blessing fulfilled, it’s a blessing interrupted.
I started asking myself deeper questions. How does wealth vanish like that? What principles were missed, what wisdom was not passed down? And more importantly, how do we make sure that we don’t repeat the same pattern?
As i’ve been learning about financial stewardship in the Kingdom, I am realizing that money is spiritual and that managing it well is not just about discipline but about discipleship. When God blesses us, He does not just bless us for ourselves, he blesses us so we can be part of something bigger than us, so we can build rivers of provision that flow to others long after we’re gone.
Reading books like The Blessed Life by Robert Morris, Financial Stewardship by Andrew Wommack, and Straight Forward Financial Growth by Moses Mukisa opened my eyes to something I hadn’t seen clearly before. God is not trying to take from me when He asks for the firstfruits for example but He is trying to train me, He is trying to set my heart free from fear, from control, and from a survival mentality. Because let’s be honest, many of us have worked hard, but we have not always seen the fruit last and that is not just an economic issue, it’s a spiritual one.
When we tithe, when we give, when we invest with purpose, we are not losing, we are planting. And the fruit of that planting might not always be seen in our account next week, but it will be seen in our legacy.
I want to be the generation that starts the river again, the one who doesn’t just pass down stories of faith, but also systems of stewardship! I want the children of my children to not just hear that God provides, but to live in the overflow of what was managed faithfully and that begins with me.
It begins with learning, with asking the Holy Spirit to teach me how to handle money in a way that honors God. It begins with budgeting and saving and giving not just occasionally but as a rhythm of trust. It begins with seeing giving not as a loss but as a declaration of who my source is, It begins with refusing to live by fear, even when resources seem tight. Because fear of lack makes us hoard but faith in God makes us flow.
I want to start giving first, I want to begin my month by honoring God with what I have before I honor my bills. I want to be someone who can say, “God is first,” not only in words, but in my bank statements, I want to build a life that makes heaven and earth agree: this one can be trusted.
So yes, this blog is about money but more than that, it is about faith. It is about healing the financial gaps in our bloodlines, It is about ending the cycle of wealth that comes and goes, It is about understanding that true riches are not just about what we keep, but about what we can pass on.
I believe God is raising people in our generation who will walk in wealth, not just for comfort, but for purpose. People who will rebuild the river that once dried up, people who will steward their portion so well that their ceiling becomes the next generation’s floor.
May we be those people.
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