Joshua 1: 7-8
Only be strong and very courageous, be careful to do according to all the Law which Moses My servant commanded you; do not turn from it to the right or to the left so that you may have success wherever you go. This book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do according to all that is written in it, for then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have success.
Here it is. This is how God designed this World to work. He gave us all the particulars of how to cooperate with the Design of this environment so that we will reap its bounty, and be prosperous and have success in every area of life.
To know God and to study His Word, to be thinking about it day and night, and to reason through why God would say what He said, to connect the dots--that's what I've been doing, and this is how I realize that God wants us to do well, and gave us everything we need to know and apply in His Word.
The World has gotten hold of God's design of how things work here, but they leave Him out of it, and say to "ask the universe," instead of asking the God Who made the Universe. To follow His ways will bring prosperity (not just money), but even if you gain the whole World, what will you profit, if in the end you've lost what's most important, the eternal.
I want you, my dear reader (yes, you are dear to me), to know God, to realize how much He loves you, and that He has already taken care of your greatest need, the eternal, spiritual debt that you can't pay.
And He's laid out in His Word how we can align with how He made this World to work--loving Him and loving one another. We all know right from wrong, and we make choices every day based on what we think is right. But we still mess up. That's why we need to consult Him in every decision we make, recognizing that He is with us all day every day; and follow His leading.
Then, even when things don't happen like we want or expect, we can still trust Him in everything. He is our Good Father, Who teaches us and guides us, and even protects us, seeing our futures, around all the corners where we can't see. So He sees the Big Picture, we only see a part. We must trust Him.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus!
