Have you ever thought about what it means to truly prosper in your life the way God designed you to prosper?
The holistic vision for prosperity we find in Scripture goes way beyond financial prosperity. It is an experience that impacts every part of your life.
What would a more prosperous life look like for you? How would it change if you started to grow in relational prosperity with the people who mean the most in your life? What about spiritual prosperity? How do we become stronger and more able to handle the storms of life if our spirit is prospering with an overflow of faith, hope, and love?
It begins with laying out the perspective God has in prospering with Him, we open doors for change and transformation that we have never noticed before. If you are a child of God, you must be willing to pursue the Biblical perspective that God provides.
Ultimately prosperity is not just about us, but about being better equipped to live lives that truly imitate and glorify God.
There are 7 different types of Prosperity that are available to us through Christ.
1. Relational Prosperity
Relationships are some of the biggest joys and the biggest pains in most of our lives. When our relationships go well, it brings a wellspring of life to us. Genesis 2:18 tells us that God believes it is not good for us to be alone. But sometimes, it feels much easier to be alone than to navigate the challenges that certain relationships bring. Sometimes relationships can be downright hurtful, and heartbreaking. But God’s vision is for relationships to bring us blessings. His Word demonstrates that He values relationships with us, and is willing to endure pain, loss, and sadness for the joy of pursuing reunion and better relationships with mankind. His perfect vision for us is that the lonely are in families and our relationships are fruitful and multiply in every way.
2. Spiritual Prosperity
Spiritual prosperity is all about proximity to God and His spirit. Our spirit is powerful and even scientific research is beginning to recognize the positive impact of spiritual practices on our health, mind, and relationships. Philippians 4:13 points out that our access to the ability to do “all things” comes through God who gives us the strength to do all things we cannot do on our own, A relationship with God also brings us hope. We increase our spiritual prosperity as we draw close to God and allow Him to have priority in our lives. When we talk to Him about relationships thoughts, and feelings He gives us strength to make necessary changes.
3. Emotional and Physical Prosperity
Unfortunately, many of us have a history of valuing other areas of our lives more than our emotional or physical health. When we look to Jesus, we see someone who greatly valued emotional and physical health for Himself and His people. Jesus often went away to rest His body. In Mark 4, He somewhat humorously demonstrated valuing good sleep more than stress during a storm. If we truly believe that we are made in God’s image, then we must believe that God has just as much emotional capacity as us. He had experienced all the emotions we have. He wants to nurture and support us through them. He wants our emotions to bring us good fruit in our life. God the Father, the Holy Spirit, and Jesus all are connected with bringing us better emotional health. With Him, we can be led out of fear and discouragement, be comforted, and receive rest when we are burdened (Deuteronomy 31:8; John 14:26; Matthew 11:28).
4. Financial Prosperity
Philippians 4:19 says, “And my God will supply every need of yours according to His riches and glory in Christ Jesus.
It would be biblical to shy away from a discussion about finances, in fact, we see Jesus never did. Both the Old and New Testament are filled with examples of God’s thoughts on money. The key to remember is it’s a tool that God gives us to help see heaven come to earth and the fulfillment of His will. In heaven, we will not be struggling for finances, we will not be living as paupers, and we will not be lustily after money. God desires us to have enough, and we do not honor Him by rejecting this. By focusing on finances in the way Jesus did, we can grow to have a healthy, thriving perspective of money. In the world today 45% of people do not have a saving fund. If the last few years taught us anything, it should have taught us to put money in a savings account for emergencies.
5. Professional Prosperity
Jesus worked as a carpenter for years before continuing to work for God. Jesus said in John 5:27 that “My Father is always at His work to this very day, and I too am working.”
Work is a gift given to us to imitate Christ. There are blessings wrapped up in work, that sometimes, our culture does not always acknowledge. There is divine purpose in why God has called us to work. Scientific research has shown when we work in a healthy way and in a healthy environment, it often improves our self-esteem, improves our physical and mental health, and improves our access to resources through connection with co-workers, and other people we meet through work.
6. Mindsets the Create Prosperity
The mind is a valuable asset, but it can also be a liability. One-off the most popular and effective forms of therapy is called Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT). This therapy asserts that the way we think about ourselves, others and our future determines how much we will thrive in our lives. Sometimes we unknowingly limit ourselves, others and our future simply because of the way we think. But God knew this long before CBT. We are encouraged to have the mind of Christ, set our minds on things above, and dwell on things that are good and helpful (1 Corinthians 2:16; Colossians 3:2; Philippians 4:8). No matter what we feel is true, if we start replacing unhelpful thoughts with ones that are helpful, we can actually change our whole lives. Change your perspective change your life is really all it boils down to.
7. Social Prosperity
God demonstrates the value for community in Himself through the Trinity. He also demonstrates this value in the way He created the world. He desires for the church to operate as a body working together within unity (Romans 12:4-5;Ephesians 4:2-3). It is called “good and pleasant” when we get alone (Psalm 133:1). These days we face lots of division in our world, and with that division comes pain, anger, and lack of fulfillment. But God knows the things that bring us together and as we look to Him for vision and ideas, we can start to see transformation on a global scale.
As we focus on prospering in the ways God designed, we get to know more about Him and His heart. True prosperity starts and end’s with a relationship with Jesus. He came to earth and boldly announced,
“I have come that they may have life, and that they have it more abundantly” -John 10:10
He had given us access to abundance through Him, and if we partner with Him we are meant to seek out the pursue the abundance He has given.
From Pity to Praise 