1. Introduction
Today, the theme I want to share with you is The Wind of God's Opportunity. Don't be busy making money. If you desperately try to earn, have you really made money? Actually, you haven't.
A brother came to my office a few days ago and told me that he was losing money every day and also had health problems. I was thinking, why be so busy every day, without time to release? In fact, the busier you are, the more you lose because you haven't seized the opportunities God gives. What matters in a person's life is opportunity, and God controls opportunity. Christians must be prescient and have a judgment about the future, which determines whether you can seize opportunities.
Know that God controls the wind of opportunity. Believing in the Lord is essential. We must seize opportunities now. I taught that brother, and after his mindset changed, the next day, his phone kept ringing with business calls until he was busy with orders. People must seize opportunities with blessings to be blessed!
When we change our mindset, opportunities come. Seize the opportunity to be blessed today. Now, be a Christian who can judge the future. Actually, making money is simple; you don't have to keep working yourself to death. Judging the future is very important.
In the future, opportunities will be in China, and China will be the leading country. How to judge? See where God's wind is blowing. I also have great confidence in the Chinese government; God's wind is blowing towards China. Looking back at history, in the 19th century, Europe evangelized, and Europe became strong; in the 20th century, America evangelized, and America became a superpower; the 21st century is the era of Chinese evangelism – where the gospel is, there is prosperity. This wind has begun to blow to China, to Asia. If you see clearly the wind of God's opportunity, you will seize it; if you don't see clearly, you will lose a lot!
Yesterday, a sister shared a little of her experience, and I felt a slight regret because people don't see clearly what kind of era we are in. The opportunity is in China. She went to study in the UK a few years ago and sold her house in Beijing for 20,000 yuan per square meter, which she now regrets. Later, it rose to 60,000 or 70,000. Now, many people don't know that God's opportunity is in China, so they think the small life in Australia is good. If you accidentally immigrate to Greece, it will be troublesome; an economic crisis would destroy Greece.
I boldly make a prediction: China will become the most powerful country in the world in the future. God will greatly bless our China. The wind of opportunity is blowing in the skies of China. Brothers and sisters, don't say it's not so just because you've experienced some difficulties. If you hold tightly to God, He will surely make you prosper, and the land where you stand will prosper because of your blessings. So, we must know for sure that God controls our opportunities. As long as God gives you a small opportunity, it will solve your big problems. Don't think that working hard is the key to solving problems; grasping God tightly is the key!
2. Scripture
I have seen something else under the sun: The race is not to the swift or the battle to the strong, nor does food come to the wise or wealth to the brilliant or favor to the learned; but time and chance happen to them all. (Ecclesiastes 9:11)
3. Prayer
Lord, let us begin to open our spiritual eyes and see Your will in this era, and be able to seize the opportunities You have given us in this era. Lord Jesus, help us open our eyes to see this era, to see Your revival in China, to revive our Chinese church, to manifest Your omnipotence in China, and to make Your people a blessing to all nations and peoples on this earth! Lord Jesus, we will firmly grasp Your intention and mission. When we are on this earth, we will build Your glorious church and become a blessing to many people. May the place where our feet tread be blessed because of us. May You be with us, lead us, and use us, in the name of Jesus Christ, Amen!
4. Man's Logic and God's Logic
We humans have a set of logic, which is to run fast desperately. God's logic is not that. God's logic is that those who run fast do not necessarily win. Some time ago, I read a book Winning at the Tipping Point. This world often turns, and one turn throws everyone else off. There is a joke that when an earthquake happened in a twenty- or thirty-story building, everyone desperately ran downstairs, not even knowing they were running into the basement. Everyone must know that everything depends on the opportunity at the time. If you run to the first floor but don't come out, you haven't seized the opportunity to go out on the first floor, that is, you haven't seized the opportunity, and you will be afflicted. We should not live in a panic and be busy foolishly. This is not the solution to the problem. We must learn to think and learn to see. The most important thing is to understand that things done desperately may not be done well; you must seize the opportunity that comes at the time. Without opportunity, nothing can be done.
People's minds are too focused on business concepts. The key to business is to desperately do business and make money. This is not the way. Businessmen too much believe in their connections, wisdom, and intelligence. But what is the problem? The problem is that what happens to everyone depends on the opportunity at the time. If you seize the opportunity of a bad thing, the more you do, the more you lose. You have time to lose money, but no time to release. How many of us can truly seize the opportunity? How can those who truly seize the opportunity be poor? We must see through many things. Only by seeing through life and death can we live well, make money, and seize opportunities.
Many of us have misconceptions. Some people are superstitious about degrees. Some time ago, I met the chairman of a large enterprise. When he was a child, his mother didn't let him go to high school. He went to a technical secondary school to work. He always had a complex about pursuing a degree that hadn't been resolved. I pointed it out slightly, not daring to go into detail, saying that what your mother did for you was a great thing; it was precisely because of your mother's mistake that you were blessed. So, it is not necessarily a good thing to study too much, because people may not be able to learn anything in school. It is the workplace where you truly learn with real guns and knives!
