A Path to Prosperity

 Genuine Praise and Worship: 
Memorise:
“The blessing of the Lord, it maketh rich, and he
addeth no sorrow with it.” Proverbs 10:22
Read: 2Chronicles 20: 24-26
24 And when Judah came toward the watch
tower in the wilderness, they looked unto the
multitude, and, behold, they were dead bodies
fallen to the earth, and none escaped.
25 And when Jehoshaphat and his people came
to take away the spoil of them, they found
among them in abundance both riches with the
dead bodies, and precious jewels, which they
stripped off for themselves, more than they could
carry away: and they were three days in
gathering of the spoil, it was so much.
26 And on the fourth day they assembled
themselves in the valley of Berachah; for there
they blessed the Lord: therefore the name of the
same place was called, The valley of Berachah,
unto this day.
Message:
Yesterday, we considered genuine praise and
worship as a path to victory, today we want to
consider prosperity: the genuine praise and
worship.
“And when Jehoshaphat and his people came to
take away the spoil of them, they found among
them in abundance both riches with the dead
bodies and precious jewels, which they stripped
off for themselves, more than they could carry
away; and they were three days in gathering of
the spoil, it was so much.”
2 Chronicles 20:25
When God tells you that He would prosper you,
don’t insult Him by asking “how?” This is because
while you do not have one way that can lead you
to your prosperity, God has uncountable ways. All
you need is to believe and obey Him (John
11:40). Is it not amazing, if not unusual, for the
soldiers in our bible reading to go to battle with
precious jewels and costly outfits as if they were
going for wedding ceremonies? The reason for
this was that God had determined to bless His
people, because He knew from onset that His
people would praise and bless the beauty of His
holiness, so He prepared their compensation
beforehand! Another lesson we must learn from
this story is that our praise and worship must be
Holy Spirit inspired; it must not be offered from
our carnal man. The way we sometimes sing
God’s praise confirms that these songs are
carnally motivated: not seasoned with grace. It
would have been acceptable if we were singing it
to praise men like secular musicians do.
Unfortunately, the One we claim to be praising is
a spirit; He knows everything.
“ But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true
worshipers shall worship the Father in spirit and
in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship
Him. God is a spirit: and they that worship Him
must worship Him in spirit and in truth.” John
4:23-24
Moreover, the Almighty demands our praise and
worship of Him. He is also prepared to bless our
obedience to this divine mandate. In other words,
if we deny Him the praise that He is worthy of,
He will also deny us the prosperity that we can
so easily get. I once visited a relation with the
aim of blessing him with a certain amount of
money, but changed my mind because he failed
to give me a modest hospitality according to our
custom. When I left his house, I used about 5%
of the money I should have given him to buy the
soft drink he should have entertained me with. He
lost 100% because he did not host me with 5%.
Let us cultivate the habit of giving God abundant
praise and worship and He will bless us with
abundant prosperity.
Action Point:
Throughout today, worship God in truth, in spirit
and in holiness as you go about your daily
buisiness.
BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Deuteronomy 4:32-6:25,
Job2:7-3:2
AUTHOR : Pst E.A. ADEBOYE