5 Keys to Kingdom Prosperity
And I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven (Matthew 16:19, NKJV).
Do you remember when you were a kid in school and learning the basic laws of mathematics?
You didn’t learn them by just hearing them once. To really master them you had to go over them again and again. You had to keep rehearsing them until they were so ingrained in you that they became a part of your thinking.
To really master the laws of the kingdom of God you must do much the same thing. You must go over them repeatedly. You must keep “hearing, and hearing” what The WORD says about them (Romans 10:17) so that they get down on the inside of you.
Kingdom prosperity starts on the inside. The more the laws that govern it become part of you, the more you walk in them. The more you see yourself prospering on the inside, the more you’ll prosper on the outside.
So, today I want to go back over the laws of abundance we’ve learned from Isaac about prospering in times of famine. I want to put them all together in a list so you can easily remember and rehearse the five keys to Kingdom prosperity that worked so powerfully for him.
1. Seek First the Kingdom of God
Cultivate your awareness of the fact that although you are in this world you are not of it; you’re a citizen of God’s kingdom, and its economy is always flourishing. “Therefore do not worry and be anxious, saying, What are we going to have to eat? or, What are we going to have to drink? or, What are we going to have to wear?... But seek (aim at and strive after) first of all His kingdom and His righteousness (His way of doing and being right), and then all these things taken together will be given you besides” (Matthew 6:31, 33, AMPC).
2. Obey God
The place of obedience is always where THE BLESSING is. So do whatever God tells you to do and go wherever He tells you to go. Make this your daily commitment: “LORD, I will fully obey You today.” For He has promised, “If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land” (Isaiah 1:19).
3. Tithe and Sow Seed
Don’t let the adverse economic conditions in the world keep you from tithing and giving. As a believer, you can sow by faith in a bad economy and prosper more than people in the world can in a good economy. So even in times of famine, keep planting financial seed. And “[remember] this…he who sows generously [that BLESSINGS may come to someone] will also reap generously and with BLESSINGS…. for God loves (he takes pleasure in, prizes above other things, and is unwilling to abandon or do without) a cheerful (joyous, ‘prompt to do it’) giver” (2 Corinthians 9:6-7, AMPC).
4. Walk by Faith and Love
When people cause you problems and things in your life don’t go as you planned, you can be tempted to get discouraged and quit. But don’t do it. Persevere in faith, be patient with people, and refuse to get into strife with them. Strife will stop THE BLESSING from working in your life because faith works by love. So, no matter how people may treat you, do “not be weary in well doing: for in due season” you shall reap, if you faint not. And as you have “opportunity…do good unto all men” (Galatians 6:9-10).
5. Be a Symbol and a Source of Kingdom Prosperity
THE BLESSING of God is designed to be seen! Its presence on you is supposed to be visible to the entire world. So, expect every area of your life to sparkle with the glory of God. Believe to prosper so abundantly that people who don’t know Him see His goodness on you and want to come over to His side. Be a representative of heaven’s prosperity here on earth. For God has said, “You will be a BLESSING [dispensing good to others]…. in you will all the families and kindred of the earth be BLESSED” (Genesis 12:2-3, AMPC).
