My schedule was already set up, and it dictated that I use
an airplane. You can’t operate on our schedule and use the airlines
or an automobile. It was set up around a private plane.
Airlines service 650 airports in the United States. We service
8,000 with our own plane. So you can see that there was an
immediate need for another airplane.
God said, “When you give the airplane, this deposit will
enable you to call for a withdrawal to handle your television
ministry.” Well, in order to film it and put it on the air before
the people, we needed several months’ time and thousands of
dollars. The Lord had already shown me how it was to operate—
the people who heard the Word would support it in order
for others to hear it. But there was a certain period of time
when the television ministry would not be exposed to anyone.
This created a need in addition to the need for an airplane. The
Lord said, “I’ll handle it for you if you’ll make the proper
deposits.” So we did.
On February 21, just 10 days later, we had a new airplane
and the money for the television ministry. Just 10 days! Only
God could handle a situation like that. The second airplane was
worth five times more than the first one. It was larger and faster,
flew higher and farther. In fact, it was exactly the plane that I
had asked for, and all the bills were paid! Praise the Lord!
We need to learn how to make the proper deposits in our
heavenly bank so that we can withdraw from it when needed.
Once you realize you have this on deposit, it will become easy
to believe God for it. Your faith will not work easier. It’s not difficult
to believe God for the money you have on deposit at the
corner bank. You don’t have to exercise your faith to write a
check on it. But it takes a considerable amount of faith to get
money when you don’t have any on deposit. The same principle
works with God. The reason this action took place so fast in my
case was because the deposit had already been made. It was
there in heaven and available on call. There are many people
who have made these deposits with God and have never called
for them because they don’t realize they are laid up in store for
them now.
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Kenneth Copeland — Ready To Sow Part 3
Kenneth Copeland — Ready To Sow Part 1
While I was in prayer one afternoon during a meeting in
Dayton, Ohio, the Lord drew me to this portion of scripture
about laying up treasures in heaven where neither moth nor
rust corrupts. As I read this, the Lord said, “This rust and corruption
is inflation and depression.” If you will let heaven be
your financial reservoir—your bank and depository where you
place your trust—regardless of what happens to the world’s system,
you will always have more than enough! Then the Lord
said, “I did not say this treasure could not be used until you get
to heaven.” First Timothy 6:19 says to lay up for yourselves a
good foundation for the time to come when you will need it. A
heavenly bank is not subject to theft and ruin; it will always be
there when you need it.
Up to this time I was under the impression that when I
gave, I could expect the entire amount plus the hundredfold
return on it immediately, but there were times when it didn’t
work like that. I was confused, so I asked the Lord about it. My
needs were always abundantly met, but I didn’t fully understand
what was happening. The Lord explained it this way:
“There was no use in My transferring money which you
had laid up in heaven to an earthly bank when you didn’t need
all of it at the time. When money is on earth, it is vulnerable to
Satan and to the world’s system of finance. If I gave you $1,000
today, in nine months’ time, it probably wouldn’t be worth
more than $750. You need to learn to exercise your faith in the
fact that you have this money on deposit, and when you need
it, all you have to do is call for it. Make your deposits with Me
according to the rate of exchange which My Word guarantees
and operate under My system of finance instead of the world’s
system. We can make it work at the current rate of exchange at
that time. It won’t matter if it takes a billion dollars to buy a
loaf of bread—I [God] can afford it!” If God can afford it, so
can I. He’s my Father!