MAKING YOUR WAY SUCCESSFUL

Main Scriptures: Ps.45:3-4

More Scriptures: Matt.5:16, Mal.3:10, 2Cor.9:6-11

Let me begin by assuring you that God has plans for your success long before He made you the head of your family. Before you became the godly man, husband and father, God has made provision for your all-round supply and abundance. God hates your poverty. He is unhappy when you are unable to perform your covenant responsibility to your wife and children and the world around you. So, if you are living a borrowed life or struggling to meet your financial, emotional, material, mental and physical obligations, God is not excited.

Now, consider these words from the Bible about the truth that God wants you to succeed, be blessed and to be a blessing. Thou art fairer than the children of men, grace is poured into thy lips, therefore God hath blessed thee forever (Ps.45:2). As the good and godly shepherd, God has a prosperity programme for you that will last beyond your life. You must also understand that the prosperity plan that God has for you includes your finances, health, fruitfulness of your body and the works of your hands, your emotional and mental well-being, long life, peace, joy, strength and agility, hope and faith (3Jn.:2).

But there are three important virtues you must have and maintain. And in thy majesty ride prosperously because of truth and meekness and righteousness…… (Ps.45:4a). From the Scriptures, you can deduce three spiritual demands. The first is truthfulness. You must be truthful with your giving- tithe and offerings. You must be truthful with your dealings in your office and with your business partners. You must not take advantage of the corrupt system to enrich yourself either by changing contract figures or altering documents or outrightly outsmarting your partners. You must speak the truth to all men, in all circumstances and at all times. The second character you must seek if you want to enjoy the God kind of prosperity as the godly shepherd is meekness. As a matter of fact, if you are not humble in your heart before God, you cannot enjoy the grace of God that makes you have all things (2 Cor.9:8). Humility helps you to receive instructions and wisdom from God that will empower you to manage your business, finances, health, relationships, career and much more. The third is for you to live a holy and righteous life. You must learn to do what is right even when it is not convenient. You must be a promise keeper and be faithful to God, your wife, children, employer, employee and every relationship you enter into to. You must let your light so shine before men that they may see your good works and glorify God in heaven… (Matt.5:14-16).  

So as the good and godly shepherd, you must keep these three virtues before you. You must deliberately pray to the Holy Spirit to impart you with these attributes. Meekness, truth and righteousness are spiritual virtues. The Holy Ghost is the spirit of meekness, truth and righteousness. And you are imparted when you ask for them in prayers.

SPIRITUAL EXERCISE

• Father, in the Name of Jesus, I ask for the impartation of the spirit of meekness, truth and righteousness in my life and please empower me for success.
• Father, in the Name of Jesus, make me a living example of a truthful, meek and righteous shepherd.
• Father, in the Name of Jesus, empower me to live my life in truth and do what is right before You and my sheep.

FAITH CONFESSION

I have received the spirits of meekness, truth and righteousness from the Holy Ghost in order for me to become prosperous and successful because that is what makes me the good and godly husbandman in Jesus name. Amen.

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