Memorise:
The blessing of the Lord, it maketh rich, and he addeth no sorrow with it.
Proverbs 10:22
Read:
2 Chronicles 20:24-26(AMP)
24 When
[the men of] Judah came to the lookout tower of the wilderness, they
looked toward the multitude, and behold, they were dead bodies lying on
the ground, and no one had escaped. 25 When Jehoshaphat and his people came to take their spoil, they found much among them, including
equipment, garments, and valuable things which they took for
themselves, more than they could carry away; so much that they spent
three days gathering the spoil.
26 Then on the fourth day they assembled in the Valley of Beracah, for it was there that they blessed the Lord. For that reason they named that place “The Valley of Beracah (blessing)” until today.
Bible in one
year: Deuteronomy 4:32-6:25, Job 2:7-3:2
MESSAGE!!!
Yesterday, we
considered genuine praise and worship as a path to victory, today we want to
consider prosperity; the genuine praise and worship.
“And when Jehoshaphat
and his people came to take away the spoil of them, they found among them in abundance both riches with the
dead bodies, and precious jewels, which they stripped off for themselves, more
than they could carry away: and they were three days in gathering of the soil,
it was so much.”
2nd
Chronicles 20:25
When God tells you
that He would prosper you, don’t insult Him by asking “how?” This is because
while you do not have one way that can
lead you to your prosperity, God has
uncountable ways. All you need is to believe and obey Him (John 11:40). Is it
not amazing, if not unusual, for the soldiers in our bible reading to go to
battle with precious jewels and costly outfits as if they were going for
wedding ceremonies? The reason for this was that God had determined to bless
His people, because He knew from the onset that His people would praise and bless
the beauty of His holiness, so He prepared their compensation beforehand!
Another lesson we must learn from this story is that our praise and worship
must be Holy Spirit inspired; it must not be offered from our carnal man. The
way we sometimes sing God’s praise confirms that these songs are carnally
motivated; not seasoned with grace. It would have been acceptable if we were
singing it to praise men like secular musicians do. Unfortunately, the One we
claim to be praising is a Spirit; He knows everything.
“But the hour cometh
and now is when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in
truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him. God is a Spirit: and they
that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.”
John 4:23-24
Moreover, the Almighty
demands our praise and worship of Him. He is also prepared to bless our
obedience to this divine mandate. In other words, if we deny Him the praise
that He is worthy of, He will also deny us the prosperity that we can so easily
get. I once visited a relation with the aim of blessing him with a certain
amount of money, but changed my mind because he failed to give me a modest
hospitality according to our custom. When I left his house, I used about 5% of
the money I should have given him to buy the soft drink he should have
entertained me with. He lost 100% because he did not host me with 5%. Let us
cultivate the habit of giving God abundant praise and worship and He will bless
us with abundant prosperity.
Throughout today, worship God in truth, in
spirit and in holiness as you go about your daily business.
