Title: God Who Makes Prosperous and Prosperous
After inventing the lie detector and testing 25,000 people, Dr. Leonardo Killer concluded that humans are dishonest. But the Bible is honest and the truth is simple. When my hands are toiling, I will eat and be blessed and prosper. If you deceive yourself and pretend to live like that, you will never taste the fruit.
During the French Revolution, Robespierre built a guillotine to punish people. However, Robespierre disappeared with the dew of the guillotine he had made. What do these historical events say? It proves the Bible as it is that you reap what you sow.
"Do not deceive yourself. You cannot deceive God. A man will reap what he sows" (Galatians 6:7).
If you want to be prosperous and prosperous, listen to the word of God.
“You have given me your shield of salvation; Your right hand has taken hold of me; Your gentleness has made me great” (Psalm 18:35).
“You shall eat according to the toil of your hands, and you shall be blessed and prosper” (Psalm 128:2).
“Keep the commandments of the LORD your God, and walk in his ways, keeping his laws, his commandments, his statutes, and his testimony, as it was written in the law of Moses, so that whatever you do, wherever you go, you may prosper” (1 Kings 2:3).
Sem Levenson put it this way:
“If you want beautiful lips, speak kind words. If you want to have lovely eyes, look at the good in people. If you want to be slim, give your food to the hungry, and if you want to have beautiful hair, have a child stroke your hair once a day. If you want to have a beautiful posture, never walk alone.”
That's right. Now, in order to leap spiritually, sow a time of reverence, practice a habit of reverence, and sow with tears. Then you can reap the sheaf with joy.
“He that goes out weeping to sow seed will surely return with joy, carrying her sheaf” (Psalm 126:6).
Job's suffering in today's text was beyond common sense. The purpose of the book of Job is to make it clear that suffering and peace are all by God's permission. He is the God who made suffering useful. God wants those who believe in him to prosper and become great. The beginning was small, but later he wants to be great. For that to happen, a person has to do something.
First, we must seek God.
"If you seek God diligently..."
The word "seek" here means "to seek" and the word "diligently" means "sincerely and sincerely". Marian Anderson (1902-1973), a black singer who is so famous that it is almost impossible to hear it once in a hundred years, was a person who was honored for being a good singer. He received honorary degrees from 23 countries, sang the American national anthem upon inauguration of Presidents Eisenhower and Kennedy. In 1958, Ike was even nominated as UN representative. who received it. Hear what he has to say when he retires after 40 years of singing.
"I am a human being who can only be a humble slave, but I became famous because God gave me a beautiful voice, not me. Therefore, I give all honor, praise and glory to God," he said, impressing all Americans. will be The supreme purpose of human life is to glorify God. In order to receive God's great blessings, we must have faith to seek God's glory first by seeking "his kingdom and his righteousness" rather than putting worldly things before money, fame, or pleasure. Jeremiah 29:13 says, “If you seek and seek me with all your heart, you will find me.” If you always diligently seek God and live your life, even if it seems like you are failing, you will eventually succeed. However, if you put God behind you, it seems to be going well, but in the end it ends in failure. Therefore, we must first live for the glory of God. Then you are guaranteed.
Second, we must pray to Almighty God (verse 5). God is omnipotent. God gives us the power to pray with our whole heart (2 Chronicles 16:9). God truly repents of past sins and revives the spirit of those who have repented. Prayer is the key that unlocks the gates of heaven and is the authority God gives to those who believe.
Because our human IQ does not exceed a certain limit, we get sick, have accidents, and die. We need the help of Almighty God. God gives help to those who ask for help (Jeremiah 29:12-13). Prosperity and prosperity are possible with God's help.
Third, to be prosperous and prosperous, we must be clean and upright (verse 6). Because God is holy, He wants those who believe in Him to be holy (1 Thessalonians 4:3). Holiness means clean, pure, and set apart. Because God is a holy spirit, He is with the pure. The temple where God dwells is the holy body and heart of believers (1 Corinthians 3:16). Those who are pure in heart see God (Matthew 5:8). Those with an honest heart keep their promises to God (Ecclesiastes 5:4-5). After Jacob suffered great tribulation at Shechem, he and his whole family gathered up all the sins that were ugly in the sight of God, buried them under an oak tree, put on new clothes, and went up to Bethel, and no one pursued them (Genesis 35:5). He had kept his promise to God in Ruth.
