Many have always thought that prosperity begins with giving because the Bible says, ‘Give and it shall be given unto you.’ Giving is good but it is not the beginning of prosperity.
It goes beyond that, The journey to prosperity begins with consecration, giving is at the peak of the ladder. If you want to see prosperity, you must seek God first, consecrate yourself, walk uprightly, after that, you can now sow your seed.
Just as farming begins with the clearing and cultivating of the ground before planting your seed, prosperity begins with consecration. Giving without consecration makes you a loser. If you check the story of Abraham in the Bible, you will discover that it was not at the beginning of his walk with God that he was asked sacrifice Isaac.
The first thing God demanded of Abraham was perfection. ‘And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the LORD appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I am the Almighty God; walk before me, and be thou perfect. And I will make my covenant between me and thee, and will multiply thee exceedingly’ (Genesis 17:1-2). So, multiplication answers to perfection.
2 Timothy 2:19 says, ‘Nevertheless the foundation of God standeth sure’ And, Let everyone that nameth the name of Christ depart from iniquity’ The foundation for every blessing of God is consecration, you must first depart from iniquity. Only those who become iniquity-free become abundance-full.
Only clean hands become prosperous hands. People who go for prosperity by crooked means don’t know how much they are cutting short their abundance. Our covenant fathers were blessed because they walked uprightly. When Jacob’s children brought back the money that he gave them to go and buy grain from Egypt, he didn’t hold it, he sent it back. Infact he gave his children double money to go back to Egypt and buy more grain (Gen. 42:35, 43:11-13).
That is upright walk! Let your hands be clean! Whatever is not yours don’t touch! In Genesis chapter 14 when Abraham returned from a battle, the king of Sodom told him to take whatever he desired from the loot of war. It looked like a wonderful offer but Abraham said, ‘I have lift up mine hand unto the LORD’ that I will not take from a thread even to a shoelatchet, and that I will not take any thing that is thine, lest thou shouldest say, I have made Abram rich’ (Gen 14:22-23).
That is to say, ‘I have made a vow that I will not touch what is not mine.’ And because Abraham refused the counterfeit, God gave him the original. God appeared to Him and said, “Fear not, Abram: I am thy shield, and thy exceeding great reward’ (Genesis 15:1).
Those who seek to go on the fast lane will end up on the far lane. Going on a very fast lane does not cut the journey short, it only lengthens the journey. The faster you think you are, the farther the journey becomes for you. In the covenant, you don’t go on a fast lane, you rather go at the speed of God. When you refuse to go at God’s pace, you loose God’s peace. It is gong at God’s pace that guarantees His peace.
Meditate on these: Psalm 5:12, Psalm 84:11
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