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God wants to prosper
His people in every area of their lives! As you follow and obey the Holy
Spirit, He’ll guide you into God’s divine, preordained plan for your life! We
are to follow Him - The river is taking us somewhere. You may not care for
where the river has taken you up to this point in life, but keep following the
river. Sometimes your hard times are the launching pad into your good times. We
understand that there's a cost; there's a price, and the price is real simple.
If you really want to prosper, you're going to have to trust Jesus. You've got
to go before God with an open Bible, and a prayerful heart. The rivers that
flow out of your belly will be the rivers that you’ll follow.
Written by Creflo A. Dollar
In John 7:38, Jesus said, “He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said,
out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water.”
What’s
flowing out of his belly? It is a reference to the Holy Spirit.
Instruction
comes out of your spirit by the Holy Spirit.
When
God gives instruction, that's the river.
If
you can learn how to follow the river, He will lead you to the place where you
need to be.
Under
the covenant of grace, we’re to have a personal relationship with the Lord
Jesus Christ, where we allow Him to lead us.
Out
of his belly shall flow rivers of living water.
That's
not simply a nice little catchy phrase.
Jesus
is giving us instructions in that scripture.
Follow
the river! He's telling you where it is. It’s in you.
Look
at the flow of the river in the life of Joseph. It wasn’t a nice, tidy river.
The
river was flowing when his brothers threw Joseph in a pit and left him to die (Genesis 37:24).
Then
they took him out of the pit and sold him on the slave block for profit (Genesis 37:28).
No
one had any idea where this river was going to take Joseph.
From
the slave block, he ended up in Potiphar’s house. But God was with Him, and he
was a prosperous man! (Genesis 39:1-2).
Follow
the river!
There,
Joseph was accused by Potiphar’s wife of assaulting her, and Joseph ended up in
jail (Genesis 39:18-20).
So
far, this river wasn’t taking Joseph where he wanted to go!
But
wherever he found himself, God was with him, and he submitted himself to the
leadership of the river.
When
it was all said and done, Joseph became governor over the entire land of Egypt,
in charge of all that Pharaoh possessed (Genesis
41:43).
So
many Christians want to prosper as long as they can tell the Holy Ghost to
follow them — their own plans for their lives.
But
that's not how it works. We are to follow Him.
The
river is taking us somewhere.
You
may not care for where the river has taken you up to this point in life, but
keep following the river.
Joseph’s
promotion came right in the middle of a jail cell!
The
promotion was a reward for what happened while he was sleeping — resting.
God
gave him the interpretation of Pharaoh’s dream, and the river finally brought
him to his destiny to become one of the most powerful men in all of Egypt! (Genesis 41:39-40).
You
can't plan that!
Sometimes
your hard times are the launching pad into your good times.
But
we can't talk about prosperity unless we understand that there's a cost;
there's a price, and the price is real simple.
Follow
the river.
Listen,
just because something is scriptural doesn't mean you need to do it, if the
river — the Holy Ghost — isn’t leading you to do it.
Even
with the written Word, you still require the leadership of the Holy Spirit to
show you how to proceed with the written Word.
If
you really want to prosper, you're going to have to trust Jesus.
You've
got to go before God with an open Bible, and a prayerful heart.
The
rivers that flow out of your belly will be the rivers that you’ll follow.
Somebody says, “I thought that meant praying in
tongues.”
Yes,
it does! But guess what happens when you pray in tongues. You speak mysteries!
You
speak divine secrets. You speak hidden wisdom.
When
you pray in tongues, wisdom and answers are coming out of you.
So
always ask God to give you the interpretation of what you're praying in your
heavenly language.
Follow
the river.
“And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of
water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not
wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.” (Psalm 1:3)
How
are you living your life today?
Are
you attempting to prosper and attain God’s promises based on your own work and
self-effort?
Or
are you following the leading and direction of the Holy Spirit?
God
wants to prosper His people in every area of their lives!
As you follow and obey the Holy Spirit, He’ll guide you into God’s divine, preordained plan for your life!
Creflo Dollar is the founder and senior pastor of World Changers
Church International (WCCI) in College Park, Georgia; World Changers Church-New
York; and a host of fellowship churches throughout the United States and
internationally. WCCI also has offices in Australia (serving the Asia-Pacific
region), South Africa, Canada, the United Kingdom, India, and the Ukraine.
Recognized for his cutting-edge revelation and humorous, pragmatic approach, he
empowers millions to experience God's grace, restoration, healing, and
financial breakthrough as a result of delivering simple, biblical principles to
apply in their daily lives.
Dollar is a world-renowned Bible teacher, best-selling author, and sought-after
conference speaker with hundreds of books, CDs, and DVDs in distribution
worldwide. He is also the publisher of CHANGE Magazine, a global online
publication. His award-winning television show, Changing Your World is
broadcast across six continents and is translated into six languages.
Internationally, his teachings reach over 2.7 billion homes weekly.
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