For many it is just enduring life and not really enjoying it! I have come across many born again Christian's over the year's that just endure and are not enjoying life in their soul.
A prosperous soul is a man or woman of God that is in tune with the purpose and plans of God, and always recognizes that God is your provider! In order to get to this place in your soul you have to let the word become first place. PSALM 103 -Praise the Lord O my soul and all my inmost being praise his holy name , Praise the Lord O my soul and forget not all his benefits!
Even David knew that it was all about the Lord, he rehearsed this through praise and telling his soul what to do! The word of God can minister to our soul and renews our minds to function in peace and revelation! Our soul needs rest and the only way is revelation of who we are and what is made available in Jesus !
Hebrews 4:12- For the word of God is living and active, Sharper than any double-edge sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitude of the heart.
If we let our emotions take control we can end up just enduring life and not living out of His Presence! Our emotions are a gift and are so wonderful because it allows us to experience and feel His Presence! So we have to train our soul, switch over to God's word and adjust our thinking.
The Word can remind you in your soul of who you are, our memory and reason and imagination are all in our soul man. If its not renewed to God's word your soul can take you out of the fight, it can make you lay down and take the whipping! James 1:22- Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says. So we have to put the word in, and be doing the word for us to have a prosperous soul.Then out of that can come reasons to praise Him when faced with challenges in life. We rehearse all the victory's we have had, the memory's of past victory's that He brought us through, and that the word works!
Words of the Master, Matthew 11:28 Then Jesus said "Come to me, all of you who are weary and carry heavy burdens, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you. Let me teach you, because I am humble and gentle at heart, and you will find rest for your souls, For my yoke is easy to bear, and the burden I give you is light.
There is so much He is offering us right in that scripture! He is our companion when we go in His direction and do His will , He gives us strength! Our struggle is not with God, our fight of faith is not with God! It's with our circumstances, if we get ourselves in line with the word our faith will change the circumstances. Then our spirit soul and body prosper!
In the book of John 5 the Healing at the Pool, Jesus came across a great number of people at this pool. They were disabled in life, the blind the lame, the paralyzed. This applies to our generation today. This one man Jesus came across was lying there for along time who was an invalid for thirty eight years. It always stuck with me why did Jesus ask him " DO YOU WANT TO GET WELL"?
We can say that to ourselves or to others do you want to be well and prosper in your soul just like 1 John says we can! Jesus said to that man " GET UP! PICK UP YOUR MAT AND WALK.
If you read further on in that chapter later Jesus found that man, this man had no idea who Jesus was because Jesus slipped away, but why did he come again to this man?
Jesus said to him "You look wonderful! You're well ! Don't return to a sinning life or something worse might happen".
I believe our soul if not renewed to the word will take you back into a life like this man at the pool paralyzed and lame limping about through life not knowing who you are! It can cause you to return into a life of sin like that man. Jesus always said things for a reason! So we must prosper in our soul as well, and have spirit soul and body to be whole! True prosperity is an inward attitude before it is a gathering of outward things! Then we can pick up our mat and walk in faith!
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