Wednesday, June 19, 2019

3 John 2 Program - Is It God's Will To Prosper?


Is It God’s Will for His People to Prosper?

As we meditate on the following verse, let’s listen to the Father’s heart for His people as spoken through the apostle John…

3 John 2

Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth.

God is showing us an important example in the wording, “above all else.” That’s God’s highest and best for us. It’s what He wants for us and it is His ultimate plan for us. Look at the following verse from a long time ago…

Psalm 35:27

Let them shout for joy, and be glad, that favour my righteous cause: yea, let them say continually, Let the Lord be magnified, which hath pleasure in the prosperity of his servant.

Could it be any clearer than this? Let’s keep looking at the word of God and continue to see what His will for us in the area of prosperity really is…

Deuteronomy 8:18

 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.

Once we really look at the scriptures to see how much God wants to bless us, we can see that it is His will and His ability to give us all the treasures of the earth He created. And once we have all that we need and more, we must keep Him in the center of it all. We should bless Him for all His blessings to us. He is so good. Look at this…

Deuteronomy 8:7-10

For the Lord thy God bringeth thee into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and depths that spring out of valleys and hills; a land of wheat, and barley, and vines, and fig trees, and pomegranates; a land of oil olive, and honey; a land wherein thou shalt eat bread without scarceness, thou shalt not lack any thing in it; a land whose stones are iron, and out of whose hills thou mayest dig brass. When thou hast eaten and art full, then thou shalt bless the Lord thy God for the good land which he hath given thee.

Now look at this in the Amplified Bible version…

Philippians 4:19 AMP

And my God will liberally supply (fill until full) your every need according to His riches in glory in Christ Jesus.

Does this leave even a shred of doubt in your heart and mind that God wants to supply everything you need and so much more so that you can be a blessing to others? It would be rather shocking if you said “yes.” God does not lie. He wants nothing but good for His people. And He wants to use those blessings to be an example to those outside of the family of God. It’s that rich goodness that will draw others in like a magnet. Only God’s magnet is one of pure love.

Prosperity, supernatural increase and abundance is meant for us all as children of the Most High God. There is no lack in the house of God.

Abraham lacked nothing. Here’s what we know from the beginning when he was still called “Abram.”

Genesis 13:2

And Abram was very rich in cattle, in silver, and in gold.

Solomon lacked nothing. Read all of 1 Kings 4 to get a snapshot of all that God had given him. Look at this one verse to say it in a sentence…

1 Kings 4:27

And those officers provided victual for king Solomon, and for all that came unto king Solomon's table, every man in his month: they lacked nothing.

David lacked nothing. One can read about the life and provisions at his table. We could go on and on throughout the many stories of the men and women of God who had wealth. It all says the same thing. God wants His people to be very prosperous.

If we will spend the time to look at this book of God’s promises and meditate on it day and night, day in and day out, we will come to truly know and understand the will of God. His will is physical health. His will is a healthy soul (the mind, the way we think, our will – conformed to His will, and our emotions – solid and stable in Him without fluctuating all over the place taking us out of a position of faith). That is God’s will for His people. To know Him is to know His will.

Psalm 34:10

The young lions do lack and suffer hunger: but they that seek the Lord shall not want any good thing.

Moving on, let’s look at just a couple more promises from God regarding the prosperity of His people…

2 Chronicles 16:9

For the eyes of the Lord run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to shew himself strong in the behalf of them whose heart is perfect toward him.

Proverbs 10:22

The blessing of the Lord, it maketh rich, and he addeth no sorrow with it.

God is in a covenant with us that He Himself established.

His part is to prosper us. Our part is to first BELIEVE IT, then after that we must take action to RECEIVE IT by faith!

The Lord will never fail to keep His end of an agreement. The part most Christians fail to see is that they have a responsibility in the equation.

It has been stated that true prosperity is having the ability to use God’s power to meet the needs of mankind in every area of life – spirit, soul and body; financially, emotionally, etc.

As we finish this review of God’s will to prosper us, take some time to really look at the word of God on your own As you do, say the words out loud. When we read it, say it and believe it, the faith will build into a “crescendo of prosperity” in our lives. Give God all the praise for His goodness to men.

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