READ: ISAIAH1:15-20
There is
nothing dread in prosperity. Divine wealth does not hurt. There is no sorrow or
trouble attached to it. No matter what is your level of prosperity at this
time, you can go higher. If you remain poor you will have yourself to blame.
James 4:2 tells us: “You lust and do not have. You murder and
covet and cannot obtain. You fight and war. Yet you do not have because you do
not ask.” This is why many are poor. Instead of asking for your own
wealth, instead of asking for God to give you your own benefits, you look at
those riding big cars and feel they are not going to Heaven. Who are you to
determine that? Rather than ask to be dressed like the lilies of the field,
that are there today and thrown into the oven tomorrow, some will prefer to
wear rags. Many people do not ask because they are not willing. In Isaiah
1:19-20, the Bible says: “If you are willing and obedient, you shall
eat the good of the land; but if you refuse and rebel, you shall be devoured by
the sword; for the mouth of the LORD has spoken.” Many think the land
referred to is in Heaven. There is no land over there. The land is here n
earth. Again let us examine Numbers 20:5: “And why have you made us come up out of
Egypt, to bring us to this evil place? It is not a place of grain or figs or
vines or pomegranates; nor is there any water to drink.” God gave the children
of Israel an opportunity to have a land flowing with milk and honey. He asked
them to go and take it. They said, “No, we are not going.” God then said,
“Well, if you do not want a land flowing with milk and honey, then you must be
satisfied with a barren land.” So God gave them a land where they neither
farmed nor found water to drink. In summary, if you refuse wealth, do not blame
God if you are poor. The choice is yours. God is good. His friends are rich. He
has good thoughts towards you. He wants you to prosper. He said it clearly in
His words that poverty is a curse, it is destruction. He wants you to choose
one of the two. If you are willing and obedient, you will make it. You will
arrive and eat the good of the land. If you refuse, then do not complain.
MEMORIZE:
ISAIAH1:19-20 –If you are willing and obedient, you shall eat the good of the
land; but if you refuse and rebel, you shall be devoured by the sword; for the
mouth of the LORD has spoken.