Desperately grabbing things is a misconception. Today, we must know that what determines a person's fate is a sudden event. If one disaster can take you back to square one, one opportunity can also bring blessings. What comes is not about whether you fight hard, have wisdom, intelligence, or skill, but about opportunity, about the God who controls opportunity!
God is the God who controls opportunity. Human logical systems are all misconceptions. It is a tragedy that some of us believe in the Lord only halfway. Coming out of the human logical system, there was a man from Sichuan who was very wealthy, driving a Ferrari, but a car accident took everything away, and his life ended. What a tragedy.
Today, we must look at God's logical system. I was also casting out demons last night. With me, the demons dare not come. The era of Chinese theology is coming, and the era of Chinese blessings is coming. I have seen this opportunity and firmly grasped the wind of God's opportunity. Don't miss this opportunity for God to shake the world. When God shakes this era, the opportunity will come. Opportunities are constantly changing. Today, this volatile era is an opportunity. Pain points and problems are opportunities, and economic crises are also opportunities.
When God shakes this world, the opportunity comes. Because opportunities are constantly changing, like investing in stocks. If stocks don't rise or fall, no one has a chance. Some people buy low and sell high, and some people buy high and sell low. It is an opportunity for some and a disaster for others. The generation we live in today is full of opportunities! Some people say, An economic crisis is coming. But I say, Look! An opportunity is coming!
No matter what you do, know for sure that economic crises cannot destroy God's people. Economic crises are also an era for God's people to seize opportunities. Can you open your spiritual eyes? Know that if you grasp God, disasters and snares will be far from us, and we will control opportunities. If we cling to the world, people will not know their appointed time and will easily be trapped by snares.
Moreover, no one knows when their hour will come: As fish are caught in a cruel net, or birds are taken in a snare, so people are trapped by evil times that fall unexpectedly upon them. (Ecclesiastes 9:12)
God is looking for people who can work together with Him in this era. If you can become God's partner, will you not prosper? People do things only when they think it is right. A person's series of choices is the result of their life. A few days ago, a sister came to us. After hearing her story, we saw a series of choices and tragic results because her logical system was deadly; it was human, not divine. According to God's logical system, which is the system in the Bible, doing things will be very prosperous.
Reflect on our logical system. Do we often think we have reached the standard God has given us? Many people are a bit self-righteous when they speak. When a friend of mine was selling a house, he lowered the price, but when he wanted to buy, it was a high price. He didn't know what was going on. I told him it wouldn't be easy to profit that way. But he told another classmate, You should buy a house in Beijing; it's rising fast. Fortunately, that classmate didn't buy it. House prices fluctuate greatly. If you buy a house for ten million yuan, you will lose almost half the price in just one year, which would be a disaster! I told him about my investment experience some time ago, and he regretted not following my advice.
What I mean is, people shouldn't think they know. The dumbest person is the one who thinks they know, but doesn't. In fact, people need to know that connecting with God, God is the source of wisdom and opportunity. Being with God means holding tightly to God's blessings. Much of my savings have been earned through investments, so we must open our spiritual eyes and completely destroy the wrong logical system. The wrong logical system will cause people to make a series of wrong choices, but people often don't know it. Like a sister said yesterday, Some people don't believe in God, but how can they live so well? But they don't know the story behind people's lives. Looking at it up close is different from looking at it from afar. Every family has its own problems.
Put God's logical system into practice in life, and do what the Bible says, and God will give us many blessings and opportunities. I like Jacob very much. He is a person with God's logical system, holding tightly to God's promise – Mingding Destiny. As the grandson of Abraham, the rich third generation, he went to his uncle Laban to herd sheep with a staff, herding sheep for 14 years, plus 6 years of his own herding, for a total of 20 years. That made him a wealthy man in Israel and the Middle East.
God gives people many opportunities. The most important thing is to establish a complete belief system, which is what I am saying. Some time ago, someone sent me a voice message on WeChat: Now is not the era of Calvinist theology, but the era of Chinese Liu's theology. This greatly encourages my faith. God's revelation in the Bible is wonderful. You must seize the wind of God's opportunity.
5. Seeing God's Heart in This Generation
God desires to restore the glory of this generation. The theme of the New Testament is establishing God's glorious church. God is seeking Chinese to take on the Mingding Destiny He has given us. God deeply desires that we live out His glory, and that people value His kingdom. God is always seeking people after His own heart on earth, seeking vessels of honor. Jesus told a parable:
“The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field. When a man found it, he hid it again, and then in his joy went and sold all he had and bought that field. (Matthew 13:44)
Our God paid the ultimate price to redeem us—His Son—not merely to redeem the world, but us. Whether you are a treasure depends on whether you have the eyes to see treasure—faith, Mingding Destiny. God wants to bless all nations and peoples on earth through you. There was a pastor named Reinhard Bonnke, who preached the gospel in Africa to hundreds of thousands of people at once. He told a story about Mingding Destiny. God spoke to him, You know you are not the only one I have chosen. The first, second, and third did not embrace the vision I gave them; you are the fourth person I am seeking. Bonnke said, God, you don't need to look for another. I will hold on tightly to the mission you have given me. As a result, his evangelistic meetings were truly inspiring.
