Prosperity: The Choice Is Yours, Part 3

The Source of Prosperity

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

For I rejoiced greatly, when the brethren came and testified of the truth that is in thee, even as thou walkest in the truth.

I have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in truth. 3 John 2-4

The man who wrote these verses of scripture was no novice to spiritual things.

He was a man who lived night and day with Jesus. He walked and talked with the Master.

In his later years, he received from the Spirit of God insights into the future generations of the world and penned the Book of Revelation. His name was John, the apostle of love.

While reading these verses by this man who knew Jesus so well, I came across the words "I wish," or better translated, "I pray," and it caught my attention.

I want to know anything that one of the apostles would pray. And if Jesus thought enough of John to place His own mother in his care, I want to know what this man has to say!

The apostle writes, Beloved, I (pray) above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth.

For I rejoiced greatly, when the brethren came and testified of the truth that is in thee, even as thou walkest in the truth.

Here John connects "walking in the truth" (the Word) with the ability to prosper and be in health.

Healing and prosperity then must be direct products of being filled with the Word and walking in the Word of God.

The Word says that if you seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, things will be added unto you.

In seeking first the kingdom of God you must first learn to walk in the Word, to seek the Word and get the Word inside of you.

Then things will be added unto you. If you walk daily in His Word and in His truth, you have a sure connection to health and prosperity.

Take Hope

After giving his long life to the service of Jesus Christ, an aging apostle John "rejoiced greatly" when he heard that "my children walk in the Word.”

I, too, can take hope in this joy because I know, like John, that if we walk in the Word we can rejoice in the knowledge that God is greater than any situation anywhere, anytime.

It doesn't matter how high interest rates get. That's not going to defeat me, and it's not going to defeat the body of Christ. We have hope. We are going to be healthy. We are going to be somebody for the world to look up to.

And when they ask,
"Where are you getting it?" we can look at them with a smile and say, "My God meets all my needs according to His riches in glory." Praise the Lord!

Psalm 35:27,28 says, 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.

And my tongue shall speak of thy righteousness and of thy praise all the day long.

Doesn't that thrill you? You can take hope in this scripture.

God has pleasure in your prosperity. He takes pleasure in your healing. God is pleased when you prosper in every area of your life.

The Word says, "Let them say it continually, Let the Lord be magnified...my tongue shall speak of thy righteousness and of thy praise all the day long!"

This means continually, steadily walking in His Word. This means meditating on God and His promises "...all the day long."

If you do this day after day, God's Word will eventually take root in your soul.

When your soul starts to walk continually in His truth, God's blessings are not far off. You will prosper even as your soul prospers.

Joshua was a good example of a man who continually walked in the Word. He meditated and took hope in God's promise of a land that flowed with milk and honey.

Joshua held to his promise and eventually became the leader of the Israelites after Moses died.

Moses was a tough act to follow, but in Joshua 1:5, God assured, There shall not any man be able to stand before thee all the days of thy life: as I was with Moses, so I will be with thee: I will not fail thee, nor forsake thee.

If I had my name written at the top of this verse and God said, (Kenneth), there shall not any man be able to stand before thee all the days of thy life: as I was with Moses, so I will be with thee. I will not fail thee nor forsake thee.

I could take hope in that! That promise can be just as strong to me today, as it was to Joshua back then, if I meditate in the Word night and day.

God went on to tell Joshua in verses seven and eight, Only be thou strong and very courageous, that thou mayest observe (understand) to do according to all the law, which Moses my servant commanded thee: turn not from it to the right or to the left, that thou mayest prosper withersoever thou goest.

This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night.

Some people say, "Well, I don't have that much time, Lord.

I've only got 15 minutes a day." If that's all the time you've got, that's all the results you will get! Jesus said, “The way you measure it, it will be measured back to you.”

Joshua was told to walk and meditate in the Word, and he would prosper everywhere he went.

So, as you meditate in the Word continually, you will prosper.

And if your soul has to prosper before you can be prosperous, then meditating in the Word must prosper your soul. Why is that so important?

God would rather reveal things to you that will cause your soul to prosper.

Because by doing so, He can reach in and work through you to change circumstances and bring about blessings.

A soul that prospers can hear the voice of God and be sensitive to His leading.

Excerpts from, Prosperity: The Choice Is Yours by Kenneth Copeland

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