You will prosper

Deuteronomy 30:9 Then the LORD your God will make you most prosperous in all the work of your hands and in the fruit of your womb, the young of your livestock and the crops of your land. The LORD will again delight in you and make you prosperous, just as he delighted in your fathers.


The Lord wants us to be happy, make no mistake about that. HE wants you to be prosperous; he wants you to be sucsessful. Throughout the bible there are many accounts of men who served the Lord, and lived a blessed, full life. Let me just pause here and say, no if you believe in the Lord, and do good works for him he will not make you rich. That is not what I am saying by a long shot. What I am saying is that he will make you prosperous. That comes in many different flavors. What is being said is that he will improve the areas of your life. He will give you peace of mind, he will work to repair relationships that you thought were lost; he will strengthen your marriage. You will be prosperous.

I know that sounds a little different than what you hear from a lot of people. Most will talk all about what you have to give up, how you have to sacrifice for the Lord. That is way off the point. Once you choose to follow God's plan for you, he will never let you fall, he certainly will not take everything from you. Or ask you to take a heavy burden, as a matter of fact he told us in Matthew chapter 11 “For my yoke is easy and my burden is light”. Think about it, the Lord does not want you to be run down, and un-sucsessful. Who would listen to you? Why would the Lord want an unsuccessful person out there preaching his word? Wouldn’t that make him look unsuccessful by association?

We were created in the image of God; we are sanctified by the grace of Christ, and moved by the Holy Sprit. I am pretty sure that you have head of these three guys; they are kind of a big deal. If we are going to work for them, would they not want us to be prosperous? Of course they would.

Think of some of the figures on the bible, Noah, Moses, Abraham, David, the Apostles, and Paul to name a few. God had a plan for these men, and he made them prosperous. He took them to heights in their lives that they never dreamed of. We might not all reach the same heights, but we will be prosperous. We can't all be Moses, or Paul, but I will tell you this, I have yet to see anyone that has started to follow Christ not have their life improve.
In Deuteronomy 28 we are told that if we follow Lord he will set us high above nations, and blessings will find and follow us. For each step you take towards the Lord he will take five. HE is the good Shepard, who rejoices at finding the lost sheep. The Lord will raise you up, He has made the offer…….all you have to do is accept it.

Peace
Rev. T