Prosperity

However, prosperity is not exactly that. Prosperity in itself is about wealth and wielded influence.  Secularism has put it forward that for one to get prosperous, he or she ought to toil with hard work and modern-day religious beliefs have instead demonized it to the extent that several believers, much as they desire to prosper are afraid of being labelled as being materialistic. Others are afraid of becoming prosperous because they consciously hold the sentiment that they can never become prosperous. Some presume this on the grounds that they lack the necessary factors that favor their prosperity.

More truthfully, to experience prosperity satisfactorily, you need to have a limitless and regular supply. Because of physical impediment, this would mean having possession of an invisible reserve whereby the source of your wealth cannot be affected by the economical shortfalls, natural circumstances or policy dictates. It is sad how that a lot of people consciously associate themselves with poverty and yet anchor themselves to a glaring wish that someday, maybe, by luck, they will be able to prosper. This is, however, wrong, because the first mistake made is to attach oneself to a situation we abhor. Take for instance, if all odds where in your favor to be prosperous, you would passionately loathe poverty and all that has got to do with it. Instinctively, we are aware of the danger of poverty yet through conditioning, become accommodative of it and subsequently antagonistic toward prosperity. Poverty is in all ways of the devil and prosperity, of the Lord. And because of this, both circumstances spring from unseen sources in the alternative realm of existence. This explains why the physical factors from which either poverty or prosperity are assumed to be derived are merely manifestations of factors unseen.

One actuality of life is that each one of us has attachment to these two circumstances, either poverty or prosperity and the degree of this attachment is what is reflected in the outward expressions of our life as lifestyles or thoughts. This would imply that there is no single poor or prosperous person in the world that isn’t submitted to an invisible authority; either light or dark, whether consciously or unconsciously. There is no middle ground or neutrality.

Most prosperous people that you know will never honestly tell you how they got prosperous. They will either credit hard work or use the guise of apparent financial and entrepreneurial literacy. If you dared to consider hard work as their means to attaining success, how many people globally are equally or far more hardworking but with no close result of prosperity to show? At best, hard work will people things that eventually depreciate such as a house, car and some assets.

In reality, this attachment to these forces that influence one’s prosperity will vary in degree and those who consciously submit themselves to them will or have most assuredly sacrificed to attain whatever they now have. You most likely have heard of those stories where men sacrifice to attain wealth and status in communities, or where sacrifices are offered during construction to prosper the prospective projects. Sacrifice will never be told to you by them. On both fronts of light and darkness, submission is the most lucrative business.

In the realm of light, the principle is that when a man ranks higher than you in any sphere of influence, then you have to submit to him in order to attain his status. You do not compete or work hard to attain it. You simply yield that you might partake of the substance that makes them who they are which in many ways contradicts the world’s concepts of growth and prosperity. Take notice, however, that when making the conscious decision to submit, always test the spirit of the entity to which you would wish to submit first.

It is the intention of the Lord for his child to prosper. In the scriptures, Paul the Apostle writes of how he wished that, above all things, the believers “prospered and be in health,” and to prove that he didn’t mean the inward prosperity, he further adds, “even as your soul prospers”. The people towards whom God would desire to grant this prosperity are his people and that includes you. Yes, you! It is not about the odds being in your favor. Remember, the story of Joseph, how he became prosperous in a foreign land, or Abraham who accumulated wealth overnight, or Jacob who worked out prosperity, or Solomon who overnight knew the secret to prosperity? Now, secularity has come to teach us that due to several reasons depending on how an area’s policies work, it is almost impossible for some people to prosper in foreign lands and some are unable even in their native land.

One thing is sure though, that it starts out with inquisitiveness, and much better for you the reader, with submission. Have it always at the back of your mind that the Lord is more ambitious for your prosperity than you are for it. Let it be settled in you and that He is able to do anything in your life, to make it fulfilling and certainly, nothing exists that is impossible for him.

Written by: Rodrick Were.

The writer is a member of and an intern with the National Christian Students Association. (NCSA Youth).