Silas
Beloved of All
There is something remarkable in how God made room in His law for the leper in the day of his cleansing. Leprosy was incurable, yet the Lord provided a way for the priest to examine and declare a person clean if God chose to work a miracle. Do not try to put God in a box, as if your financial situation or business is beyond His reach. He always leaves room for Himself to act.
But there is a caution here as well. When prosperity comes, the real danger begins. In times of success we can forget the Lord and start attributing our breakthrough to our own diligence, our own cleverness, our own long hours. The heart can quietly drift into trusting the arm of flesh rather than the One who gives the power to gain wealth. I have seen many whom God spoke to in their prosperity, but they would not listen. Let that not be your story. If God opens the windows of heaven, hold those blessings with an open hand.
Be diligent in your work. The hand of the diligent makes rich, and he who gathers in summer is a wise son. Laziness and slackness tend toward poverty, so apply yourself with energy and integrity. Be square, upright, and honest in all your dealings. A false balance is an abomination to the Lord, but a just weight is His delight. People may tell you that an honest business cannot survive today, yet the truth is that the word gets around. A good reputation built on righteousness will outlast the fly-by-night schemes of the perverse. Riches will not deliver anyone in the day of wrath, but righteousness delivers from death.
Remember those Macedonian believers, how in a severe test of affliction and deep poverty their abundance of joy overflowed in generous giving. They were going through tremendous financial struggles, yet they gave liberally for the poor among God’s people. Their secret was not a fat bank account but a deep joy rooted in the Lord. Seek that fullness of joy, and let it loosen your grip on what you have and shape how you pursue what you need.
Consider also Priscilla and Aquila, successful in their business, with a home large enough to host a church. They did not see their work as separate from the kingdom. Their prosperity served the body of Christ. Let your business become a platform not merely for your own security but for hospitality, for blessing others, for advancing the gospel. That is true success.
What is the deepest burden of your life? The first recorded words of Jesus set the pattern: “I must be about my Father’s business.” Not “I ought to” or “I really should,” but an unshakable “I must.” Let your financial breakthrough and business success serve that higher purpose. Set your heart on doing the Father’s will, and trust Him to add what you need. He has made one provision for your sin through His Son, and He knows your material needs far better than you do.
Praying for you now, that the Lord will grant you an honest and diligent path, protect you from the snare of prosperity, and cause you to know the joy of being about His business whatever the bottom line looks like.
But there is a caution here as well. When prosperity comes, the real danger begins. In times of success we can forget the Lord and start attributing our breakthrough to our own diligence, our own cleverness, our own long hours. The heart can quietly drift into trusting the arm of flesh rather than the One who gives the power to gain wealth. I have seen many whom God spoke to in their prosperity, but they would not listen. Let that not be your story. If God opens the windows of heaven, hold those blessings with an open hand.
Be diligent in your work. The hand of the diligent makes rich, and he who gathers in summer is a wise son. Laziness and slackness tend toward poverty, so apply yourself with energy and integrity. Be square, upright, and honest in all your dealings. A false balance is an abomination to the Lord, but a just weight is His delight. People may tell you that an honest business cannot survive today, yet the truth is that the word gets around. A good reputation built on righteousness will outlast the fly-by-night schemes of the perverse. Riches will not deliver anyone in the day of wrath, but righteousness delivers from death.
Remember those Macedonian believers, how in a severe test of affliction and deep poverty their abundance of joy overflowed in generous giving. They were going through tremendous financial struggles, yet they gave liberally for the poor among God’s people. Their secret was not a fat bank account but a deep joy rooted in the Lord. Seek that fullness of joy, and let it loosen your grip on what you have and shape how you pursue what you need.
Consider also Priscilla and Aquila, successful in their business, with a home large enough to host a church. They did not see their work as separate from the kingdom. Their prosperity served the body of Christ. Let your business become a platform not merely for your own security but for hospitality, for blessing others, for advancing the gospel. That is true success.
What is the deepest burden of your life? The first recorded words of Jesus set the pattern: “I must be about my Father’s business.” Not “I ought to” or “I really should,” but an unshakable “I must.” Let your financial breakthrough and business success serve that higher purpose. Set your heart on doing the Father’s will, and trust Him to add what you need. He has made one provision for your sin through His Son, and He knows your material needs far better than you do.
Praying for you now, that the Lord will grant you an honest and diligent path, protect you from the snare of prosperity, and cause you to know the joy of being about His business whatever the bottom line looks like.
