Proverbs 8:18 ‘Riches and honour are with me; yea, durable riches and righteousness.’

DAILY READING – 1 John 2; 2 Chronicles 35; Psalm 89:38-52

In 2022, Strive Masiyiwa was named the richest black man in Southern Africa, with a net worth surpassing $4.4 billion.
Strive Masiyiwa is a London-based Zimbabwean billionaire and philanthropist, who is one of Africa’s most successful entrepreneurs.
Strive Masiyiwa credits his success to his decision to pay the price of seeking God diligently. Just after he got born again, he said he had an amazing hunger for the Lord, so he bought a Bible and read it in two weeks. He then went on to look for Christian materials that could build up his faith, that was when he came across an interview of Kathryn Kuhlman where Oral Roberts asked her why the Lord had done so much in her life. Her response was, “I was prepared to pay the price.”
Kathryn Kuhlman’s statement inspired Masiyiwa and he also said, “Lord I’ll pay the price.”
For Masiyiwa, the price meant strict dedication to the study of God’s Word daily. Masiyiwa has maintained a habit of reading the Bible for an hour every day and he can sometimes study the Bible for up to five hours on the weekend.
He believes that diligently seeking God is what has opened up doors of blessings in his life..
Today, he has built a fortune by obeying divine instructions and following Biblical principles. And one of the biblical principles he strongly follows is in the area of giving. He tithes 10% of his income and is involved in numerous philanthropies that cater to orphans and the poor. He finds that as he sows into God’s kingdom and helps the needy, he is rewarded with increasing riches and blessings.

3 John 2 says ‘Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth.’

When our soul prospers through the study of God’s Word, inevitably financial prosperity follows us. When we honor God and obey His Biblical principles, we will be given access to divine treasures.
God says in Proverbs 8:18 ‘Riches and honour are with me; yea, durable riches and righteousness.’
The blessings we are seeking after in life, already reside with God. When we commit ourselves to diligently seeking His Word and serving the interests of His Kingdom, then God commits Himself to opening up Heaven’s treasure to us. These includes prosperity, divine health, longevity, preservation of our children and families etc
Exodus 23:25 – 26 says ‘And ye shall serve the LORD your God, and he shall bless thy bread, and thy water; and I will take sickness away from the midst of thee. There shall nothing cast their young, nor be barren, in thy land: the number of thy days I will fulfil.’
Indeed when we do what God commands, we provoke His blessings, and when God blesses, it cannot be reversed.
We serve the covenant-keeping God, who says in Psalm 89:34, ‘My covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips’
When we keep our part of the covenant by serving God, He will surely keep His part by prospering us and opening doors of amazing opportunities before us.

PRAYER: Father please enable me to always make Your Biblical instructions my standard for living. I thank You for the grace to always seek You first so that all else can be added unto me in Jesus Name. .
QUOTE:
Illuminate your world for you are a star destined to shine. – WORDBITE 222.

Shalom!

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