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by Richard Gazowsky

Most spiritual people that are riding at the cutting edge of God’s will are familiar with the Isaiah quote, “Come buy without money, without price.” But few have actually taken this Scripture as a directive to follow, even though Isaiah meant it in its practical application. Most Christians that are trying to push dramatically forward in the fulfillment of their vision are in desperate need for the proper finances. The closer the Christian gets to the intellectual disposition, the more they would excuse it by saying, “If I have the money, it’s an open door. If I don’t, it’s not God’s will.” To them, money and God seem to be the same. To this group of people, I have nothing to say. But to you who believe that God is your sole source of supply, you are the special group; the group that is waiting to see God fulfill everything He’s promised you. And to you, I write this blog to encourage you and strengthen you and also add to your possibilities that what Isaiah said was practical and true. You can buy without money and without price.

To show you that this is not just some Christian ‘pie-in-the-sky’, the principle actually does occur in the secular business market. A wealthy gentleman in Palm Beach, Florida had a home for sale for $6 million. He felt led to sell the home to his friend for no money down and a reverse mortgage. (The monthly payments are added to the principle.) After living in the home for three years, the friend sold the home for just over $10 million. The monthly payments were taken out of the principle and his profit was nearly $3 million. So in reality, not only did he buy a home without money, but he actually made $3 million for living in that home. Your first response could be, “Richard, that’s a special case. The man had a friend with incredible connections and benevolence.” Of course, my reply to you is simple, “What! And you don’t?” Tell me now–who is better connected than Jesus Christ, your God? This promise in the Scripture is totally from Him.

We will never know in a personal way the power and glory of God until we understand what it means to receive His grace, or should I say, His unmerited favor? God’s favor is the favor of the King of Kings, the controller of all natural assets. The story I just shared with you was the story of a small time millionaire who had very limited assets, but could still bless a friend. God has unlimited assets. He is a big time google-plex-aire and can bless every single one of you that are reading this blog with His unsearchable supply.

The next question that is usually posed is, “Hey, sounds cool! How do I access it?”

Miracles are usually incidentals that happen in the process of seeking divine fulfillment. Jesus was trying to reach His disciples in the middle of the sea. The walking on water miracle was a by-product of His obedience. I chose this story because you can see that Jesus had to focus on the end objective so that the miracle that was occurring when He walked on water could not distract Him from His divine purpose. When Peter tried to follow Jesus, he only made it a few steps before the phenomenon of walking on water distracted him. His eyes to left Jesus, and looked at the huge waves of problems around him.

If you think about the previous paragraph and consider your situation that needs money, you will see why you are not seeing your miracle come to pass. Purchasing without money is all about following the objective of faith without allowing the lack of resources to distract you. Below are a couple of examples:

*When our movie company started, the Lord told me to lease a large studio in downtown San Francisco. The lessor wanted $28,000/month for a 40,000 sq. ft studio. I did not flinch at the price, though it was more than our church’s monthly income. As I met with the agents preparing the contracts, God spoke to me and told me to offer them $1.00 a year for the first 2 years. Through a series of meetings, I made the offer and they accepted. So for $2.00, we got prime real estate in downtown San Francisco.

*When God spoke to me to design a 70-mm digital cinema camera, I cried out to God, “God, why don’t you give me money and then I can do it?” The Lord simply said, “I didn’t tell you I would give you money. I told you to build the camera. Do what I said do. So in obedience I flew to Europe and met with chip manufacturer called the Fill Factory. They liked my design and introduced me to a camera company in America called Vision Research. After months of design, it was time for the first payment on the camera to be made, which was over $500,000.00. Before I could pay the company money (which I didn’t have), the CEO asked if I would be willing to share the patent for the chip with them. Without any forethought, the Holy Spirit told me what to say. “Jesus said, ‘Freely you have received, freely give.’ The Lord gave me this chip design for free, so I give it to you for free.” The camera company, Vision Research, was amazed and said they would completely pay the nearly $5 million price for the development of the camera. At home, go to this link below and you can see a picture of the P-65 camera, which is the first 70-mm digital camera in history, all done without money, without price:

http://www.visionresearch.com/index.cfm?sector=htm/files&page=camera_65_new

I pray that each one of you reading this would expand your vision to believe that God has all resources and assets in His control and that the fulfillment of your vision is not beyond your reach– it is just within the reach of your faith. On Saturday night, God gave me a dream and in the dream, He said, “I have chosen the race that you are to run in because I know that you can win it. Just like at the Olympics, if someone is a fast runner in a short race, that is where they place them. If they’re a fast long distance runner, then they are chosen to run in that event.” God chooses the situations, testings and trials that each one of you are to go through because He knows you CAN win. You are set up perfectly in line to win. The race of faith is before you and the impossibilities are the places where God is going to show up, so get on with it! Quit sitting around waiting for something to happen. Do something and watch God meet you. In my own personal life, I am running like a sprinter, but at the same time I am waiting patiently for His deliverance.

May your soul sit back and relax with a glass of ice tea in the rocket sled of obedience!

Richard Gazowsky pastors a church in San Francisco called The Voice of Pentecost, and is also president of Christian WYSIWYG Filmworks. He has directed the films, “Guardians” and “The Roman Trilogy.”