A God that wants His children to prosper and live in abundance surely does not want us to live in lack.
3 John 2 says “Beloved I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth”. This verse shows us that it is God’s Will for His children to enjoy all round prosperity—spiritually, financially, emotionally, health wise and in all ramifications. Note the words “above all things”, they reflect how important it is to God for His children to prosper.
It is God’s wish for us to prosper, what does He do? He equips us to become wealthy. Deuteronomy 8:18 says “For remember the Lord your God, for it is He who gives you the power to make wealth”. Our God is not contradictory, He is very consistent. If He wants us to be good, he does not want us to be evil; and if He wants us to prosper, He definitely does not want us to be poor. Our God is a holy God and He gives us the power to make wealth, by extension, this means on the one hand, that wealth is a by-product of holiness. And on the other hand, that poverty is a by-product of sin.
Remember that God’s promises to us can only come to pass in our lives if we are in alignment with Him. Deuteronomy 15:4-6 says “However, there should be no poor among you, for in the land the Lord your God is giving you to possess, as your inheritance, He will richly bless you, if only you fully obey the Lord your God and are careful to follow all these commands I am giving you today. For the Lord your God will bless you as He has promised, and you will lend to many nations and borrow from none...” Now if God has said that we will be prosperous if only we obey Him, the other side of the coin is that, if we do not obey Him, we will be poor. When do we disobey God? It is when we sin. Sin is anti God, it is contrary to God and it opens us up to whatever God doesn’t want for us.
Simply put, if you obey God, you prosper. If you disobey God and continue in sin, you don’t.
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