Only One Person That Can Handle Prosperity….

For every 100 people that handle adversity, there’s only one person that can handle prosperity. Why is that? Pride. Wealth is one of the greatest deceivers. It makes us think we are invincible. This leads us to replace our dependence upon God with the pseudo-security wealth brings with it. Having means (wealth) gives us the ability to say “No” to God. Once this happens, Pride sprouts and grows like bamboo in its glory. Pride is the the one sin that God won’t forgive when it’s run it’s course. Pride got Lucifer booted out of Heaven. It tormented Samson his entire life. It carried Judas to a tree where he hanged himself in selfish pity. And it keeps millions of souls out of Heaven. Wealth is just another way Satan deceives people into believing his way of keeping people away from God. Is wealth bad? No. Like I stated earlier, there are the 1 out of 100 that handle it. But the only way they can deal with what wealth brings to the table is by having the right perspective. That perspective is knowing Who it is that saves. It’s knowing Who to go to when trouble comes. Who to thank when things go well. It’s knowing our place in the grand scheme of things. It’s knowing who we are, and why we are here (our purpose). Without God all of this is not possible. God made all things, things of great value, so when He blesses us with their possession, He expects us to have the right response. And that response is knowing Who the Giver is of these gifts. The gift is great, but not greater than the Giver. Wealth will grow your pride faster than anything else if you allow it to replace God, for pride says, “God step aside”. It’s all in how we see it.

Then this message came to me from the Lord: 2 “Son of man, give the prince of Tyre this message from the Sovereign Lord: “In your great pride you claim, ‘I am a god!I sit on a divine throne in the heart of the sea.’But you are only a man and not a god,though you boast that you are a god.3 You regard yourself as wiser than Danieland think no secret is hidden from you.4 With your wisdom and understanding you have amassed great wealth–gold and silver for your treasuries.5 Yes, your wisdom has made you very rich,and your riches have made you very proud. 6 “Therefore, this is what the Sovereign Lord says:Because you think you are as wise as a god,7 I will now bring against you a foreign army,the terror of the nations.They will draw their swords against your marvelous wisdomand defile your splendor!8 They will bring you down to the pit,and you will die in the heart of the sea,pierced with many wounds.9 Will you then boast, ‘I am a god!’to those who kill you?To them you will be no godbut merely a man!10 You will die like an outcastat the hands of foreigners.I, the Sovereign Lord, have spoken!” Ezekiel 28:1-10