YOUR SUPERNATURAL AUTHORITY
YOUR SUPERNATURAL AUTHORITY
YOUR SUPERNATURAL AUTHORITY
DECEIVED BY LYING SPIRITS
PERILOUS TIMES
PROSPERITY
PROSPERITY
Why should we prosper?
Financial prosperity has been a subject that never fails
to light a fire in people. Sometimes that fire is one of faith, in others it is
a fire of a less favorable kind.
What makes it such a volatile issue? The simple fact that
in the minds of many people money is a dirty business. They have seen it tied
up so often with carnality and corruption that they just can’t believe that God
would ever give any more money than we absolutely need.
Why would he, is a good question. Since we will never
fully understand Gods will about prosperity until we know the why behind it.
The why is one of the questions we all need to know the answer to.
Think for a moment, what is Gods reason for prospering
his people? Is it so we can watch bigger tv’s or so we can buy finer houses and
more luxurious cars?
If you’re like most people it may be difficult for you to
even imagine any other reason for prosperity. That is because for the most part
your ideas about money have been shaped by a world view that pursues it
strictly for the purpose of selfishness and greed. In the word of God the Lord
provides us with two entirely different purposes for prosperity.
Deuteronomy 8:18 18 But thou shalt
remember the Lord thy
God: for it is he that giveth thee power to get wealth, that he may establish
his covenant which he sware unto thy fathers, as it is this day.
They were to be watchful so prosperity cause them to forget the redeemer
who delivered them from the bondage of Egypt and they were to guard against
thinking that their prosperity was due to their own intelligence and their own
power.
God intends for us to use the wealth he gives us to help establish his
covenant on earth.
Ephesians 4:28 28 Let
him that stole steal no more: but rather let him labour, working with his hands
the thing which is good, that he may have to give to him that needeth.
Establishing Gods covenant on earth and giving to those in need. That is
the purpose of Gods prosperity in your life.
It is absolutely tragic how foreign that is to the way most people
think. I have actually heard people say, “I don’t need much prosperity, I am a
simple person with a simple life. I just ask for God to meet my needs.”
They think that is having humility, its not, it is actually selfishness.
They could have asked God for a enough to meet their own needs and the needs of
others around them.
That doesn’t occur to them because when it comes to money brainwashed by
a world that says if you have it you have to keep it. What those people are
saying is, I only care about meeting my own needs.
Jesus never built a worldly empire for himself, that doesn’t mean he was
poor. He was the greatest giver who ever walked the face of the Earth.
It is time to stop pretending that money is not important. God knows it
is and you should know it too. That is why he said where your money is that is
where you heart is.
Matthew
6:19-21 19 Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and
rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:
20 But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where
neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor
steal:
Psalms 73:12 12 Behold, these are the ungodly, who prosper in the
world; they increase in riches.
Most of us don’t
realize there are two different types of prosperity, one from the world and one
from the word. This psalm is speaking of the one from the world. The ungodly
who prosper in the world increase in riches.
Let the word of
God inspire you to leave the world behind an prosper in faith, to reach out and
receive what you as a redeemed child of the living God have a divine right to.
You are not to receive the curse of poverty, but the blessings of prosperity.
3 John 2 2 Beloved, I wish above all
things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth.
This is referring
to financial prosperity and should be the cases for every believer and be in
health, speaks of physical prosperity, as your soul prospers is speaking of
spiritual prosperity. We have here the whole gospel for the whole man.
One of the
reasons people don’t prosper is not because of lack of faith, but our doubt
when we are praying for prosperity. A tiny amount of doubt will cancel your
faith and keep you from receiving what God has for you.
Stop thinking God
will prosper others but not me.
That’s a lie of
the devil. Don’t be deceived, God loves you whether or not your prosperous. Prosperity
has nothing to do with Gods love for you.
There is to much
money in this world and not enough love for the one who created the world. The love
of money is the root of all evil, not the money itself.
Mark 10:29-30 29 And Jesus answered and said, Verily I say unto you, There is no
man that hath left house, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or
wife, or children, or lands, for my sake, and the gospel's,
30 But he shall receive an hundredfold now in this time,
houses, and brethren, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and lands, with
persecutions; and in the world to come eternal life.
The bible presents no data to
support the idea that being wealthy is wrong. In fact, we find evidence to the
contrary. The blessing of the Lord makes one rich, and no sorrow is added with
it.
Scripture also offers many notable
examples of Godly wealthy people: Job, Abraham, Barnabas and Philemon.
God does not disapprove of people
with money but does speak out against those who rely on riches as it is in the
following verse.
Mark 10:23-24 23 And
Jesus looked round about, and saith unto his disciples, How hardly shall they
that have riches enter into the kingdom of God!
24 And the disciples were astonished at his words. But
Jesus answereth again, and saith unto them, Children, how hard is it for them
that trust in riches to enter into the kingdom of God!
Jesus also said it is easier for a
camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the
kingdom of God.
Proverbs 11:28 28 He that trusteth in his riches shall fall; but the righteous
shall flourish as a branch.
You see why Jesus
said it would be hard to be rich. It is because most rich people stop trusting
God and start trusting in their money. Therefore, the money gets the glory, not
God.
People, even Christians
don’t seem to understand the importance of money. Everything, even money
belongs to God. Human beings own nothing. Everything you have belongs to God. It
is only on loan to you to sustain you and help others.