As we continue with the triggers that allow us to decree successfully, we come upon the love section. It starts from Job 22.25. “Yes, the Almighty will be your gold and your precious silver.” The believer who arrives at this verse has succeeded with all the previous triggers of the promises of God. He is blessed, successful, prosperous, and has all the other signs of prosperity you can imagine.
By now, love for God is oozing out of our eyes. How can it be otherwise? We are reading the Bible, speaking the Bible, meditating on the Bible, and practicing what it teaches. We became God’s friends and, almost instantly, God rewarded us with actual wealth. This is not the wealth that develops wings or that comes with sorrow. We have tasted and seen that the Lord is good, as the psalmist charged us in Psalm 34.8.
With such a good God, falling in love is easy, and now we want more. Nobody has to cajole us to read and practice the word of God. In this love section, God does not disappoint but does what He does best. He makes us turn our eyes upon Him. “Turn your eyes me,” God says, “I am your gold and silver. Just love me, and you will have no shortage of riches or good things.” Does that not remind you of Abraham? He informed that patriarch, “I am your exceeding great reward.”
In Our Love Section, God Is
Observe that God did not say He would GIVE Abraham great rewards, but that He WAS his exceeding great rewards. God is still in that business today and not only when we are in the love section. Loving God is the highest love and the best wealth strategy. Indeed, loving God, as in this love section, is also the best strategy for health, success, and victory. You name it, and your love for God will secure it for you. 
That reminds me of when God told me to leave my job as soon as feasible. The day before, the head of office had convinced me to stay. I gave my word. Seventy minutes after midnight, I came awake. God was giving me a stern warning about staying in the job. I rushed downstairs, made a pot of coffee, and sat down to pray for God to provide a way out. Instantly, God corrected me and gave me His preferred prayer point. “Father, BE the way out of here for me.” It was good enough for me, and I prayed until dawn when I obtained permission to knock off. It was a Friday, and we did not have 4-day weeks in those days.
The Love Section Is Where God Becomes Number 1
I learned that God’s preference is not to do much for us. Instead, He wants to BE something to us. He is the way, the truth, and the life. God is our light. He is the I Am that I AM. Our Father is our all in all. It was a lesson He so graciously taught me that early morning. We see in this love section that He does not want to give us gold, He wants to BE our gold and silver. As a follow-up, God proved beyond a doubt that He is my exceeding great reward after that prayer session.
I doubt I would have understood the concept if God had not personally taught me. I can only hope that the Holy Spirit is even now interpreting these words to us. God IS. He does not do. Perhaps that is why Jesus chose His disciples to BE with Him before He sent them out. Maybe we should be content to BE and enjoy our God, instead of doing.
Indeed, there is a verse that confirms that. “In returning and rest you shall be saved; in quietness and confidence shall be your strength.” When you read the last sentence of that verse in Isaiah 30.15, you discover it is negative. But you will not hear it from me. King David understood this concept. In Psalm 119.72, he wrote that the law of God’s mouth is better to him than thousands of coins of gold and silver. That is the love section personified!
Is God Preferable To Gold?
I wonder, is God’s word better than my gold and silver? Is the word or law of God superior to your silver? Our prayers might be useless unless we make God our silver and gold. And we are not yet at the stage of decreeing without understanding the triggers. I hope by now, we see the foolishness of following pastors to pray and decree. It is like a toddler wanting to fly an airplane.
The next verse, Job 22.26, tells us more of the sweetness in this love section. “For then you will have your delight in the Almighty, and lift up your face to God.” Do you remember the first time you fell in love? Well, that should help you better understand this verse. You delighted in the other person and wanted to spend as much time as possible with them.
This verse is asking us to do the same in God. Do I delight in God or come to Him only when in trouble? True, God is a present help in trouble, but does He know you enough to pull you out of trouble? In our next post, we shall examine this in greater detail.
Maranatha!
