"Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth." (3 John 2)
The Greater our understanding God's love for us, the more that our soul will prosper, and thus we prosper and enter into health in all things.
Every good and perfect gift comes from above:
"Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning." (James 1: 17)
The greatest light that the Father sent to us was His Son:
"Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life." (John 8: 12)
We must also grasp by faith that everything comes to us not because we deserve it, but because God the Father gave His Son for us:
"He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things?" (Romans 8: 32)
In order to receive the second revelation -- all things -- we must receive the magnitude of God's gift, in providing His Son as the substitute for us:
"Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins." (1 John 4: 10)
In the Old Testament, the Israelites could bring three types of offerings -- bird, lamb, or bullock. The greater you esteem God's Son, and that He has covered you for all of your sins - past, present, future -- and has given you His life in turn, you grow in grace and knowledge of the Lord, your soul prospers in turn, and He will make sure that you have a prosperous and healthy journey in Him!
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