Today I read about Joseph, the one in Genesis, and I just couldn't help being kind of jealous of how blessed and favored this guy was by God. I know it started rough for him, (sold by his brothers) but in chapters 39-40 we see how God blessed him. At the end of 39 he was in prison but it said in verse 23: because the Lord was with him; and whatever he did, the Lord made it prosper. How awesome for Joseph but then I start to think why not me? I want everything I do to prosper. So how do we get to that place, what do we need to do for everything we do to prosper? Gee I wish there was a book that would tell us how to do that.... :-)
1 Blessed is the one
who does not walk in step with the wicked
or stand in the way that sinners take
or sit in the company of mockers,
2 but whose delight is in the law of the LORD,
and who meditates on his law day and night.
3 That person is like a tree planted by streams of water,
which yields its fruit in season
and whose leaf does not wither—
whatever they do prospers. (Psalm 1:1-3)
I have to admit something, as I thought about how can I prosper like this I felt pretty dumb. The reason for this is because if I just looked at the inside of my arm I would see this portion of scripture and be reminded of this awesome promise, that is the reason why I tattooed it on my body. So I'm going to go out on a limb here and saying that we all want our lives to be prosperous, right? Well we see that we can as long as we put God first and do our part we can live a prosperous life.
So my prayer for us today is that we would start living a life worthy of being prosperous. I pray that God would give us the discpline needed to walk righteously and meditate on the Lord day and night. I pray for faith and strength for us to let God be God.
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