Palace of Creativity
It is so strange to see Christians offended in the word prosperity. But after many years of deep meditation, I have come to discover that what people rarely or partially know its meaning, they blindly criticize.
Lets look at the definition of prosperity. Prosperity generally refers to a state of flourishing, success, and overall well-being, often encompassing various aspects of life such as financial wealth, health, happiness, and fulfillment. It goes beyond mere material wealth to include factors like social connections, personal growth, and a sense of purpose or meaning in life.
I see properity as been fruitful unto dominion. That is the first words, humans heard from the lips of the Almighty God.
"And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth." Genesis 1:28
So to prosper has very little to do with having cash in your bank account, rather it speaks more about man's overall wellbeign. In fact it describes God's original desire for mankind.
All of Jesus's gospel can be summersied in one word - prosperity!
For instance, when you believe God in a particular area, that thing gets established, but when you believe in a prophet or interpreter of the established word of God, that thing prospers or spreads on the face of the earth.
And they rose early in the morning, and went forth into the wilderness of Tekoa: and as they went forth, Jehoshaphat stood and said, Hear me, O Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem; Believe in the Lord your God, so shall ye be established; believe his prophets, so shall ye prosper 2 Chronicles 20:20
God created the spirit man and formed the body. Via his breath, he injected the spirit man into the body, this fusion resulted in a living soul. Genesis 1:26, Genesis 2:7
This living soul was put in a garden (the presence of God) to prosper and flourish. An adversary showed up and truncated this original desire in the mind of God.
The plan for man to propser was to know only good in all areas of his life (not good in one area and bad in other areas). Man lost out of this properity agenda and this got him out of the garden.
And the Lord God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever: Genesis 3:20
The knowledge of good and evil made man to fall short of God's plan for prosperity. This is having only the knowledge of good. This is experiencing "good" in all areas of life. So, we see prosperity littering the beginning which defines God's original desire.
The totality of man was originally programmed to prosper. Man is a spirit, he has a soul that comprises of a mind (imagination and memory), Intellect, emotion and will, and both the spirit and the soul dwell in a body.
And it is God's will that all these aspects of man prosper. For them to prosper there was a need to upgrade the soul of man. So rather than just been a living soul, it had to be upgraded to a quickening spirit.
And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam was made a quickening spirit. 1 Corinthians 15:45
In the new covenant, we are not just living souls but a quickening spirit. There is a Spirit within us that empowers or "prospers" all the components of our soul.
"And if the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead is living in you, he who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies because of his Spirit who lives in you." Romans 8:11
When this Spirit is in us, it "prospers" our imagination by the spirit of Understanding, it "prospers" our memory with the spirit of Knowledge, it "prospers" our intellect with the spirit of Wisdom, it "prospers" our emotion with the spirit of the Fear of God and it "prospers" our will with the spirit of Counsel.
It also "prospers" our body by the spirit of might, while the Spirit of the lord "prospers" our spirit man.
And there shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse, and a Branch shall grow out of his roots: And the spirit of the Lord shall rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the Lord; And shall make him of quick understanding in the fear of the Lord: and he shall not judge after the sight of his eyes, neither reprove after the hearing of his ears: Isaiah 11:1-3
I want to believe this is what informed the conclusion John when he said,
Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth. 3 John 2
Above all, God's ultimate will for man is Prosperity. His will for man is to prosper (to know only good in all areas of life). The entire gospel (Life and light of Jesus) is centred around prosperity. See how Jesus puts it.
"........ I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly." John 10:10b
