“In all that he does, he prospers.” Ps.1.3 ESV
When we live our lives under the direction of God, He promises to touch all that concerns us. Does this mean, as some have proposed, that God will make the obedient abundantly wealthy? Well, prosperity is certainly promised but we should never understand this in such a way that contradicts the life of Jesus. Christ was certainly blessed by God but He possessed none of the trappings of what we ordinarily think about when we think of wealth. Jesus was blessed by His Father to the degree that He became the greatest blessing. Whatever is meant by God’s promise to proper, I think it is safe to assume that He will bless us in such a manner as to make us a blessing as well. This may look different according to God’s design for each of us. To some He may give money, to another talent, and another position or influence. It may very well be that our connectedness to each other is the means whereby He intends to prosper the whole of us. If my house is yours, your talent is mine, and all that God has entrusted to each of His children is shared with the whole, then God has certainly prospered us beyond measure. Perhaps the wealth that is promised to us from reading and reflecting on the Scripture is its power to waken us to the real community that exists in His blessed Son. 2/19/2009 Conversations Within ts
Just me trying to be honest with God.
