Day 18: God Doesn’t Think Prayers for Prosperity are Selfish
FALSE NOTION about prayers for prosperity:
There are many believers who think that praying for prosperity and abundance of blessings are selfish.
They think God won’t answer such prayers.
SCRIPTURAL TRUTH:
God wants His children to prosper and bold prayers for His prosperity in their lives are prayers He loves to answer.
9 Now Jabez was more honorable than his brothers, and his mother called his name Jabez, saying, “Because I bore him in pain.”
1 Chronicles 4:9-10
10 And Jabez called on the God of Israel saying,”Oh, that You would bless me indeed, and enlarge my territory, that Your hand would be with me, and that You would keep me from evil, that I may not cause pain!” So God granted him what he requested.
While the bible was written through human hands, we know that the author is the Holy Spirit.
These two verses are nestled in a series of nine chapters that talk about genealogies. Human authors would not think of putting a prayer and its exact words in a genealogical account but the Holy Spirit is unlike human authors.
The heart of The Father is honored and His goodness is magnified in the bold cry of Jabez, whose name means pain or affliction; that the Holy Spirit honored Jabez by saying he is more honorable than his brothers and recorded his prayer to the God of Israel.
And closed off the account on Jabez with “So God granted him what he requested.”
Many have said the bible is life’s manual and it is.
2 Timothy 3:16-17 says:
“All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work.”
We can learn from Jabez what makes the Spirit of our God stop and be so honored that He would record it where it won’t normally be recorded.
We learn from Jabez that prayers, that do not look to self and circumstances but asks BOLDLY from God knowing His heart is always out to prosper His children, are prayers God loves to answer.
We learn from Jabez who is a man under the old covenant. How much more will God our Father do for us, His children, under the new covenant cut by the blood of His Son Jesus Christ?
Father, thank You that You have given us Your word and shown us that Your heart is a heart that is for us and that it is in Your heart to prosper us.
Jesus, thank You that through Your death, the veil had been torn and everyone who believes in You have been reconciled back to The Father.
Holy Spirit, teach us and grow us in the knowledge of the grace and truth of the heart of God our Father in Jesus’ name. Amen.