Total Prosperity

July 11

The ‘steady-as-you-go’ financial plan isn’t likely to generate billionaires. No matter how effective the diligent plodder may be in assuring both his short-term and long-range financial well-being, he isn’t likely to be the individual whose portfolio will accrue him tens of millions of dollars.

Though we are privileged to live in the wealthiest country that has ever existed, though we have opportunities for success that are bounded only by our own abilities, we must recognize that part of the boundaries to our financial parameters are established by the resources with which we have to work.

Yet, those limitations are not entirely restricted to the dollars-and-sense means we have at our disposal, nor are they hemmed in by our financial savvy. Deuteronomy 15:10 presents a plan to us that reminds us that the Lord has His part in our economic well-being. He is fully able to prosper His people, regardless of their limitations. He is not bound by salaries or bonuses or Wall Street trends.

This passage states, “Give generously to your needy brother and do so without a grudging heart; then, because of this, the Lord your God will bless you in all your work and in everything you put your hand to do.” God does not care only about your financial well-being but about your emotional, physical, mental and spiritual prosperity, too. When you heed His counsel, He will make all areas of your life to thrive.