Prospering in Desparate Times

11/20/11 Series:  A Prosperous Life God promises prosperity to His people, but with every promise there is a condition.  These verses reveal the conditions: God prospers those who are serving Him in careful obedience to all that He has commanded.  That’s not perfection, but it is a delighting in His law, a desire to obey and please Him.  If we are doing that, we can claim His promises of prosperity, realizing as we see in 3 John 2 and elsewhere prosperity is not merely financial.  God’s desire for His people is to prosper in every area of life: spiritually, physically, emotionally and financially.  The word prosper means to excel in all areas of life, to advance, to make progress.  It means to thrive, succeed, or do well. In Hebrew it literally means "to have a pleasant fulfilling journey.” God will is for us to prosper no matter how tough the times may be, as we see how God blessed his people through Joseph even when the region was experiencing one of the most dire economic crises of the time. I pray that as we study this principle of Scripture, it will encourage our faith in an unshakable God, and call us to a deeper obedience to God’s unshakable Word.