Hi Everyone ...
2 Chronicles 26:5b (KJV) ... "And as long as He sought the LORD, God made him to prosper."
The same part of this verse in The Amplified Bible says, "and as long as he sought (inquired of, yearned for) the Lord, God made him prosper."
Here we are in February of the new year of 2007 and are looking toward GOD's Blessing in our lives. At the same time, I hear that there are alot of God's people facing new trials, circumstances, adversities that may plague their lives.
When looking for God's blessing, they face hardships.
They pray for God's sufficient grace and all they get is more in the way of hardships.
Many times, believers end up fretting, and up being filled with anxiety, and many experience tremendous fear.
Believers also have a great way of of reversing the Bible's teaching in Proverbs 3:5 and seek to "lean on their own understanding" of things and try to figure out why things are not going as they thought they would, even after they have prayed for the Lord's blessing.
Something to put into that whole mix is the passage of Scripture above and know in mind and heart that if we as believers continue to seek after, yearn for the LORD, [delight in or enjoy Him according to Psalm 37:4] , we can be sure of the biblical fact that God will make us to prosper.
To many times we as believers when falling into the various trials, adversities, and other circumstances that depleat our strengths, further fall into the me, myself, and I syndrome and fail to seek after the LORD in all that we do and say or we fail to seek after the LORD whenever we involve ourselves in decision making, or accountability on our part after making those decisions.
2 Chronicles 26:5b, we can change that.
Focusing upon the LORD is an absolute key to God making us to prosper.
The word "sought" is from the word "seek" which in simple words means "to go after".
It is all about a relationship with our LORD rather than a relationship with the things we have.
Things come and go. Trials and adversities soon will pass.
God's blessings live on (James 1:17).
We as believers need to commit ourselves, really commit ourselves, "yearn for, to go after" our LORD, and in the case of the New Testament believer, the Lord Jesus Christ (Hebrews 12:2) ...
keeping our eyes FOCUSED upon Him (Hebrews 12:2),
to never let Him out of the mix of what our desires are (Psalm 37:4),
decisions we seek to make (Proverbs 4:23),
or what we purpose to do in our walking with and serving Him (1 Corinthians 10:31),
as well as to enjoy prospering as the LORD is willing to give (James 1:17).
Instead of being "anxious about our lives, what we shall eat, or what we shall drink, or what we should put on our bodies (Matthew 6:25-34), we should "seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness" (Matthew 6:33) and then "all these things shall be" or the "prospering" will begin.
God loves to bless, BUT, He is a jealous God and want our complete and absolute attention. Then and only then will we begin to see and to experience His marvelous blessings. (Psalm 1:1-6)
I trust you all have a GREAT DAY "those in New York, a "SNOWY DAY" in the LORD! (Job 37:6; 38:22; Psalm 118:24)
I remain yours positionally in Christ,
Gary L. Folz
Colossians 1:18b, 27-29