The Bible assures us that God has great pleasure in our prosperity. In Psalm 35:27 we read:
“The Lord be magnified, Who delights in the prosperity of His servant.” ~ Psalm 35:27
So many believers struggle with the fact that God really does want them to prosper. They struggle so much with it that they actually build an anti-prosperity and anti-success theology to make themselves feel better about staying broke.
Others also have an unscriptural view of prosperity and teach lavish spending and opulence instead.
Both views are unbalanced.
Today, we’ll look into this verse and consider the reasons why God really does delight in our prosperity.
We’ll also take a look at what true biblical prosperity is.
Are you ready? Let’s dig deeper!
“To paraphrase the Bible, we could say, “If you then, though you are evil, delight in the prosperity of your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven delight in your prosperity.”
“The Bible says our own righteousness is as filthy rags before Him (Isaiah 64:6), and yet we dare presuppose that our love towards our own children is greater than His love towards us?”
“The math is quite simple: those who expect great things from God are the ones who get great things from God. Those who believe God really does delights in their prosperity are those who prosper the most.”
“We call ourselves believers, but what do we believe?”
“God has the power to provide you with more than enough of every kind of grace. That way, you will have everything you need always and in everything to provide more than enough for every kind of good work.” ~ 2 Corinthians 9:8 (CEB)
“It is NOT God’s will for you to be poor.”
“You cannot achieve new things, or break new ground, with your old thoughts.”
“Limiting beliefs are preventing you from becoming the best version of yourself.”
“When we are called by Christ to die to self it’s a call to be sold-out to Him. It’s not a call to poverty.”
“Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. As children of God, we are all meant to shine, to be the light of the world. We were born-again to make manifest the glory of God that is within...
