21/04/2020
HAGAH
..how to make your way prosperous
{This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success.}-KJV,Joshua1:8
The realm of prosperity is one of the strangest domain of God's kingdom.This is because it has remained a mirage to many average Christian people.It is one of the most preached areas of God's kingdom,but it has remained a distant experience to many!
In this masterpiece therefore,I want to narrow prosperity to financial abundance.Though kingdom prosperity involves more than that.I will therefore try as much as possible to give us the ABC of kingdom prosperity for the understanding of the simple.
But first of all,I will like us to note the following unchangeable injunctions about making your way prosperous;
-there are three major dominion systems in the kingdom of God;the word of God,prayer and then prosperity.Thats what it takes for you to dominate your world as God Almighty told Adam in the beginning.
-God will not do anything on the earth for any person without first revealing the thing to the person.It means that , whatever God gives you,or will give you is shrouded in a mystery.And this mystery is His word.Hence,until you receive a revelation, whatever the Bible is saying or promising to you will remain a mirage or inaccessible.
-there are two systems of prosperity on the face of the earth right now;the world's system of prosperity and the kingdom system of prosperity.When God Almighty created Adam,it was only the later that existed on the earth.Which is the practice of the covenant.But the former was introduced into the earth because of the fall of man, which is human efforts,sweat and hustling!
-your education,job and business is not God's system of prosperity.It is aligning yourself, your job, education and business to the covenant that brings Biblical prosperity.Therefore what you do as job,or what you know as education is not what makes you rich in this kingdom,it is the covenant of God that makes the difference.Am not saying you should not work or do business or get education,am simply saying that all must be aligned to God's covenant if kingdom prosperity will result.
-nobody will make your way prosperous for you.Bible says "...and thou shalt make thy way prosperous".You do it yourself.So your connections,who helped you and who didn't help you doesn't matter.It all depends on you.
3 keys to making your way prosperous
Key #1:locating the word of prosperity
Every genuine kingdom prosperity begins with an encounter with this book of the law.Prosperity is a fruit of the seed of God's word.It is the seed you sow that determines the harvest you get.
People who say 'i have given tithes, offering s and sacrifices,but is not working',have not simply understood this first key.It is the word of God you know and sow that makes your giving to work.Without the seed of God's word, every other seed is vulnerable to the fowls of the air.If your giving haven't yet produce results,all what you need is to keep receiving more word, until you get established in the truth.The truth does not just set you free,it is the truth you are established in that sets you free.(Jn8:32)
If you must make your way prosperous,you must start by receiving revelations from God's word through meditation on the book.Every word of God on prosperity carries within it the power to make you wealthy.The Hebrew word for meditate in Joshua 1:8 is "hagah",it means
-to mutter,to mutter means to speak to your self
-to imagine,to imagine means to form mental pictures or images out of God's word
-to devise,to devise means to strategize according to the prescription of God's word.You see,that's where many people are not getting it.Because they are strategizing according to what they learned in business school,tax rates, government policies and other human factors,not according to God's holy word.
-friend when God tells you "cast the net at the right side of the ship and thou shall find",obey!Do not go around consulting with flesh and blood or economic theories.
Key #2:Fear Not.
The second key to making your way prosperous is decision not to fear.Your ability to obey that Bible injunction, determines whether you win or loose, become poor or rich.Riches, especially kingdom riches are not for the fearful!
-when it comes to money the problem of the christian is not the love of money as many think ,it the fear of money.All the people in Bible and contemporay times that God wanted to enrish,He first of all told them to fear not,be of good courage.
Sir,when it comes to kingdom prosperity,fearlessness is a major factor.God hates when people fear,He said to Abraham "...fear not ,I am Thy shield and thy exceeding great reward"Gen15:1.Three things about fear of money you must overcome;
fear of lack of money.Donot fear lack,the more you fear it,the more the spirit of poverty grips you.The fear of lack is the messenger of the spirit of poverty.Say like Paul,"I have learned both how to abase and to abound"Phi4:12.
fear of excess.some people fear to have much.and that is why when they see a prosperous person they just quickly think or assume he is occultic or worldly.That thing in you that makes you think that riches will deviate you from serving God is the spirit of fear of excess!
fear of giving.This is the highest cause behind the poverty of the average Christian.They don't give fearing what will they eat if they give the little they have to God ,to His kingdom or to others.That thing you are holding back could be what it takes to make you rich.
It takes courage to be a kingdom giver,and this courage comes through meditation on God's word.The young rich ruler abandoned the offer of Jesus because he was afraid,he thought Jesus wanted to make him poor.Meanwhile the Lord wanted to multiply him and give him the hundred fold.Mark10:17-30.This mark 10 story is more of a call to riches than a call to discipleship as many have mistaken.
Key #3: establish your heart in the giving covenant
Giving is the greatest pillar of kingdom prosperity.This is because kingdom prosperity is not a discipleship series that we teach,or a prayer agenda that we pray,it a covenant that you practice.
God does not prosper you through your job , education and business.Does this offend you?.He prospers you when you align and submit your job , education and business to the practice of His covenant.People are broke despite their education,job and business because they try to break the covenant of an All Wise God!
As I usually say, kingdom prosperity cannot be taught,it caught.It is not a theory you can educate people on,it is a lifestyle that people encounter;making kingdom prosperity a divine encounter that you catch via the covenant.And because it is a covenant:
a.you must establish your heart on the covenant through meditation on God's word .It is the established heart,on the established covenant that produces kingdom prosperity.To be established means to continuously dwell therein,is not a once in a while something.
b.you must connect to the prophet of prosperity.If there is the word of prosperity,then there should obviously be the prophet of prosperity to complete the equation.Because God's word of prosperity comes to you via the prophet.Check all those who became wealth in the Bible and in this our times,they encountered a prophet of prosperity.Abraham encountered Melchizedek,Jacob encountered Isaac,the children of Israel were working in Egypt without payment,until the encountered Moses,the widow of Zarephath encountered Elijah,the Shunammite woman encountered Elisha, Bishop David Oyedepo encountered Kennet Copeland.Then who are you to break to law?
Sir ,madam,submitting, serving,and sowing into the ministry of the prophet of prosperity is God's covenant method to prosper ignoring this unbreakable law is just making your life hard for nothing.Until you submit, your job, education and business will make no sense.See,even right now,all jobs,schools and businesses have shut down because of crisis.How do you survive??The covenant.When God talks about a covenant,check very well in your Bible,He always introduces a prophet!
c.you must decide to give.Giving is a decision backed by revelation and courage.It is a mark of very high spirituality and maturity, because a carnal man cannot understand the things of the spirit.Many people like the young man in Mark 10,God told them to give out something,they didn't because of carnality.Thats what they are still at same level.Abraham s decision to give Isaac after hearing Gods voice was a mark of high Spirituality or faith.
-listen to me,yesterdays giving cannot produce today's prosperity.Thats why you must give continuously and bountiful.
Giving that causes prosperity is like prayer that brings revival.Just as you must pray continuously to see a revival,you must also give continuously to see a financial revolution!
Your story has changed.Receive grace and understanding,in Jesus name.
Amen&amen.