DOMINIOIN MANDATE DAILY DEVOTIONAL

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 2019

PROSPERITY MYTHS (1)- YOU CAN’T PROPSER WITHOUT CUTTING CORNERS

Good planning and hard work lead to prosperity, but hasty shortcuts leads to poverty. Proverbs 21:5 (NLT)

When God’s law are followed, the people prosper, when violated, the people perish. If you want prosperity as a Christian, you must be ready and willing to live right, step out of your comfort zone and embrace the demands of prosperity.

Simon Peter and his brother followed one of the laws of prosperity (obedience) and they prospered without cutting corners. As Jesus was walking beside the Sea of Galilee, He saw two brothers, Simon called Peter and his brother Andrew. They were casting a net into the lake, for they were fishermen. “Come, follow me,” Jesus said, “and I will send you out to fish for people. “At once they left their nets and followed him. (Matt. 4:18-20; NIV).

There is a random saying that goes by For you to prosper you need to cut corners.’’ And a lot of Christians have bought into that idea of thinking that for them to prosper they need to cut corners (cut corners meaning: undertake something in what appears to be the easiest, quickest, or cheapest way, often by omitting to do something important or ignoring the rules.)

Prosperity has laws just as gravity has a law. It also has a process. One of the most important laws of prosperity is obedience and sacrifice. To whom much is given, much is expected. You must be willing and ready to pay the price to attain that height of financial prosperity that you seek. For Jesus to bring to fulfilment the vision of God for His people (The World), He didn’t follow the shortcut (cutting corners), he ‘’Obeyed’’ and ‘’Paid The Price’’ (Obedience and Sacrifice) through his death on the cross of calvary. We despised Him and rejected Him; He endured suffering and pain. No one would even look at Him—we ignored Him as if He were nothing. “But he endured the suffering that should have been ours, the pain that we should have borne.

All the while we thought that His suffering was punishment sent by God.
But because of our sins He was wounded, beaten because of the evil we did. We are healed by the punishment He suffered, made whole by the blows He received.(Isaiah 53:3-5) As a result of that obedience and sacrifice, He was crowned with glory and honor. “But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels, for the suffering of death crowned with glory and honor, that He, by the grace of God, might taste death for everyone.” ‭‭(Hebrews‬ ‭2:9‬ ‭NKJV)

Principles are levelers. That means irrespective of who you are, if you follow principles, then you will get the results that go with that principle, but if you break principles and cut corners, then the principle will break you. Until you understand and follow the rules and principles of prosperity, you will continue to wallow in poverty and end up in misery. Find the key (the rules and laws of prosperity) and apply them, then you will get the prosperity and freedom you seek.

PRAYER:
Heavenly Father, we thank you for who you are and your unfailing promises for us. We ask that you open our eyes of understanding to do your will and live above the world through your Word. Fill us again and help us attain success through Jesus Christ our Lord, amen.

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