It Is Important To Know And Engage Kingdom Principles
Scripture: "My people perish for lack of knowledge" (Hosea 4:6)
It is quite possible to be committed to church and its activities and still live below your potential , and we've seen a lot of people in this category in different parts of human history. There have been people who gave their time and energy to church, and they still lived their lives being traumatized by creation, under poverty, sickness, curses, etc. Many times, this can happen because they are ignorant of the things they should have known that would have given them the dominion they deserved.
The LORD Himself said, "My people perish for lack of knowledge" (Hosea 4:6). Emphasis on 'My people'. Meaning, they are His, but they still ended up on the path that is not God's Will for them because they failed to recognize the knowledge they should have engaged. Even though GOD is not happy with such a situation, it's not His fault.
So, you should realise that loving church and spiritual activities doesn't automatically make you live above poverty or sickness. This is true in cases where a person fails to engage necessary principles already put in place by GOD. It's very necessary to teach God's people specific kingdom principles so they can know what to apply to get specific results.
Sure, when a person is so committed to the things of God, even while ignorant of certain important kingdom principles, the Spirit would faithfully play His role in drawing your attention to these things. He even will try giving you instructions just to ensure you engage these principles - but it's left to you to put your hands on them.
For instance, if you want to be blessed financially, you must engage the kingdom principles revolving around giving. However, if you are so committed to God but you are not engaging in giving as a kingdom principle, the Holy Spirit tries to help you by giving you instructions just to make you give. For instance, He can command you to give some percentage of your monthly income. The aim is to set you up for divine blessings.
A Case Study In The Old Testament
I Kings 17:8-16 NKJV
[8] Then the word of the Lord came to him, saying, [9] “Arise, go to Zarephath, which belongs to Sidon, and dwell there. See, I have commanded a widow there to provide for you.” [10] So he arose and went to Zarephath. And when he came to the gate of the city, indeed a widow was there gathering sticks. And he called to her and said, “Please bring me a little water in a cup, that I may drink.” [11] And as she was going to get it, he called to her and said, “Please bring me a morsel of bread in your hand.” [12] So she said, “As the Lord your God lives, I do not have bread, only a handful of flour in a bin, and a little oil in a jar; and see, I am gathering a couple of sticks that I may go in and prepare it for myself and my son, that we may eat it, and die.” [13] And Elijah said to her, “Do not fear; go and do as you have said, but make me a small cake from it first, and bring it to me; and afterward make some for yourself and your son. [14] For thus says the Lord God of Israel: ‘The bin of flour shall not be used up, nor shall the jar of oil run dry, until the day the Lord sends rain on the earth.’ ” [15] So she went away and did according to the word of Elijah; and she and he and her household ate for many days. [16] The bin of flour was not used up, nor did the jar of oil run dry, according to the word of the Lord which He spoke by Elijah.
As you can see, the widow sacrificially gave her possession, and she received abundance in return. Kingdom principles works.
Prayer I'm not ignorant of the needed principles to live a blessed life.
Further Reading "Set your mind on things above, not on things on the earth. For you died, and your life is hidden with Christ" Colossians 3:2,3