A few years ago, I was invited to go to a friends house to go Bass Fishing is his private pond. This place was incredible! Totally surrounded by woods and totally stocked with monstrous bass. My son and I each had a pole in the water and we were sitting on the side of the lake but not really having to much luck. We had caught a couple of small fish but no really big strikes.
Then the owner of the lake came up to me and said - Kevin I've stocked this pond with bass, the more poles you have in the water the better your chances of catching more fish. So, I took his advice and put a couple more poles in the water and sure enough within a few minutes I had caught the largest fish I'd ever caught. But it did not stop there, I put another pole in and caught yet another one. In fact we caught a ton of bass that day and a lot of it had to do with the fact that we had more than one pole in the water.
When it comes to money, you need to understand that, God is the owner of everything, in fact the bible says "the earth is the Lords and everything in it". God is like the owner of this private pond, but he has not stocked the world with bass, he has stocked it with money. The reason some people don't catch as much money as they want or they need to survive is because they are only fishing with one pole in God's money pond.
If you want more money, the best thing you can do is put another pole in God's pond. That means take on two jobs. One job as your regular source of income and another as a secondary income. The more you use your free time wisely, the more poles you have in the water, the more money you will reel into your wallet.
I have four poles in God's money pond.
First Pole.
I'm a youth pastor. I have the extreme honor of serving Pastor Willie George as his youth pastor. This is the reason I was put on the planet. I love him, and I love serving his vision to reach teenagers.
Second Pole.
I'm an author. Each Saturday morning and one evening a week a write. In fact, I've just released four books with my good friends at Harrison House Publishing called "What do I do when" and they want me to keep writing even more books for them in the future.
Third Pole.
From time to time I consult with youth pastors via phone calls to help them grow into the leader God would have them be.
Fourth Pole.
I travel and speak from time to time at Leadership Conferences, Camps and Retreats. Because of my duties, and what God has called me to do at Church on the Move, I do not speak out all that often. But from time to time I will travel and minister to leaders and teenagers.
I'm sure you've heard this before but God is your source. Your job, your boss, your bank and your President are not your source of income and security...God is. So get plugged into your source. Work hard and smart for you employer, then in your free time, find something you love to do, maybe a natural gifting that you have and use it to serve the people around you. If you do, you will get more money.
In other words, if you want more money...put another pole in the pond.