Saturday, August 23, 2014

The Secret Of Prosperity And Success

How much do we love the Word of God or God himself, because the canonized Bible says, “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning”? The Bible continues, “The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us” (referring to the Lord Jesus Christ [John 1:1 & 14]).

A story is told of an elderly woman in Scotland who was living in abject poverty. Some years earlier, her son left for the U.S.A. to work there, and since then had not returned to visit his mother. A good neighbor learned that the son found a work in the U.S.A. with a lucrative salary. This neighbor asked the mother, “Does your son ever help you financially?” The mother sadly answered, “No, but he sends me pieces of paper with different pictures which I kept”. She then brought out the papers which were actually paper money of the U.S. government in different denominations and pictures. The mother did not realize that those are actually bank notes which were legal tender in the U.S.A., yet the “innocent” mother did not know that she had plenty of U.S. dollars in her possession.

Usually Christians are keeping Bibles (the Word of God) in their shelves at home gathering dust, signifying that they are Christians. However, they never read their Bible but depend only on the preaching of their priests, pastors or ministers, delivered every Sunday mass. They don’t even listen carefully to the preaching. They are more particular on the ritual of standing or sitting down when the bell rings or in making the sign of the cross as fast as they can. No offense to those whose rituals include the sign of the cross. They fail to understand that of all the books in the world, the Bible is one that will not yield up its riches more precious than silver and gold except to the diligent and faithful and earnest learner of the Word of God. Of course, it is not enough that we read the Word, but we must do or implement it in our daily life. That is why as early as of the time of Joshua, God said:

8. Do not let this Book of the Law depart from your mouth; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. Then you will be prosperous and successful.” (Joshua 1:8 NIV).

The aforequoted Word of God is the God-given formula for sure and lasting prosperity and success in life. There is no other formula known to man.

The treasures hidden in the canonized Bible are very great and beyond compare; but if we do not search for the treasures, we will never find them. If we don’t find these treasures, we cannot avail of or use them. We will remain materially and spiritually emaciated and poor. In the book of Psalms, the writer said: “I love thy commandments above gold: yea, above fine gold” (Ps. 119:127 KJV).

Wanting to be prosperous and successful? Read (even memorize your canonized Bible) and put into practice its commandments.

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