You Were Created to Prosper

Since the beginning of time, what has been more striking and outstanding than any other thing has been the accomplishment of God's Word. The Prosperity of it. When God declared: "let there be light," His Word did not fail, neither did He struggle continuously and unnecessarily through trials and errors to accomplish the desire of what was on His mind. It was a case of God decreeing and it coming to pass, simply put.

God ever more opening our minds in the fashion of an oyster, continues to teach us of this prosperity that is intrinsic to His nature. He declared through the prophet Isaiah: "So shall My word be that goes forth from My mouth; It shall not return to Me void, But it shall accomplish what I please, And it shall prosper in  the  thing for which I sent it"
(Isa 55:11, NKJV). Man is a prototype of God's Word, exquisitely and quintessentially created in His image. In looking like His maker even dared to become like Him, man has been given the key to overcome all odds. He was put here on earth by God to prosper in all of his endeavors.

In becoming like God who does not fail, man must be certain that his gaze, even though blurred by the flurry of darkness pouring like an avalanche around him, does not contaminate what he sees of God in himself in the river of life. Therefore, to see God crystal clear, is to see His love - His heart - which pushes Him to do what He does. Man must allow himself to be so driven by such a love that in all he lays his hands to do, he thinks of only what would bring his Maker satisfaction and joy. In God's joy is where true strength is found. We are thus exhorted, to: Love the Lord our God with all our heart and with all our soul (see Deut 6:5, Mat 22:37). Those who love God because of their understanding of His goodness will not fail to continuously rise like the awakening of the sun from the eastern sky. They will spread their light and forever shine as their paths get brighter and brighter until the noon day (see Prov 4:18).God is building heaven on earth, the city of Jerusalem. Scripture says: "Peace be within your walls, Prosperity within your palaces." For the sake of my brethren and companions, I will now say, “Peace be within you" (Ps 122:7‭-‬8, NKJV).

Those who long for God's kingdom will find joy only in doing good, producing light and positivity. The potency of light is said to be much more stronger than its opposite force - darkness. Light never fails to shine, it is only in its absence that darkness finds the elbow room to corrupt and spread like a virus whose vaccine hasn't been discovered yet.

Prosperity is for God's children. Just as God cannot fail, those whose journey is to reach a destination of becoming like Him must aspire to such a feat. They must open up their minds like chansonettes at day and not be limited by their lexicon - obtuse as it is - which dumbs down prosperity to material or financial gain. They must understand that God desires to see them prosper in spirit, soul and body: in wisdom, health, knowledge, education, vision, peace, career choices, and everything good mind can conceive, thereby beating darkness to a pulp.

Just as John was called to pass through a door in the book of revelation (see Rev 4:1), God has reserved a door or some doors for you in the spirit realm. "And I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven.”
(Mt 16:19 NKJV). What is required for success on man's behalf is asking, seeking, and knocking (Mat 7:7).

Get faith in God - it is freely given - and go into a realm of impossibility made possible, where the Spirit of God dramatically tears open the sky like it were a piece of clothing and gloriously comes down to attend to your cry.

Walking in prosperity is a journey however, and patience is key. You must pass that threshold where sanctification is embedded on the pavement you traverse. God is pure and brilliant white light. All forms of darkness and filth must wash away before Him. As we go before the throne of He who never fails, placed on the highest of highs and gaze upon Him, it is my boiling desire that I, you, we all receive illumination and afterwards walk down  bringing the light of heaven to the world.

It is your duty to go forth and prosper. If you have God in you, you need nothing more!

We Must Understand the Blessings of the Lord Deeper

In most parts of the world, especially in Nigeria, there is a narrowing down of the Blessings of the Lord. I plan on writing a book to cover this diverse subject based on the revelations given to me by the Lord, but I will start with this article.

Many People tend to see blessings mainly as having material possessions, earthly comfort and satisfaction. This is primarily, I believe, because of the level we are at spiritually in the Body of Christ. Many can blame it on the teaching we have today, but how many people who point accusing fingers really do search out the Truth for themselves? The scriptures provide us with the answers we need, although we need the anointing-quickening power of the Holy Spirit to open our eyes to the deeper truths of God. If we raise the ladder, other people around us would also have the opportunity to go higher.

It is a good thing to have blessings in earthly activities, to have children and to generally prosper in that which we lay our hands to do. There is no over-emphasizing that for it to be recognized. I personally need the Lord to open doors for me; I need food, shelter, clothing, favor,  breakthrough and all the "good things" life has to offer, it is not a bad thing. Even our Lord Jesus had a treasurer who stored the money that was needed for He and His disciples. But the Lord's priorities were never misplaced. He understood what and where the greater treasures were without disregarding the lesser ones. We must understand this wisdom if we desire to make any SIGNIFICANT progress.

