Wed run out of gas all the time. By feel? Wow! You cant do that. But a lot of us spend money like that. We just spend money by feel. I just feel it, you know? Im going to buy that. I just feel it. Oh girl, I just feel it. Yeah, thats what we do. We cant spend by feel! Do you know how you spell relief? B-U-D-G-E-T. Budget. Whats a budget? Planned spending. Its telling your money where you want it to go as opposed to going, Man, where did it go? I mean, whats happened to it? You might be saying, Well Ed, you dont know my situation, man. I owe this much, I owe that much. Im in debt. And this creature from the cash lagoon, yeah, its kind of funny and all that, but man, Im in some serious trouble! Is there a way out? Is there hope for me?
Heres the great news. We can deliver some deadly blows to that creature from the cash lagoon. Look at that. Hes floating, hes lights out. The Creature From the Black Lagoon was taken out. Well we can take out the creature from the cash lagoon. We really, really can. I want to talk to you about some deadly blows that we can deliver to this creature. A budget is the way to go. Its planned spending, its being strategic. Remember? This series has been all about living in the zone. See the God cam? God wants all of us to live in the zone, in the blessed place. God is for you, hes for me. Hes not against us. God wants to bless our lives. For God not to bless our lives is for God to go against his nature and character.
So, that being said, too many people live in the land of Ing.
Ed Young says that were zoned out instead of being zoned in. The reason were zoned out is because were into own-ing, cloth-ing, earn-ing, ca-ching, ca-ching, bling-bling, all those that Ive talked about in this series. We think we own it all. In reality, though, we dont own it all. The stuff owns us when were here in the land of Ing. Were incomplete. And so many people live there. Yet God wants us all of us, hes wired us up to live in the zone, in the blessed place. Its ownership versus management.
Here [in the zone], we understand God is the Blessor. Hes given everything to usour talents and aptitudes and abilities, our money, our opportunities. Everything is Gods. Were in the zone and we are what? Managers of it. Were stewards of it. We dont own it. Were just taking care of it. And because were managers of it, were blessed. Were on the receiving end of the tangible and intangible favor of God.
