Prosper By Walking in the Truth

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

"For I rejoiced greatly, when the brethren came and testified of the truth that is in thee, even as thou walkest in the truth.

"I have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in truth." (3 John 2-4)

In the second verse of his third epistle, John makes in very clear to his "wellbeloved" Gaius that his prosperity and health is of top priority. Yet the prosperity on the outside depends on our prosperity on the inside,i.e. our soul, composed of our mind, will, and emotions.

How do we prosper in our soul, then?

Knowing that we are beloved, for starters, is crucial, but also "walking in the truth" is key, for John witnesses of the truth in his beloved friend, "even as" he is walking in the truth.

But how do we walk in the truth? By knowing that we are in Christ, and that He lives in us:

"Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me. (John 14: 6)

There is no better way to prosper than in coming to the Father, whom we reach through His Son. The more that we grow in grace and knowledge of the Lord Jesus (2 Peter 3: 18), the more our souls will prosper, and we will do well in all that we do.

We grow in grace and knowledge of the Lord by reading and meditating on His Word:

"Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed;

"And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free." (John 8: 31-32)

"Continue" would be better rendered as "abide". We abide in His Word by meditating on Him and His precious promises for us. As we meditate on His word, we know the truth, and the truth then sets us free.

Therefore, walking in the truth of who we are in Christ, based on what we read in His Word, will lead us to prosper and be in health!