BIBLICAL
PRINCIPLES OF PROSPERITY
By
Idoko, Meshach O.
Remember, God did not create you here
on earth to suffer. He made everything and set them in place before he brought
you forth and gave all of them to you as a man. Genesis 1, 2:7-15. All God
created were for our consumption except the tree of life and that of knowledge
of good and evil which he commanded the man not to eat and when man fell, the
Devil took over the god of the earth, controlling all the things we were
supposed to control. Luke 4:5-8, 2 Corinthians 4:4
But praise be to God for Jesus who has
collected and given us back authority to take back everything that is
rightfully ours. So listen, salvation does not make you naked nor does it make
you shoeless, salvation gives you back what you owned, in other words, what is
rightfully yours.
Many reasons why some Christians are
poor;
1. They
don’t truly know the God they serve,
2. They
don’t know who they are in God,
3. They
are not aware of our inheritance in Christ, and
4. Ignorance
of biblical principles of prosperity.
Listen to this wonderful story my
brother (O.G.I) told me, about a boy named John whose mother dried groundnut in
the open field unknowingly to John. John came back from school hungry and found
Peter, their neighbor eating the groundnut, so he begged Peter to give him some
to eat but peter refused and he cried all the way home. When evening came, it
was time for John’s mother to gather her groundnut from the field, so she
called her son John to go and get them, and John was shocked at the time he got
to know the groundnut was his.
This is what the devil will continue
to do to all children of God that do not know what they have in Christ Jesus. BEWARE!!!
1. THE GOD WE SERVE…
Regarding this topic let’s see the
kind of God that we serve
“The silver is mine and the gold is
mine, declares the Lord Almighty.” (Haggai 2:8)
“The earth is the Lord’s, and
everything in it, the world, and all who live in it” (Psalm 24:1)
“For every animal of the forest is
mine, and the cattle on a thousand hills. I know every bird in the mountains,
and the insects in the fields are mine. If I were hungry I would not tell you,
for the world is mine, and all that is in it.” (Psalm 50:10-12)
2. WHO ARE WE IN CHRIST?
“Yet to all who did receive him, to
those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God”
(John 1:12)
“You, dear children, are from God and
have overcome them, because the one who is in you is greater than the one who
is in the world.” (1 John 4:4)
“But you are a chosen people, a royal
priesthood, a holy nation, God’s special possession, that you may declare the
praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light.” (1
Peter 2:9)
3. OUR INHERITANCE IN
CHRIST
“Praise be to the God and Father of
our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a
living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, and into
an inheritance that can never perish, spoil or fade. This inheritance is kept
in heaven for you, who through faith are shielded by God’s power until the
coming of the salvation that is ready to be revealed in the last time.” (1
Peter 1:3-5)
Read also 2 Peter 1:3-4, Colossians
1:3-5 and Ephesians 1:3-14
4. BIBLICAL PRINICPLES
OF PROSPERITY
a.
Sowing
and Reaping
The idea of sowing
and reaping cannot be over emphasized. As we all know, this principle can never
stop as long as the earth remains, definitely every seed sown grows up into
multitude of members. Genesis 8:22, Matthew 13:32, John 12:42b, 2 Corinthians
9:10
b.
Giving
When you give to
others you make deposits in other accounts. Giving to others is a way of
lending to God who owns everything and you know, God who owns everything cannot
be a debtor so he will pay you back. 2 Corinthians 9:7-8, Proverbs 18:16,11:25,
Luke 6:30,38
c.
Tithes
and Offerings
Tithes as we all know
is the 10% of all our incomes allocated to God while offering is from our
freewill. This principle is a key that unlocks heaven’s prosperity upon a man.
A faithful tither can never run dry because upon such person is open heaven.
Malachi 3:10-12, Proverbs 3:9-10
d. Willingness and
Obedience to God and His word
“If you are willing
and obedient, you will eat the good things of the land.” (Isaiah 1:19). Read
also Deuteronomy 28:1-14, Joshua 1:8
e.
Trust/Delight
in the Lord and in His law
“But blessed is the
one who trusts in the LORD, whose confidence is in him. They will be like a
tree planted by the water that sends out its roots by the stream. It does not
fear when heat comes; its leaves are always green. It has no worries in a year
of drought and never fails to bear fruit.” (Jeremiah 17:7-8). Read also Psalm
1:1-3, Joshua 1:8
f.
Diligence
in work
All the above
principles are very effective but mind you, God does not encourage laziness,
get up and work and God will bless the work of your hands. Don’t sleep on your
bed and expect heaven to shower you with blessings, work and be diligent with
what you do and the Lord will grant you the power to make wealth. 2 Thess.
3:7,10-11, Titus 3:14, 1 Thess. 4:11-12, Deut. 8:18 Ps. 90:17, Deut. 28:12,
Pro. 22:29
CONCLUSION
My brother (Hebrew Shedo) once said
“Success is directly proportional to hard work, provided prayer remains
constant.” God has not created you to be poor. Go to God and experience divine
prosperity, take what is rightfully yours from the devil, and don’t allow him
to cheat on you.
MY
PRAYER FOR YOU
I pray for you that your threshing
floors will be filled with grain; your vats will overflow with new wine and
oil. God will repay you for the years the locusts have eaten – the great locust
and the young locust, the other locusts and the locust swarm. You will have
plenty to eat, until you are full, and you will praise the name of the Lord
your God, who has worked wonders for you; never again will you be shamed. Then
you will know that God is truly God and that there is no other; never again
will you be shamed. In Jesus name. Amen.
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