Tuesday July 02nd, 2024
« This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate in it day and night, that you may observe to do according to all that is written in it. For then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have good success »
1 “If you fully obey the Lord your God and carefully keep all his commands that I am giving you today, the Lord your God will set you high above all the nations of the world.
2 You will experience all these blessings if you obey the Lord your God:
3 Your towns and your fields will be blessed.
4 Your children and your crops will be blessed. The offspring of your herds and flocks will be blessed.
5 Your fruit baskets and breadboards will be blessed.
6 Wherever you go and whatever you do, you will be blessed.
7 “The Lord will conquer your enemies when they attack you. They will attack you from one direction, but they will scatter from you in seven!
8 “The Lord will guarantee a blessing on everything you do and will fill your storehouses with grain. The Lord your God will bless you in the land he is giving you.
9 “If you obey the commands of the Lord your God and walk in his ways, the Lord will establish you as his holy people as he swore he would do.
10 Then all the nations of the world will see that you are a people claimed by the Lord, and they will stand in awe of you.
11 “The Lord will give you prosperity in the land he swore to your ancestors to give you, blessing you with many children, numerous livestock, and abundant crops.
12 The Lord will send rain at the proper time from his rich treasury in the heavens and will bless all the work you do. You will lend to many nations, but you will never need to borrow from them.
13 If you listen to these commands of the Lord your God that I am giving you today, and if you carefully obey them, the Lord will make you the head and not the tail, and you will always be on top and never at the bottom.
14 You must not turn away from any of the commands I am giving you today, nor follow after other gods and worship them.
If God talked about good success in Joshua 1:8, then this implies that there is bad success.
As God gives good success, the devil also can give the bad kind.
In Matthew 4:8-10, the devil showed Jesus Christ the glory of this world and asked Jesus to worship him, promising that he could give Him all the glories of this world.
Thank God our Lord Jesus Christ will never worship the devil.
It is unfortunate however that many of His children are turning to worship the devil in exchange for success today.
Many people indulge in crime, money rituals, and so on to achieve success.
That is bad success- success from the devil.
This is the type that comes with sorrows (Matthew 16:26).
When you get good success, God will make you rich materially, as well as emotionally, spiritually, maritally, psychologically, and mentally.
I don’t know about you, but as for me I want the kind of success that God gives.
I will tell you why many people do not choose God’s path to success: they believe God’s way is difficult and the devil’s is easier, but Proverbs 14:12CEV tells us
« You may think you are on the right road and still end up dead »
What the devil gives you will eventually fade away and will not be void of troubles; only what God gives will last, give you peace of mind, and keep you holy (Proverbs 10:22, 1 John 2:15-17).
- Joseph enjoyed good success.
He was a slave, yet the Bible says he was successful, because God was with him (Genesis 39:2).
- Daniel was a captive in the land of Babylon, yet he was made the chief of the governor over all the wise men in that empire because he was a man who feared God (Daniel 2:48).
- Josiah was just eight years old when he became king (2 kings 22:1).
As long as he obeyed God, his reign was successful.
King Saul, on the other hand, wanted the success that the world gives; he wanted to be praised by men and to build earthly monuments for himself.
His end was destruction.
Beloved, I don’t want you to desire the success that the world gives, which only brings you happiness for the moment; instead, desire the success that god gives.
Joshua 1: 8 says that when you obey the word of God, good success is guaranteed.
This is the type of success that come without sorrow (Proverbs 10:22).
Choose wisely.
Prayer point – Father, please bless me with all-round success that comes from You alone, in Jesus’ name.
Author – Bishop Enoch Adejare Adeboye; General Overseer of the RCCG
Edited by Naomie Joseph
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