God wants us to receive all good things from Him.
He wants us to open our mouths wide and receive from Him:
"I am the LORD thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt: open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it." (Psalm 81:10)
So, if He is dedicated to our enrichment and prosperity, why do we find that some Christians are not walking in full health and wealth?
He wants us to be healed and whole on the inside, so that His material blessings do not induce us to failure, sin, and destruction:
"For the turning away of the simple shall slay them, and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them." (Proverbs 1:32)
John's prayer, and thus God's Number 1 prayer:
"Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth." (3 John 2)
He desires that our souls prosper above all. Consider the warning which Jesus declared to His disciples during His earthly ministry:
"For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?" (Matthew 16:26)
He wants us to be ready for all the blessings He wants to load upon us.
Consider Saul, the first King anointed over Israel, who ultimately failed and died a tragic death.
His soul was not fulfilled and prosperous. He lived in fear, He did not have a heart after God. He even feared to be recognized as King of Israel. Saul endured no major trials in his life to see God as His loving protection and guarantee.
David, however, knew God's heart, and saw Himself as Beloved (his name means "Beloved", by the way). He endured privation, wilderness experiences. He lived through threats on his life, betrayal from his closest confidants, and all while having been anointed King of Israel in the midst of his own brethren.
We receive chastening from our Loving Father, that we may walk in the full sonship which our Daddy God has granted us:
"9Furthermore we have had fathers of our flesh which corrected us, and we gave them reverence: shall we not much rather be in subjection unto the Father of spirits, and live? 10For they verily for a few days chastened us after their own pleasure; but he for our profit, that we might be partakers of his holiness.” (Hebrews 12: 9-10)
Remember, wealth destroys fools--and God wants us to be WISE!
He wants us to know who we are in Christ, what we have in Christ, and what He is committed to doing through us in Christ:
"In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him." (1 John 4:9)
God wants us to grow in grace, that we may enjoy every blessings, and that means that every time our flesh, our self-efforts fall away, the more that His grace flows in our lives, and we receive more of His blessings in our lives.
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