"My family has always been poor and I'll never break out of this cycle no matter what I do."
How it sounds in your head: I look around and every adult in my family struggles with money. My mom stresses about bills, my grandma never had anything, and everyone says 'that's just how it is for us.' I feel like I'm destined to repeat their story no matter how hard I try.
"Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us (for it is written, 'Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree'), that the blessing of Abraham might come upon the Gentiles in Christ Jesus, that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith."
-- Galatians 3:13-14Enemy assignment to blind you to your covenant identity as Abraham's heir, keeping you trapped in a narrative written before Christ redeemed you.
You've watched generations struggle and never seen a different pattern, so it feels like genetic destiny. The evidence of your eyes screams louder than the promise you haven't yet seen.
Ruth was a poor foreign widow gleaning leftover grain just to eat, with zero inheritance and no family wealth. One day in the right field under covenant favor, Boaz commanded his workers to intentionally drop extra grain for her, and she went from poverty to marriage with a wealthy landowner, becoming King David's great-grandmother.
I REFUSE the lie that my family's financial history determines my future. IT IS WRITTEN that Christ redeemed me from the curse so Abraham's blessing is mine. I am Abraham's seed through Jesus, heir according to promise. IT IS WRITTEN that I am blessed coming in and going out, blessed in the city and in the field. The BARAK protected liars and deceivers—how much more does it cover me in Christ's blood? I break agreement with generational poverty. My bloodline is rewritten by the blood of Jesus. I am the head and not the tail, above only and not beneath.
Your Father is running toward you right now with the ring of authority and the robe of wealth, not waiting for you to break cycles through your effort. He already broke the curse—you just receive the blessing that's been yours since the cross.