A thought by Max Lucado (2015-09-15) from his book, Glory Days: Living Your Promised Land Life Now (p. 33). Thomas Nelson. Kindle Edition. (Click on the title to go to Amazon.com to buy the book.)
That’s a good thought that will get our attention. By the way, what is it that we are to do? Just keep reading and you'll find out.
Max says, “God promised Joshua, ‘You will make your way prosperous, and then you will have good success’ (Josh. 1:8). This is the only place in the Old Testament where the two words prosperous and success are found together. This is an emphasized promise. Align yourself with God’s Word and expect prosperity and success.”
That sounds good. Max goes on, “Don’t cringe. Joshua 1:8 isn’t a guarantee of early retirement. In the United States we often associate prosperity and success with money. The Bible is not so narrow. Its promise of prosperity occasionally includes money, but it far more often refers to a wealthy spirit, mind, and body. God prospers the leader with new skills, the worker with good sleep, the teacher with added patience, the mother with deeper affection, the elderly with greater hope. Scriptural fluency leads to spiritual affluence.”
Psalm 1:1-3 says, “Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor stands in the path of sinners, nor sits in the seat of the scornful; but his delight is in the law of the LORD, and in His law he meditates day and night. He shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that brings forth its fruit in its season, whose leaf also shall not wither; And whatever he does shall prosper.”
This shows a very important principle that we need to really grasp. It is the principle of cause and effect. If you do such and such He will do such and such. If you do He will do. There is a premise to get the promise.
So will you do what He asks you to do?
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