February 2, 2012

These are over 6,000 promises in God’s Word for you. Consider Proverbs 8: “I love those who love me, and those who seek me find me. With me are riches and honor, enduring wealth and prosperity. My fruit is better than fine gold; what I yield surpasses choice silver. I walk in the way of righteousness, along the paths of justice, bestowing wealth on those who love me and making their treasuries full” (Proverbs 8:17-21, New International Version).

He did not say you might find me. He said those who seek Him find Him. That is a promise. When you find Him, you find riches and honor, not just wealth, but enduring wealth and enduring prosperity.

James 1:17 says, “Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows” (New International Version). When you find Him, you will walk the ways He walks. You will go where He goes, and God promises to bestow wealth.

“Or what man is there among you who, if his son asks for bread, will give him a stone? Or if he asks for fish, will he give him a serpent? If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask Him” (Matthew 7:9-11, New King James Version).

Prosper means to be successful, to increase, to thrive and to gain. We can take that promise that He desires for us to have. We take it by being set apart by faith. “And I said, Who art thou, Lord? And he said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest. But rise, and stand upon thy feet: for I have appeared unto thee for this purpose, to make thee a minister and a witness both of these things which thou hast seen, and of those things in the which I will appear unto thee; Delivering thee from the people, and from the Gentiles, unto whom now I send thee, To open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith that is in me” (Acts 26:15-18).

God wants you to have those promises today. Don’t wait until you are desperate to claim your promise. The world and religion waits until they are broke and on their last breath before they cry out to God. He is your Father and you are a child of the most High. You can speak His promises over your life daily and become determined to receive every single promise.

“If they obey and serve him, they shall spend their days in prosperity, and their years in pleasures” (Job 36:11). You cannot have pleasure and be broke. The requirement for prosperity, pleasure, joy and contentment is to obey, submit and serve God through God’s way of doing things.

Religion and God’s way of doing things are not the same. He does not want you broke, in debt, worried, or lacking any good thing. He desires you to walk in pleasure, peace and contentment. He desires to see you increasing, thriving and gaining in every area of your life. These are key issues in your prosperity. Speak the Word and watch your circumstances change.