Fourth, we must be faithful in small things. Those with God may be feeble at first, but later on, they will be great. When Jesus ran out of wine for a wedding in Cana of Galilee, he made better wine than the first with water. Individuals, families, nations, and peoples who serve Jesus prosper and prosper. It is the work of Satan that started with the Holy Spirit and finished with the flesh, and it is the work of the Holy Spirit that the doubter gains confidence and loves the person he hated so that the latter becomes better than the first. To be prosperous and prosperous, you must be faithful in small things. The Lord gives the power to rule over ten cities to the servant who leaves ten minas with one mina.
People in this world are asked to be taller and higher than others from a young age, and they struggle to achieve that by themselves. When it comes to things that can be big and high, by any means and methods, if you are considered a person who can make you big and high, you will try to get closer and look good. However, in this world, no matter how great or exalted you are in front of people, they are extremely temporary and imperfect and do not give you complete satisfaction and joy. In order for us to truly become great forever, we must have the power of the eternal Sovereign God. If so, what kind of person does God make great?
1. He makes the humble great.
These days, it is said that it is the era of self-promotion, so you have to exalt yourself, brag, and behave slightly bluntly to look big and be treated highly. This is because the world often judges people by their outward appearance rather than by looking at the inner and essence of a person. But before God, those who humbly acknowledge their weaknesses and seek God's help are recognized as great. Also, God lifts up the humble and accomplishes great things (1 Peter 5:6). He said that those who exalt will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted, and he revealed that it is the principle of the kingdom of God that the humble become great. (Matthew 20:26, 27, Matthew 23:11, 12) Therefore, in this world, we Rather than exalting ourselves and trying to be great, let's be humble and serve others so that we can benefit from the grace of God who truly makes us great.
2. He makes those who have faith prosper.
Also, the world considers those who have wealth and knowledge, power, and strength to be great, and those who have a lot of them often become greater. But what our God sees is not such things, only faith in God Himself. God honors those who have faith and entrusts them with great and precious things to make them great in His kingdom. In fact, faith is completely trusting and relying on the omniscient and omniscient God, and it is a very natural result for those who have such faith to accomplish great and precious things and to gain honor because God of power is with them. Also, when it is said that true faith is the thing that God who has the authority to make great (Psalm 75: 6, 7) is the most pleasing, it is natural for God's blessing to make great things come to those who have faith.
3. He makes the zealous great.
You are probably familiar with the parable of the Lord's talents. Those who worked diligently for their masters with the entrusted talents were later recognized as loyal and honored, but otherwise, those who bury their entrusted talents in the ground and live lazy and indolent will later be rebuked as useless servants and reproached wretchedly. (Matthew 25:14-30) We can see from this that God values and exalts those who are truly zealous and loyal for the Lord. God entrusts a bigger and more secret task to those who do their best, earnestly and faithfully to the end, no matter how small the task may be given by the Lord God without making excuses for their weakness and without blaming their circumstances and conditions. It is to make you a great person in the kingdom (Luke 19:17).
Dear saints, All of us probably want to be greatly recognized before God and to become high and great in God's kingdom. Just like the disciples of Jesus in the old days arguing with each other over the question of who is the greatest and wanting to be exalted. We need to put more effort into following the will and principles of God, who has the authority to do so. This is because God's work of making great things will naturally follow those who live for the purpose of fulfilling God's good will. And rather than the empty and useless purpose of becoming great on this earth, we should aim for the greater and eternal glory in the kingdom of God. To do this, we must first seek God and pray to Him, and we must be clean, honest, and humble before God. And keep stronger the faith that God values! Only be zealous, loyal and dedicated to the glory of God! When you do this, you will surely experience the abundant grace of God that makes you prosperous and prosperous.
* Prayer: A very good Heavenly Father who is full of grace and love, I give thanks and praise to you. Thank you for always being our Comforter, guiding us on the path of life, and allowing us to live a victorious life in faith. Help us to prosper and become prosperous to save more souls. Pour out the spirit of supplication, and let us live clean, hard work, and honesty. Be humble, have more faith, do your best, be zealous, and be loyal. Help me to live a prosperous life in the face of problems, not as saints who give in to problems. I believe that you will give me a victorious life with the help of the Holy Spirit, and I pray in the holy name of the Lord Jesus Christ. Amen