If God were to say such a thing to me one day, I would say to God, You don't need to look for anyone else; I will do according to what God has said. I will hold on tightly to God's heart in this generation. God's heart in this generation is magnificent! If you want to hear the stories I have experienced, there are many, endless stories. Last night, when a sister spoke with me, I told her one after another, and they were miraculous. Her grandmother, who was a believer, had told her such stories, but she had never met anyone like me. She said she had finally met one today. If God gives you such an opportunity and you do not seize it, you will miss it. Today, I see the online church. I have been pondering who started this trend? It was Paul. Paul ministered from a distance by writing letters to teach many people. If Paul could use the internet today, he would certainly send messages through WeChat. 1 Corinthians, 2 Corinthians, Ephesians, Colossians, and Timothy were all ministered to through letters (slow network). Now, the internet is the most wonderful opportunity God has given us. If Jesus lived in our time, Jesus would use WeChat; if Paul lived in this generation, he would use WeChat, Alipay, and other platforms. When internet e-commerce was not so developed, Jack Ma seized the opportunity and established Alibaba. When communication was not so developed, Tencent seized the opportunity and established Tencent. Even when there were not so many opportunities, some people seized them. We must also seize the opportunity of the online church to build God's glorious church.
There was a pastor named Corandi who fell ill and lay in bed. A highly anointed pastor was coming to his hospital to pray for him. Then his son called him and said, Dad, let me lead you in prayer. Corandi's son was actually a man of little faith. His son led Corandi in prayer over the phone, and Corandi was healed. Then Corandi felt that even people with little faith could minister. Actually, no, God wanted to reveal to Corandi that one could minister to people online. Today we must seize the opportunity God has given us: first, we are an online church; second, we are Chinese. For example, one night, the phone rang, and I led the person in prayer. Then the person's illness was healed. Today we have seized such an opportunity and are standing on the cusp. We are seizing God's opportunity and are soaring. We are eagles soaring on wings, ready to accomplish God's extraordinary things. There was a six-year-old child who had epilepsy for four years, often convulsing in the middle of the night, troubling the family greatly. They went to many large and small hospitals, but there was no solution. After coming among us, we arranged a dedicated ministry team to pray for the child every night from 3:00 AM to 6:00 AM. Over the past ten days, the child has not had a single seizure. It's wonderful! This is all ministered to through the internet. It's fantastic!
6. Seize the Opportunity to Build a Glorious Church
Today, life connections cross over the internet to love one another. God's power is being manifested among us. We will surpass the churches of the past. We will become a blessing to this generation. We will return to the miraculous and wondrous church of the early days.
One sister found me on the website. She was in Canada and could not find a church. She couldn't find a church that would give her what she needed. She found me and hoped that we could lead her in prayer and deliverance. I called her, and in ten minutes, she was healed. Her back was healed, and the swelling in her hand was gone. So we can solve these kinds of problems.
We need to pray for extended periods now. Prayer can actually solve many problems. Adjust your time; use the time allotted to Alzheimer's for prayer and service. Today, know this: we must spend time in prayer and deliverance.
Do not remain in the traditional church system. The opportunity lies in solving problems—solving medical problems, solving educational problems. God loves shrewd people. God values education. We must now establish our education. God values education—turning the dregs of society into talent. We must now become a blessing to this generation.
7. This Generation Must See the Glory of God
We are not as strong as others, nor do we run as fast as others, but we follow God and turn corners quickly. Kong Yi wrote a book called Winning in Turning Point, which speaks of how this era is not about how fast you run or how strong you are, but about how quickly you turn corners. It's a matter of the fast fish eating the slow fish. An economist named Fang Xiyuan wrote a book called The Game of Capital. In the end, he concluded that it is the fast fish that eats the slow fish; size is not important. Every turn in this era leaves many people behind. Our entire theological concept is about renewing our minds and being transformed—constantly changing, changing quickly. We have no traditions; we cling tightly to science and technology.
Therefore, many Christians with traditional education become sticky when they come into contact with the concepts I preach. Today, we must truly become a holy, unified, victorious, and faithful army of the church. We must see God's glory, become God's partners, and exercise His functions on this earth. We must become a blessing to this generation, and to do that, we must become God's partners. This is God's heart; God hopes that someone can enter into His heart.
Our theological school is about renewing our minds and being transformed, turning corners quickly, and becoming God's partners. Partnership is God's heart. Open your spiritual eyes, see that God is picking people in this era to become precious vessels of this generation, to become a blessing to this generation, to exercise God's authority on earth in this generation, and to enter into God's heart is to respect God's sovereignty, to completely offer ourselves to God for glory.