Prosperity is ours

Joshua 1:8 “This book of instruction must not depart from your mouth; you are to recite it day and night, so that you may carefully observe everything written in it. For then you will prosper and succeed in whatever you do.”

Prosperity was and is and always will be God’s plan for His people. Why do I say this? I have studied the scriptures for almost 20 years now concerning this issue and can only say that God needs His children to understand the purpose of prosperity and then take their rightful ownership. The purpose is not for us to just “roll in the dough” as the Americans will say, but to use those resources that we have to extend the Kingdom of God.

Many people get agitated when we speak about this topic and they say things like “the preachers just wants money”, but this erroneous view is destructive. True, there are preachers who abuse it, but there are also people who abuse cars and we don’t stop driving them. Just because some preachers abuse the topic for their benefit does not mean that the topic is wrong. We are so caught up in our selfish mindsets and forget that there is a world going to hell around us and to reach them with the gospel is going to take billions of dollars and rands.

The way we get this prosperity is to allow the Word of God to sink deep into our hearts, as God said to Joshua. We must meditate on His instructions day and night. If we read the bible as it is and meditate on it day and night we will be transformed from the inside out. We will see the effect of walking with God manifest in our lives. God will always provide for us if we believe it, He will heal if we believe it and He will do miracles if we believe it.

We get bullied by the devil to believe that we should settle for less than God’s best and then we become so caught up in survival activities that we have no time for the things of God. I have learnt to stand on the Word and it has become our way of life. We literally live from the Word as if it is bread. Even now we are facing challenges of all kinds and still we use our faith to bring God’s plan into reality. It is awesome to live by the principles of God and to see them produce fruits.

I want to challenge you today to let the Word of God change your life. To do this you need to take in the Word, read it, and meditate upon it. To meditate means to think deep on certain scriptures until you get revelation from them. The Word must be so deep that you will always respond according to the Word when faced with a challenge or situation. Take hold of the good plans that God has for you as recorded in Proverbs 29:11 and don’t be pushed around by the enemy. Stand your ground.

Schalk Steyn
devotions@koinoniaoutreach.co.za
www.koinoniaoutreach.co.za