"Evil pursueth sinners: but to the righteous good shall be
repayed."(Proverbs 13:21)
Satan
has had us in a poverty mentality so long that it's tough for us to grasp just
how intensely God really does desire to prosper us--even
though
He's demonstrated that desire again and again.
Take
Abraham, for example. God made him an extremely wealthy man. Genesis 13:2 says
he was rich in cattle, in silver and in gold.
Then,
of course, there was Solomon. The Bible says he surpassed all the kings of the
earth in riches and wisdom. God's servant Job possessed such great wealth that he
was called the greatest of all the men of the East. That was before Satan put
him through the wringer. Afterward, God blessed him with more than twice what
Satan had stolen.
The
problem is, just the thought of the kind of wealth God gave to those men scares
most believers today. They're afraid it would destroy them. God has said that
"the prosperity of fools shall destroy them" (Prov. 1:32)
But
that doesn't mean you should avoid being prosperous. It means you should avoid
being a fool! I challenge you, this week, to go to Proverbs and find out for
yourself what God says about the characteristics of a fool. Let the Holy Spirit
search your heart. If you see ways in which you've been a fool, repent and make
a firm decision not to be caught in that trap again.
Let
the Word of God inspire you to leave foolishness behind and stir within you the
faith to reach out and receive what you, as a redeemed
child
of the living God, have a divine right to--not the curse of poverty, but the
blessing of prosperity!
Kenneth
Copeland
SCRIPTURE READING: Genesis 15:1-6
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