Is Prosperity For you?
Is prosperity really for you? What do you think?
In this post I am taking a \’glance\’ at prosperity or net worth. I say a glance because this is a very huge topic which cannot be conclusively discussed in one small blog post like this one. All I want to do here is to simply highlight some concepts to help you see prosperity from varied views . I pray I succeed in helping you make an informed opinion on this very often misunderstood topic.
In recent times in the christian faith circles, this topic has gotten great accolades from its supporters. Equally too on the other hand prosperity has had a bad rap from those opposed to such teachings in churchdom!
So what\’s this prosperity, anyway?
First I went to the non-bible dictionary to look up prosperity. I chose to use the free dictioray for this. No special reason for using this particular dictionary. Anyway this is what I found:
The state of being prosperous; advance or gain in anything good or desirable; successful progress in any business or enterprise; attainment of the object desired; good fortune; success; as, commercial prosperity; national prosperity.
That\’s that dictionary. Now this from the King James Version Bible dictionary, I found this:
prosperity PROSPER\'ITY, n. L. prosperitas. Advance or gain in any thing good or desirable; successful progress in any business or enterprise; success; attainment of the object desired; as the prosperity of arts; agricultural or commercial prosperity; national prosperity. Our disposition to abuse the blessings of providence renders prosperity dangerous.
Here\’s another definition.
Let\’s get started first with a good Bible definition: \”Prosperity is a blessed state of having the resources and ability to accomplish God\’s will in all areas of your life.
Full Gospel Business Men\’s Training
Uuhhmm..not much difference there not so? Looks like one and the same thing, right?
Let me introduce another angle to this. A term very widely used in our world today. And this is \”net worth\”. What is your net worth? (Shhh…You don\’t have to say it here just yet).
This is not the official explanation here. Net worth is widely accepted in financial circles to mean the bottom line number after all your liabilities have been subtracted from all your assets.
Your net worth being that positive figure, not the negative one, which remains after the subtraction of liabilities from your assets. The larger this final figure is the better your state of prosperity. It means you are profitable. And it means the richer you are in the minds of your fellow humans!
Now that you understand the concept, you can raise your hand and let the world know your net worth or simply how prosperous you are!! Drum roll….please…..Clap for him sorry her!
Here is another angle or twist to this topic. I found this article quite interesting.
\"Go To Work To Prosper. Do Not Go To Work To Work\"
Come to work to prosper, do not come to work to work. The only thing that comes from hard work and effort is a broken back. There’s a lot of false data that you’ve been living with. One of them is hard work. Focus on prosperity and you’ll get prosperity. Focus on hard work and you’ll get hard work. What you show up for is what you get. Too many good people that you know work hard and never prosper. The fact is masses of people work hard for those that will prosper. The prosperity thinker ends up prospering and has abundance in their life and the hard worker works for the prosperity thinker. Come to work to prosper.
All decisions that you make in life should be for the greatest good for the most people — and that’s a prospering idea. All decisions you make should be about prospering, to increasing flow — cash flow, friend flow, business flow, client flow — all activity should be about flow in your life. Bring the commitment and the decision to have prosperity in all of your affairs. In relationships, business, clients, friends — in all areas, bring prosperity. You get what you focus on. You know that to be true.
The above excerpt is by Grant Cardone, International Sales Expert. You can read the full article here: The essential importance of adopting a prosperity attitude. This article is posted in Entrepreneur .
Having read this far what is your view of prosperity? Is it for you? What do you think? Do you have a role to play in being prosperous?
Let\’s continue. Take a look at these scripture verses Joshua 1:8 and John 10:10 quoted here;
Never stop reciting these teachings. You must think about them night and day so that you will faithfully do everything written in them. Only then will you prosper and succeed.
(Joshua 1:8 GW)
A thief comes to steal, kill, and destroy. But I came so that my sheep will have life and so that they will have everything they need.
(John 10:10 GW)
So let\’s begin to conclude. Going by all the information gathered, in my humble opinion, yes prosperity is certainly for you. According to Grant\’s article excerpted above, it\’s your attitude that will determine the kind of prosperity you will attain.
This is also stated in the Bible verses quoted above. Your attitude will inspire your prosperity and success in life. In other words God has ordained for you to walk in prosperity and success whilst you are on this planet. But will it be automatic? No! You have a major part to play to achieve it.
So my dear friend, you need to prosper in every area of your life. This includes your money/finances, your family life, your career or work life, your academics and your spirituality. This is not a conclusive list but I\’m sure you get the gist of it.
So not to sound donnish, let me rest my case. Have I done justice to the prosperity thought? I don\’t know. You tell me. What\’s your view? Are you going to work to work or you\’ll go to work to prosper? It\’s your call. But I encourage you to get wisdom from God\’s word in the Bible. But with all your getting, get understanding so that you prosper correctly without abuse.
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Meantime go forth into your prosperity and success.
