Prosper: Open Your Eyes

"Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth." (3 John 2)

We will prosper within to the degree that we know and believe all that God has given us through His Son:

"Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ." (Ephesians 1: 3)

The problem for many believers is that they simply do not have a great and growing revelation of all that Gof has blessed them with. Paul prayed that even the spiritually on-fire Ephesians would have a greater revelation of God's power:

"That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him:

"The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,

"And what is the exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward who believe, according to the working of his mighty power." (Ephesians 1: 17-19)

The "eyes of our understanding" are part of our mind -- in fact, the original word, dianoia in the Greek, speaks to every aspect of our mind.

Paul prayed all the more that they would have a growing revelation of God's love for them, too:

"That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man;

"That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love,

"May be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height;

"And to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fulness of God." (Ephesians 3: 16-19)

As we read  more of God's Word, receiving a greater revelation of God, His Son, His Love for us in sending His Son to die for us, and the Life of His Son Living and Enriching us from within, we will prosper from within - mind, will, and emotions - and behold, God will bless you with bread and more through His Son! (Proverbs