 Scripture says, "All praise to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly realms because we are united with Christ" (Ephesians 1:3, NLT), that certainly means more than having the resources we can see with our earthly eyes. Wealth has been defined by a whole lot of people as simply Having Money, it is enshrouded in their lexicon and phrases. Although we have people who have a better and deeper understanding, acKNOWLEDGING that: "Health is wealth." We must however seek after spiritual things until we are rest satisfied that Rivers of Living Water flow out of our bellies. For it is written: But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you
(See Matthew 6:33). A person is only but a poor fellow who is earthly rich and heavenly poor. We must seek Heaven's approval of our walk in the earth, even if it might cost us our carnal wealth. It is better to be rich in spiritual things and average or poor in earthly things, but best to be both rich in spiritual things and earthly things. We can have both! We only need the Wisdom of God and the humility of the Cross to leverage of our works. It is all useless to have wealth and exalt ourselves beyond WHERE WE HAVE BEEN PLACED. Humility is one the greatest spiritual treasures. Paul's example of having  a thorn in the flesh allowed by the Lord to keep him from being proud is a paragon of how much important humility is in keeping it all together.

A balance must be kept in knowing that being heavenly minded does not negate the need for being earthly useful - the Blessing of the Lord from heaven enriches the earth that was put under our custody in the first place. The two must go hand in hand. The ultimate purpose of God for us is that His will be done on earth as it is in heaven. In the beginning,  the earth was put under our authority, we lost it and it has been given back to us,  without our first calling neglected. For God’s gifts and his call can never be withdrawn ( Romans 11:29, NLT).

An open heart that cries out for the Righteousness and Justice of God is paramount to enjoying His blessings. If we are willing and obedient, God will dwell with us; His Love will be seen in us; He will heal our land; we would have the faith that moves mountains; we would receive fresh and new ideas; we would be creative; we would be fruitful, we would multiply and we would be used to restore all that the enemy has stolen with all the God made resources available in the heavens and the earth. The earth is still the Lord's and it's fullness thereof, but He will only give it to the Meek.

Enlightened Economics

Every Kingdom survives on having many departments that compliment each other. These various departments come together to cohesively bring about the advancement and prosperity of the kingdom.

I have taken a keen interest on economics as of late and from what I have gleaned - from a secular end -  economics is the study of man and how he relates to his environment. Human beings seek for means to better their resources and improve their services whenever there is the urgency (some inventions were necessitated) or it can simply be for the pleasure of it.

There is only one Kingdom  that is going to last forever and that is the kingdom of God. Even the wise of this world understand  the foolhardy of building or investing in an economy that would be headed for the sandpit. A greater wisdom would be to bank in an economy that never fails, that's got wells of wealth that never run dry and keep all who thirst satisfied.

Unfortunately many people in God's Kingdom do not understand how His economy operates and are shortchanged in their operations. Many obviously know the calling of God on their lives but are weighed down by the onus of lack and insufficiency having been saddled with wrong doctrines that have left their dreams in the doldrums.

If we search the scriptures we would discover that it is contrary to the nature of a rich God to create lack. Observe that I said "create."  God wants to be a provider and takes no pleasure in seeing His creation suffer through lack. But creation has  common enemies -  sin and death. These nefarious duo have conspired in keeping creation out of the will and purpose of God. Where there is sin, a righteous God has to Judge,  and the consequence is always death - death to the provision of something, be it health, wealth, knowledge, prosperity, etc. The only solution to this malady is to return to God and submit to His Spiritual Word.

Not everybody is called to walk in the fivefold ministries of God's Kingdom in the earth. Not all are called to be Apostles, Prophets, Evangelists, Teachers and Pastors. God has purposed some to be business tycoons, skilled artisans, administrators, politicians, designers, sports personnel, etc. The kingdom of God would only be complete and the Church ready for Jesus' return if we all play our part in replenishing the earth and restoring it by taking back all the devil has stolen.

It is time for the giant in you to awaken! It is time for you to fulfill that which was ordained for you to accomplish even before the world began. Go about your business, be fruitful and multiply. Say yes, say Yes to God and you would accomplish exceedingly abundantly above all that you can ask or think of!

Come now, and let us reason together, saith the Lord : though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.  If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land                      
(Isaiah 1:18-19 KJV).

Embracing the Different Facets of God and Understanding the Times and Seasons

Jesus is sweet, loving, powerful, pure, full of judgement, regal, wealthy, full of wisdom (with a hair of days), scintillating, mesmerizing, majestic; in short, He is everything good. He would come to you as is fitting to Him and understandable to you. We cannot take a facet of Him and express it as all that there is. In order to be in a balance, we must embrace all that He is, with the vision to keep moving ahead: Leaving those things which are behind; moving from glory to glory, forever and ever.
There are times and seasons in the affairs of creation. Everybody is in cognizance with this fact. A season for rain, a season for no rain; a time to be born, a time to die; a time to plant, a time to harvest, etc. Not "understanding" this, would leave the mind of a "man" crippled.

God has designed our learning (for we would be growing forever, nobody is too mature for the "Ancient One") to come in episodic fashions. If you are for getting all that there is in God, the fullness of Jesus, you would be taught at various speeds, ways, and seasons. God could focus on your vision for a season, and your healing for another, your purity at a time and your obedience for another. Wisdom would suggest that you be patient and let God take the reins in your life. There is more than time can handle in your getting to understand God, and you would have to get the best of what you can before leaving this realm.

Be patient, God would make it all good in due season!