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The Source of Your Prosperity

The Bible is filled from cover to cover with the goodness of God. Our heavenly Father is always giving, loving, and generous toward His children. In Genesis, He gives the man and woman a perfect Garden of Eden. In Revelation, we read about our ultimate home, a perfect and eternal heaven. In all the books in between, we read how God delighted in blessing His people. At the outset of the New Testament, we read how God sent His Son, Jesus Christ, as His ultimate gift of blessing to us. 

God is the Source of all you need. He is the Author of the whole-life, eternal-life prosperity plan. The sovereignty of God over all material wealth is stated clearly in 1 Chronicles 29:12: “Both riches and honor come from You, and You rule over all, and in Your hand is power and might; and it lies in Your hand to make great and to strengthen everyone.”

If we were to summarize David’s statement in three short sentences, we might say: 

1. The Lord is the owner of everything.

2. The Lord gives generously to His people. 

3. We do well to give Him thanks and praise for what He has given us.

Jesus certainly agreed with this when He taught His disciples to conclude their times of prayer by saying, “For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen” (Matt. 6:13). God owns everything, has all authority to dispense with it as He chooses, and is worthy of all praise for what He does. And let it be so!

David reflected about going up to the house of the Lord in Jerusalem: “Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: ‘May they prosper who love you. Peace be within your walls, prosperity within your palaces’” (Ps. 122:6-7).

He gave us a prayer that we can pray for all Christians, a prayer that is totally in line with God’s will for His people. The Bible is filled with verses that tell us of God’s goodness, His inexhaustible resources, and His desire to make His people prosper. God’s desire for you is prosperity—that you might have all that you need and the capacity to enjoy it (Ps. 34:8-10).