I don't know about you but I desire to prosper in every area of my life. Recently, God reminded me and a few other people of 7 things we need to do/be in order to prosper and I felt led to share them with you.
Online dictionaries including Google define "Prosper" as "to flourish physically; grow strong and healthy; to be successful or fortunate, especially in financial respects; thrive; flourish."
Looking through the Bible, it is certain that God also wants us to prosper - and this is how to...
Psalm 1:
1-3 says Blessed [fortunate, prosperous, and favored by God] is
the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked [following their advice
and example], Nor stand in the path of sinners, Nor sit [down to rest] in the
seat of scoffers (ridiculers). 2 But his delight
is in the law of the Lord, And on His law [His precepts and
teachings] he [habitually] meditates day and night. (AMP)
We need to position ourselves
in the right relationships if we want to prosper. We also need to position
ourselves in the right place mentally, emotionally, spiritually and physically.
Proverbs
27:17 - Iron sharpens
iron; so a man sharpens the countenance of his friend [to show rage or worthy
purpose]. (AMPC)
Proverbs
22: 24-25 -
24 Don’t
befriend angry people or associate with hot-tempered
people,
25 or
you will learn to be like them and endanger your soul. (NLT)
1
Corinthians 15:33 - Don’t be
deceived, bad company corrupts good character. (CEB)
Proverbs
13:20
If you
want to grow in wisdom, spend time with the wise.
Walk with the wicked and
you’ll eventually become just like them. (TPT)
Become
wise by walking with the wise;
hang out with fools and watch your life
fall to pieces. (MSG)
The people we spend time with has a direct correlation to the things that we think about, do and to who we eventually become.
Matthew 13:22 - “The seed sown among weeds represents the
person who receives the message, but all of life’s busy distractions, his
divided heart, and his ambition for wealth result in suffocating the kingdom
message and prevent him from bearing spiritual fruit. (TPT)
Good seed/Wheat among weeds is doomed for choking and destruction...it cannot prosper.
Knowing
that God gives us the power to make wealth (Deuteronomy 8:18), it makes sense
to do what is right in His sight…He tells us so in Deuteronomy 6:18 – Do what is right and good in the Lord’s sight, so
that you may prosper and so that you may enter and possess the good land the
Lord your God swore to give your fathers, (CSB)
When we delight ourselves in the Lord, He gives us the desires
of our heart which are His desire and delight for us.
Psalm 37:4 - Delight yourself also in the Lord, and He will
give you the desires and secret petitions of your heart. (AMPC)
Psalm 35:27 - But let all my true friends shout for
joy, all those who know and love what I do for you. Let them all say, “The
Lord is great, and he delights in the prosperity of his servant.” (TPT)
When you do what is good and right in God’s sight…He will do
what is best, not just better, for you in your life.
Psalm
23:3 - He refreshes
and restores my soul (life); He leads me in the paths of righteousness for
His name’s sake. (AMP)
God leads us
in the path of righteousness for His name sake…we follow Him in those paths of
righteousness for our own sake – it’s for our good to walk in righteousness.
Matthew 6:33
-
So above all, constantly chase after the realm of God’s
kingdom and the righteousness that proceeds from him. Then all these less
important things will be given to you abundantly. (TPT)
-
But
first and most importantly seek (aim at, strive after) His kingdom and His
righteousness [His way of doing and being
right—the attitude and character of God], and all these things will
be given to you also. (AMP)
Proverbs 13:21
Adversity pursues sinners, But the [consistently] upright will be rewarded with prosperity. (AMP)
Calamity chases the sin-chaser, but
prosperity pursues the God-lover. (TPT)
Trouble pursues sinners, but good things
reward the righteous. (CEB)
Righteousness is a prerequisite for permanent prosperity.
Obedient:
Isaiah 1:19 - If you are willing and obedient, You shall eat the best of the land; (AMP)
Deuteronomy 28:13 - The Lord your God will make you the leader among the nations and not a follower; you will always prosper and never fail if you obey faithfully all his commands that I am giving you today. (GNT)
Isaiah 49:17 - This is what the Lord, your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel says, “I am the Lord your God, who teaches you to profit (benefit), Who leads you in the way that you should go. (AMP)
Isaiah 30:21 (NLT) - Your own ears will hear him. Right behind you a voice will say, “This
is the way you should go,” whether to the right or to the left.
Obeying God is what gives us access to prosperity
Deuteronomy 5:33
- Follow the whole instruction the Lord your God has commanded you, so that you may live, prosper, and have a long life in the land you will possess. (CSB)
- Stay on the path that the Lord your God has commanded you to follow. Then you will live long and prosperous lives in the land you are about to enter and occupy. (NLT)
It’s the instruction from God you hear and heed to (obey) that leads you to prosperity.
To be continued...
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