Over the years I have shared stories with you about my grandchildren, Bryson and Brailee. Often God speaks to me through these kids. Or He shows me something through them. I am so thankful when God does this. Many times, like just the other day, it catches me off guard.
Bryson is a gentle, kind boy. He thinks deeply. He feels deeply. God uses his wonderful personality to teach me a great deal.
Brailee is different from Bryson. She is strong, fierce and bold. She doesn’t have many deep things to say. She is a fly by the seat of her pants kind of girl. She is not concerned about when, how or why. She just wants to have fun and enjoy life.
At seven years old she still has that sweet little girl voice that I love to hear. She never talks harsh or hard, therefore, when I heard the words that began to come out of her mouth, I was stunned. Not only the words, but the force behind the words.
It was a Saturday morning. The kids had spent the night with me. Brailee and I decided to run to Lowes and get some flowers to plant. She wanted daisies. We got ready and off we went.
Her constant jabber was showing her excitement as we headed to Lowe’s. She was talking ninety miles a minute about daisies. I just drove and smiled. I couldn’t get a word in at all.
Suddenly her tone changed. She said to me, “Nana, do you want to have more money?” I laughed out loud. To that response, Brailee demanded, “Nana, I AM ASKING YOU, ANSWER ME, do you want to have more money?” I felt the atmosphere change and I knew God was speaking to me. I answered this little child and said, “yes, I do.”
With a forceful voice she began to give me instruction. She said, “well, then you have to get seeds and lots of seeds, do you hear me, you have to plant seeds everywhere and keep planting them, do you hear me?” I responded, “yes, I hear you.” Again, she questioned me. “Nana, do you want to have more money?” I again answered, “yes, I do.” She continued, “NANA, do you want so much money that you have enough to take a bath in?” To this I laughed out loud.
She however, did not find it funny. She went on to say, “NANA, I am serious, DO YOU? YOU MUST ANSWER ME, DO YOU?” I said, “yes, Brailee.” She again said, “then you must listen to me and do what I say. Get seeds, lots of seeds, seven dollars’ worth, do you hear me? Seven dollars’ worth and plant them everywhere, keep on planting them. You must plant them. Plant lots and lots of seeds, do you understand?”
She continued talking to me in a firm voice. She said, “Nana, you are going to have seven dollars, SEVEN DOLLARS and you have to plant lots and lots of seeds, okay?” I said, “okay Brailee, I will do it.”
As quickly as it began, she stopped speaking and began talking about daisies again.
While she moved on, I could not stop thinking about all she had said. I began to ask God to explain to me what He wanted me to do with seven dollars. I thought about how she said the seven dollars would come to me. How she instructed me to sow seeds and keep sowing seeds.
Now, you all know I have been studying about Deuteronomy 8:18 all year, but I certainly had not talked to Brailee about it. She is only seven years old. I didn’t even talk to Breanne about what I had been studying. I didn’t talk with her about what God was showing me about sowing seeds. This conversation completely took me by surprise.
I wanted to share this, but I had to process it myself. I have thought about it a lot.
I shared with Breanne what Brailee had said. Breanne asked Brailee about it, to which she responded, “I told her what she had to do if she wants more money.”
A few days went by. One morning I walked to my mailbox. I had an envelope from a friend. I opened it up and laughed out loud as I counted seven dollars. She had sent me seven dollars!
That very night, I was checking my email. I had a receipt from PayPal. Someone had sent me a personal offering. The offering amount was $7. The attached note said, “do with this whatever you want, buy seeds if you want.” I could have fell out of my chair when I read that.
All this simply confirmed that God was speaking to me through my little Brailee.
God wants us to prosper. Just as He wants us to be whole in our bodies. It is part of our covenant with God, through Jesus. I intend to lay hold of all God has for me. ALL HE HAS FOR ME. That includes prosperity. I believe as I have diligently sought Him for answers concerning prosperity, He is giving them to me. Even through a seven-year-old. I am listening. I am obeying.
We are in such an amazing season. I am fully persuaded that God wants us, you and I, walking in all that was purchased for us through the shed blood of Jesus Christ. That includes health, wholeness and prosperity. This is our year friends, let’s lay hold of the manifestation of all that belongs to us. It’s time, let’s take our land!
“The first day you prayed for restoration, it began that moment.” – KP
