Path to the Promise: Prosperous Promotion
Romans 5:1-5 (NKJV)
Therefore, having been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, 2 through whom also we have access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God. 3 And not only that, but we also glory in tribulations, knowing that tribulation produces perseverance; 4 and perseverance, CHARACTER; and CHARACTER, hope. 5 Now hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out in our hearts by the Holy Spirit who was given to us.
Genesis 39:1 (NKJV)
Now Joseph had been taken down to Egypt. And Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh, captain of the guard, an Egyptian, bought him from the Ishmaelites who had taken him down there.
Genesis 39:2-3 (NKJV)
2 The Lord was with Joseph, and he was a successful man; and he was in the house of his master the Egyptian. 3 And his master saw that the Lord was with him and that the Lord made all he did to prosper in his hand.
Genesis 39:4-6 (NKJV)
4 So Joseph found favor in his sight, and served him. Then he made him overseer of his house, and all that he had he put under his authority. 5 So it was, from the time that he had made him overseer of his house and all that he had, that the Lord blessed the Egyptian’s house for Joseph’s sake; and the blessing of the Lord was on all that he had in the house and in the field. 6 Thus he left all that he had in Joseph’s hand, and he did not know what he had except for the bread which he ate. Now Joseph was handsome in form and appearance.
Genesis 39:23 (NKJV)
23 The keeper of the prison did not look into anything that was under Joseph’s authority, because the Lord was with him; and whatever he did, the Lord made it prosper.
#1 The Key to Prospering is the Presence of the Lord
Genesis 26:12 (NKJV)
12 Then Isaac sowed in that land, and reaped in the same year a hundredfold; and the Lord blessed him. 13 The man began to prosper, and continued prospering until he became very prosperous;
Deuteronomy 29:9 (NKJV)
9 Therefore keep the words of this covenant, and do them, that you may prosper in all that you do.
2 Kings 18:7 (NKJV)
7 The Lord was with him; he prospered wherever he went
3 John 1:2 (NKJV)
2 Beloved, I pray that you may prosper in all things and be in health, just as your soul prospers.
In Genesis the Hebrew word is tsaleach {tsaw-lay’-akh) which means to push forward…..or to break out, to effect, or to cause to come forward in a Good way
The Greek in 3rd John is euodoó (yoo-od-o’-o) and it literally means to help on the road, to help succeed in reaching
#2 The key to the Presence of the Lord is Obedience
2 Chronicles 17:3-4 (NKJV)
3 Now the Lord was with Jehoshaphat, because he WALKED in the former ways of his father David; he did not seek the Baals, 4 but sought the God of his father, and WALKED in His commandments and not according to the acts of Israel.
1 Samuel 18: 14-15
14 And David behaved wisely in all his ways, and the Lord was with him. 15 Therefore, when Saul saw that he behaved very wisely, he was afraid of him
1 Samuel 18:12 (NKJV)
12 Now Saul was afraid of David, because the Lord was with him, but had departed from Saul.
Deuteronomy 11:26-28 (NKJV)
26 “Behold, I set before you today a blessing and a curse: 27 the blessing, if you obey the commandments of the Lord your God which I command you today; 28 and the curse, if you do not obey the commandments of the Lord your God, but turn aside from the way which I command you today, to go after other gods which you have not known.
Job 36:11-12 (NKJV)
11 If they obey and serve Him, They shall spend their days in prosperity, and their years in pleasures. 12 But if they do not obey, They shall perish by the sword, and they shall die without knowledge.
Proverbs 28:13 (NKJV)
13 He who covers his sins will not prosper, But whoever confesses and forsakes them will have mercy.
Genesis 4:16 (NKJV)
16 Then Cain went out from the presence of the Lord and dwelt in the land of Nod on the east of Eden.
#3 The Key to Obedience is Love
Romans 5:8 (NKJV)
8 But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us
Romans 2:4 (NKJV)
4 Not knowing that the goodness of God leads you to repentance…
Romans 12:2 (NKJV)
2 And be not conformed to this world, but be you transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect will of God.
Matthew 22:34-40 (NKJV)
34 But when the Pharisees heard that He had silenced the Sadducees, they gathered together. 35 Then one of them, a lawyer, asked Him a question, testing Him, and saying, 36 “Teacher, which is the great commandment in the law?” 37 Jesus said to him, “‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.’ 38 This is the first and great commandment. 39 And the second is like it: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ 40 On these two commandments hang all the Law and the Prophets.”
On these two commandments hang all the Law and the Prophets; In other words…
if you love the Lord your God with all your heart, soul, and mind then:
1. You will have no other gods before Him
2. You will have no idols
3. You will not take the Lord’s Name in vain
4. You will remember to worship Him and rest in Him
⁃ If you Love your neighbor as yourself
5. Your will honor your mother and father
6. You will not murder
7. You will not commit adultery
8. You will not steal
9. You will not lie
10. You will not covet what they have, but rejoice with them in the blessings of God!
Romans 13:10 (NKJV)
10 Love worketh NO ill towards to his neighbor: therefore Love is the fulfilling of the Law
John 14:15 (NKJV)
15 If you Love Me, keep my commandments….
John 14:21 (NKJV)
21 “He that has My commandments, and keeps them, he it is that loves Me: and he that Loves Me shall be loved of My Father, and I will Love him, and will manifest myself to him.”
John 14:23 (NKJV)
23 Jesus answered and said unto him. “If a man love Me, he will keep my words: and My Father will love him, and We will come unto him, and make our abode with him. He that loves Me not, keeps not my sayings: and the word which you hear is not mine, but the Father’s which sent me.”
To Serve: means to obey, to be in the service of or be of a service to, be of use to, help, assist, aid, make a contribution to, do something for, benefit
⁃ How many of us are serving the Kingdom of God?
⁃ Working for the Kingdom?
⁃ Being of use to the Kingdom?
⁃ Helping others into the Kingdom?
⁃ Making a contribution to the Kingdom?
⁃ Benefitting the Kingdom?
⁃ How many of us are serving others?
⁃ Working to help or benefit others?
⁃ Being useful to others?
⁃ Making a contribution to others lives?
⁃ How many of us are helping others?
⁃ How many of us are Loving our neighbors?
Do you want the Lord to Prosper you?
– And if so, are you living a life in His Presence? Walking with Him and not away from Him? Communing with Him?
– Are you living with His Words in mind?
Is your Love for Him what motivates you to do so?