Prosperity @ a Glance (Pt1)

By Joseph AKINOLA

OBEDIENCE
Isaiah 1:19

Obedience: This is the act of ‘doing as told’.

Obedience is the vital key that unlocks the door to Unlimited Greatness and Immeasurable Abundance.

It is through genuine obedience to the Word of God that every believer can tap into the hidden resources that had been made available to him and also connect to unseen treasures of the Almighty.

Blessings and prosperity doesn’t come from east, west nor south but from God Almighty (Psalm 75:6), and to access that blessing, you will need to go through the gate Obedience without any compromise. In order to enter into your land of rest and eat the fruit in it, Obedience is the Key (Isaiah 1:19).

The Bible says in John 2:5, “…Whatsoever he saith unto you, do it”.

Until you do whatsoever you are instructed to do towards your prosperity, breakthrough, success, you can never obtain a meaningful result nor attain a top position/place in life.

Know that every Instruction comes with Unction – the unction to prosper you – if you follow it to the latter.

The Word of God is for Reproof and Exhortation meant to drive you if only you are willing to follow it – to the land of Milk and Honey.

Types of Obedience

1. No Obedience
2. Partial Obedience. 1 Kings 13:1-29.

1 Samuel 15:22

“And Samuel said, Hath the LORD as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the
voice of the LORD? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams.”

Partial obedience leads to Untimely Death; untimely death both of one’s business, career, marriage and destiny.

Partial obedience cuts believer’s destiny short.

Partial obedience ceases the flow of God’s grace upon a man’s life.

It terminates or brings to a hold the plans and purpose of God on a believer’s life except he quickly realizes his error and asks for the mercy of God.

3. Total Obedience. John 2:5; Luke 5:4-5

John 2:5 “His mother saith unto the servants, Whatsoever he saith unto you, do it.”

Luke 5:4-5 “Now when he had left speaking, he said unto Simon, Launch out into the deep, and let down your nets for a draught. 5 And Simon answering said unto him, Master, we have toiled all the night, and have taken nothing: nevertheless at thy word I will let down the net.”

Total obedience is the obedience of “…Nevertheless at thy word…”

The reason why many refuse to obey God (fully) is because they have alternatives. The fellows in the Scriptures above had no alternatives than to do what was instructed; because it is only the miracle of God through obedience can they succeed in their ongoing projects.

Note that no tangible and lasting result can be guaranteed outside what both God and His Word is saying.

Tips

Your Blessing is HID in your Obedience.
Your Blessing is HINGED/ATTACHED to your obedience.

  Further Reading: Psalm 1:1-3

"Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful. 2 But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night. 3 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."

UNENDING SUCCESS REDEFINED (Part 7)

By Joseph Akinola
                                                                         HELP YOURSELF

Anchor Scripture: Jeremiah 6:16

“…And Walk Therein…”

In the quest to achieving success, the ‘Helping Yourself’ phase is very critical before you get your desired result.

Until you resolve within yourself to help yourself, you will never be able to harvest the goodies God had made ready for you. Because God will not do for you what you can do for yourself.

James 1:23-27.
"23 For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass:

24 For he beholdeth himself, and goeth his way, and straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was.

25 But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed.

26 If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man's religion is vain.

27 Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world."

                                   How To Help Yourself
Be the Doer of what you have Learnt – James 1:23 .
See the Word of God as your Daily Mirror to put yourself on Check – James 1:23b.
Prayerfully fight against NEGLIGENCE – James 1:24.
Live the Word (live your life based on what the Bible teaches) – James 1:25.
Watch what you SAY – (too much and negative words destroy), or else you might not get your desired results – James1:26.
Righteousness: This gives you a Right Stand with God – James 1:27a.
Help Others – James 1:27b.

Note that each time you help other people, you are not helping them in the real sense, you are helping yourself and the generations to come after you.

                                                             Tip
If you want to lead people; raise people, when they are raised, they will need a guide and this is when your leading will be needed.

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THE GOOD WAY

Anchor Scripture: Jeremiah 6:16, Proverbs 14:12, Proverbs 16:25, Joshua1:8



Success in life has different meaning to different folks / individuals. There are the right success and the wrong success; the good and the bad, the positive success/achievement and the negative.

To succeed in life, there are ways/routes and things one needs to search out, discover, embrace, follow and engage.



The good ways are the lessons from both your success/life journey and other people.

