good day, steemit's friends, I want to talk to you about spiritual prosperity.
SPIRITUAL PROSPERITY
Can you see the connection between the conditions of prosperity and faith? To understand it, it is necessary that you first know what we want to talk about prosperity. Today there is an anti-biblical doctrine called "Theology of Prosperity", where faith justifies the economic means, if you are true Christian, then then, you must be prosperous economically, because you are the son of the great King, and your children are not in the misery, he gives in abundance if you believe it, if you declare it.
It seems that the condition of your faith is money, the absence of the material world is the lack of faith. If the condition for effective faith was prosperity matter, because there are many examples of people who teach us the greatness of faith from their poverty as the old woman who gave as an offering the only currency she had in her hands, or the woman who spent all your little money in a jar of fragrance to anoint Jesus. Also in the A. T. a group of people without money, without land, poor, sick, tired are called to enter the land promised by God, as witnessed by Joshua and Caleb, who entered the earth to observe the conditions.
Does it make sense to you that none of these conditions is possible without faith? Without faith, could Joshua speak the Word of the Lord when faced with all the obstacles he would have in guiding Israel to the Promised Land? Does not a living faith need to fill the mind of the Word of God, instead of letting it be filled with the challenges of conquest? That is why God said to Joshua many times: "Be brave, do not be afraid or faint" (Joshua 1: 6 -9).
To ensure a healthy perspective on the theme of the power of faith and prosperity, which is so often distorted, let us establish three aspects of spiritual prosperity.
Spiritual prosperity is always linked to God's purpose.
God wants us to be instruments of resources because it is part of his purposes. It fills us with spiritual richness when we are in its purposes, when we enter into the dynamic of responding to its call. Being far from God means spiritual poverty, emptiness, agony, confusion, uncertainty. But God fills everything in everything, full of His Spirit so that we may be prosperous. Philippians 4:19 "Therefore, from your wonderful riches, my God will give you, through Jesus Christ, whatever you need." The connection between the responsible offerings of the Philippians and the purpose of God's blessing is clear, when we read this promise in context. They gave Paul, and then God gave them the reward. But he rewarded them so that they could continue to be a source of resources for the program of the kingdom of God in all aspects not only materially, in these terms of the Philippians with Paul, God used the material resource to bless a life that lived under the threat of death and desolation, that surely lifted Paul's spirit.
*Spiritual prosperity is always related to the character of God.
Following Paul's testimony, he never wanted to receive any financial help from any churches, he works on his own repairing tents, the only church that received financial help was that of the Philippians, when he was in great need and not He had the possibility to generate his own resources.
However, he accepted the help not because he has no other, or because he was accustomed to a certain way of life; That is the problem in our society, we are not satisfied with what we have, nor happy, we want more and if we could level up, it is very important to stay there and if you can go up. In itself, economic income is not bad, the problem is to see it as an end and not a means. The end forces you to look for it at all costs, the means come at the time and in the will of God and you may be able to say as Paul said: Philippians 4: 11-13 I do not say this because I am needy, because I have learned to be satisfied in whatever situation you find me. I know what it is to live in poverty, and what it is to live in abundance. I have learned to live in each and every circumstance, both to be satiated and to go hungry, to have enough to suffer shortages. I can do everything in Christ who strengthens me.
Almost without respite, Paul transmits the promise of blessings to those who gave and administers the lessons of living fully satisfied with what one has. Prosperity is not promised as a medicine for your dissatisfaction. Paul's confession is simple: I am happy in abundance and scarcity. Possessions or economic prosperity do not determine the level of satisfaction, but spiritual prosperity does contribute to or satisfy your internal need. This attitude reflects the character of God in your life, because he is the one who molds your thoughts through faith, so that you live satisfied with what you have. Is it possible to be satisfied in God? Paul affirms his famous statement: "I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me". From this context, it is clear that the strength, the power of faith, which comes from the Lord Jesus, arises from being satisfied despite the presence or absence of abundance.
God does not want you to live in misery, but learn to be prospered from within, and then reflect on your exterior. 3 John 2 "Beloved, I pray to God that in all respects you prosper and have health, just as your soul prospers!" Euodoo comes from the Greek words meaning "good" and "way." Therefore it denotes success in reaching an objective, be it on a trip or in the business.
Juan makes sure that the concept of prosperity is integral. He links the condition of the inner being with the external aspects of life. According to his way of thinking, it would be useless to pray to reach a goal if one is not well internally. Someone said the following: "I wish you could get where you want to go on your outside while inside you go where God wants."
Spiritual prosperity is always subordinated to the promises of God.
Success is more related to God's program than to our desires. It is not wrong to present our requests and wishes to the Lord. It is wrong to make desires condition the relationship. God wants to bless us, to give us success in all areas of our life. However, we will discover that these blessings will be confirmed when you commit to God's purpose for your life.
There is no condition for the promise of God to be fulfilled in your life, he gives in abundance even when we are bad, but the children who do the will of his Father, overflows from the inside to the outside, says Malachi 3: 10 "Bring the whole tithe to the temple funds, and there will be food in my house. Test me in this, says the Lord Almighty, and see if I do not open the floodgates of heaven and pour out a blessing on you until there is an overflow.
The Bible has both promises of prosperity and warnings about prosperity. Why? Because the Lord knows hearts. Fallen humanity and even the redeemed of the Lord are easy prey to patterns of thinking about the theology of prosperity that lean toward greed and greed. The Lord wants prosperity to be a blessing, not a curse. But faith is misused when motivated by greed and when prosperity becomes the condition on which we base it. Suddenly, we trust God to obtain goods, instead of trusting Him in everything. At that moment, prosperity becomes a curse! For that reason, the promise is followed by obedience to the Word of God, Joshua 1: 8 "Let the book of that law not fall from your lips; meditate it day and night, to put all its clauses into practice; that way your companies will prosper and you will be successful. "