Is Earning Passive Income Just a Good Thing or a God Thing?

When I think about generating passive income, two passages of scripture come to mind:  I Kings 17 and 2 Kings 4.  Of course when these events took place the dollar bill was not the medium of exchange but the premise is the same.

In I Kings 17 there was a widow who was down to the last of her mill and the last of her oil.  She had just enough to make one more meal.  But following the instructions of the prophet Elijah she stepped out in faith and gave him an offering of “a little cake”.  That one act of obedience opened the door to a year’s worth of passive “income”.  In a time of famine, the widow had enough to feed herself, her son, and Elijah without doing anything more.  One act=passive income for one year.

The next example is found in II Kings 4 where another widow found herself in extreme debt and in desperate need of income to pay off that debt.  This widow’s one act was to collect all the vessels she could find.  Her one act gave her enough oil to sell and not only pay off her debt but for her and her two sons to live on.

Generating passive income is definitely a good thing–it frees you to be in a position to obey God in your giving and your living.  If God said quit your job tomorrow an you’ve got enough passive income coming in to pay your bills, guess what?  You’ll quit your job without hesitation.  But if you’re depending on your job to pay your bills you’ve got a mental battle to go through to follow that instruction.

Based on the scriptures I just discussed, it seems that passive income is not just a good thing but also a God thing.  What do you think?  Please leave a comment I’d love to hear your input.

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