The Key to Prosperity and Success

If you were to ask the average person on the street if they would like to be prosperous and successful, I dare say that close to one hundred percent would respond with a resounding "Yes!"

Of course, the Biblical model of prosperity and success is somewhat different than the world's view--and better, I might add. While the world thinks of these terms in light of power and money, the Bible paints a much broader picture.

Prosperity and success in the Bible are not determined by where we live, what we do for a living, how much money we have in the bank, what type of car we drive, the power we wield in our circle of influence, our intelligence, our social status, or the clothes we wear.

Let's take a closer look at scriptural prosperity and success:

The Lord was with Joseph so that he prospered, and he lived in the house of his Egyptian master. When his master saw that the Lord was with him and that the Lord gave him success in everything he did, Joseph found favor in his eyes and became his attendant. Potiphar put him in charge of his household, and he entrusted to his care everything he owned. From the time he put him in charge of his household and of all that he owned, the Lord blessed the household of the Egyptian because of Joseph. The blessing of the Lord was on everything Potiphar had, both in the house and in the field.~Genesis 39:2-5

The key to true prosperity and success, which again is much broader than the worldview, is Who is with us. Without the Lord in our lives, we can never be prosperous and successful.

Let me insert a word of warning here. Having prosperity and success doesn't mean we won't have problems. Joseph experienced a pretty rough life--hated by his brothers, sold into slavery, unjustly accused, thirteen years in bondage. Yet in spite of his problem-ridden life, Joseph prospered and was successful, not because of himself, but because the LORD was with him.

Guess what? For believers and those who live according to His will and purpose, He is with us too.

Lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the world.