What you learn from Lessons are, ‘how it worked’, ‘what worked’ and ‘what could be done – Creativity’.

What you learn from experiences are, ‘how not to do a thing’ and ‘how it went/worked’.



Lessons cannot be acquired without research. Lessons can never be obtained without submission – to learn. Lessons cannot be acquired without Conscious and Thorough study both in the Word of God, study in the field of your expertise and study about the dynamics of what / which project you want to execute Joshua 1:8.



In order to acquire lessons, there must be a Disciplined Meditation both on the Word of God and about the project you’re working on.



Thoughts On This Formula

• When you meditate, what you meditate over enlarges and becomes broaden to you. When you meditate, what you meditate on gets engraved on the tablet of your heart acting as an instruction/guide, causing you to remain focus, bold and clear about your vision/project.

• Meditation gives birth to Medications. Meditation provokes Results. Regular Meditation causes you to be Creative and Innovative in whatever you do.

•  Each time you Meditate, you birth the Solution to the problem/challenges at hand/at sight/view.

 Action Line

• Have a Lesson Book; where you write your lesson about life, both your personal lessons and the ones from people around.
• Meditate regularly both on the Word of God and about your business/vision/project/proposals.
• Get to work immediately you get a medication (the ‘how to do it’) before you engage on the ‘Analysis that Leads to the Paralysis’ of the vision/projects.

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 WHERE ARE THE EXPERIENCES?

Anchor Scripture: Jeremiah 6:16, …. Ask for the old paths”
The Old Paths --- The Experiences

People have passed through a lot of things and anything you want to do or journey you want to go through, their experiences will help you avoid some mistakes, help you do things in certain ways which will give you speed in whatever you do.

Experiences will show you ‘how to do’ and ‘how not to do’.
The experience contains the history about what you want to achieve. Among their experiences are all the/their personal experiences, testimonies, lessons and their achievement details.

Warning / Note: Don’t be shy, too cocky or too reclusive not to go out and learn about the experience.
The experience teaches you about the past and the history of your field, vision and your project.

Yes, your vision/project/assignment is one of its kind, you still need it. Yes, someone might steal it, if they steal it, they can’t run with that vision, why? You are a peculiar being with a unique vision. Your vision is for you and because it is not their vision, the resources to run that vision will not gravitate towards that stolen vision.

Philippians 4:9
Your needs will be supplied based on your Demand, including the enquiries, direction and experience you request for.

The Need For Mentors/Mentoring
Mentors are men who take you on tour. That field/vision/plan/project/marriage of yours is the tour (journey) and you need someone who had gone through it to lead you through the way/road.

Mentor: meaning Men & Tour.

MEN: They are called Men (both male and female) because of their Bank Of Experiences.

TOUR: This is the journey/road/way you want them To Lead You Through.

Types Of Mentors
Direct Mentors: They are the ones you can relate with Directly and Interact with One-On-One.
Passive Mentors: The ones you learn from through their Books, Materials, Conferences and Meetings.

THOUGHT ON THIS FORMULA
Get a Mentor. Mentors are Helpers of Destiny. Mentors Teach and Guide you both by instruction and experience.

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 Ask

Anchor Scripture: Jeremiah 6:16
“……Ask…..”

Ask – to Ask means to Demand, Request, Call for, Apply for……
Until you learn to ask question about what you don’t know or what has been a puzzle to you, life in its entirety remains a burden.
In whatever thing you are doing, or what feat you want to achieve in life, there are some questions you will need to ask; demands you will need to make and request you will need to place in order to get there.

In any or everything you do / you are doing, there is a question you will need to ask that will give you / enable you the access into the next level.

Ask questions, make enquiries from God for direction, ask people for help. Ask how far from those who have achieved tangible result in what / where you want to be.

Ask for the History of the way (vision) you are going through / working on.

Matthew 7:7
When people hear this, they think they could ask for anything and it would come. It literally means, ask for what to do to achieve the thing; how to put some things in place in order to prepare for their delivery.

Ask Men – God instructed you and I to ask in Jeremiah 6:16
Ask life what it holds for you. Life has got some things to offer you but until you place your demand, you will never possess them.

Your asking could also be in form of Action. When you Act on some of the Opportunities and Direction that you get both from God and man, you are asking for your own share in it and you will definitely get yours/it in Jesus’ Name.

Thought On This Formula

“You Will Never Make History Until You Mind History”