The Bible has much to say about prosperity and how it is achieved. In 2 Chronicles 31:21, we are given principles for living a prosperous life: seeking, obeying, and serving God.
Seeking God can mean actively pursuing an understanding of His will through prayer and the study of Scripture. Obeying God means living a life that is completely devoted to Him and His ways while serving Him faithfully is also part of the equation. Through doing these three things, it is not just possible but virtually certain that one can find true prosperity in their life.
IN THIS 3-PART series, I am using 2 Chronicles 31:21, a foundational scripture, to explain the nature of Biblical Prosperity and how to experience Biblical Prosperity. The scripture was chosen because it identifies three core principles contributing to prosperity.
Table of Contents
- S.O.S. for Prosperity
- Prosperity Is More Than Money
- The Obedience Factor
- Outsmart the False Teachers
S.O.S. for Prosperity
Those principles are:
- Seeking God
- Obeying God
- Serving God
In Part 1, I explained the importance of seeking God first and offered practical ways to seek God in daily life through prayer, meditation, and fasting. In Part 2, I will discuss the principle of Obeying God.
First, let’s revisit the foundational scripture:
2 Chronicles 31:21, KJV
And in every work that he began in the service of the house of God, and in the law, and in the commandments, to seek his God, he did it with all his heart, and prospered.
The scripture speaks of King Hezekiah, who was the King of Judah. He ruled for 29 years and is considered one of ancient Israel’s greatest kings.
2 Kings 18: 1-7
18 Now it came to pass in the third year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, that Hezekiah the son of Ahaz king of Judah began to reign.
2 Twenty and five years old was he when he began to reign; and he reigned twenty and nine years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name also was Abi, the daughter of Zachariah.
3 And he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord, according to all that David his father did.
4 He removed the high places, and brake the images, and cut down the groves, and brake in pieces the brasen serpent that Moses had made: for unto those days the children of Israel did burn incense to it: and he called it Nehushtan.
5 He trusted in the Lord God of Israel; so that after him was none like him among all the kings of Judah, nor any that were before him.
6 For he clave to the Lord, and departed not from following him, but kept his commandments, which the Lord commanded Moses.
7 And the Lord was with him; and he prospered whithersoever he went forth: and he rebelled against the king of Assyria, and served him not.
King Hezekiah followed the Mosaic Law and its commandments. He obeyed God. And his obedience contributed to his success not only as a king but also as a man.
Prosperity Is More Than Money
Prosperity encompasses every aspect of life. As I stated in Part 1, the Prosperity Gospel overemphasizes the pursuit of material possessions. Material things are only one aspect of prosperity. Many people have financial prosperity, but their personal relationships are in shambles.
For example, a man may succeed in business but doesn’t spend quality time with his wife or children. As a result, the wife feels neglected emotionally, and the children rebel. That’s just one example of how we can prosper in one area of our life while experiencing a lack in another area.
The Obedience Factor
Now, back to the issue of obedience…
When the scripture references the law and the commandments, it speaks of the Mosaic Law (or the Law of Moses). The Mosaic Law consists of 613 commandments. It is one Law comprised of 613 commandments.
The Law was given to ancient Israel by God through Moses, and it is God’s covenant with ancient Israel. According to the Law, ancient Israel would be blessed for following the Law and cursed if it violated the Law (i.e., broke any of the commandments). For ancient Israel, obedience to God meant following the commandments of the Mosaic Law.
Now, what about Christians?
- Since Christians are not under the Mosaic Law, how does a Christian obey God?
- What law and/or commandments must Christians follow to prosper?
These are important questions, and I will answer them next week in Part 2 (b).
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