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“In whatever he does, he prospers.” (Psalm 1:3)

Just a few ways the righteous prosper:

“He will make your paths straight.” Proverbs 3:6

He will give you “length of days…and peace.” (Proverbs 3:2)  

“You will find favor and good repute in the sight of God and man.” (Proverbs 3:4)

“Healing…and refreshment” (Proverbs 3:8) are yours.

Physical prosperity by way of “barns…filled.” (Proverbs 3:10) This is not Prosperity Gospel. The Christian will have trials and “Indeed, all who desire to live godly in Christ Jesus will be persecuted.” (2 Timothy 3:12)

And some of the difficulty comes from God for our good through “trials…testing of your faith produces endurance…[so that you are] lacking in nothing.” (James 1:2-4) And “All discipline for the moment seems not to be joyful, but sorrowful; yet to those who have been trained by it, afterwards it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness.” (Hebrews 12:11)

Regardless of the good or bad, Jesus says, “I am with you always.” (Matthew 28:20), so that “For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain.” (Philippians 1:21)

  1. Day 4 Evening #2 Entry: I forgot that I had already written reflection on that evening and wrote again later.

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“In whatever he does, he prospers.” (Psalm 1:3)

“He does” denotes an active faith over a conceptual one. “Prove yourselves doers of the Word, and not merely hearers who delude themselves.” (James 1:20) The “effectual doer” is “blessed in what he does.” (James 1:25)

Know the Word, do the Word, and be blessed by and through the Word.

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“In whatever he does, he prospers.” (Psalm 1:3)

But of course, his “whatever” is formed, informed, directed and constrained by his delight and meditation upon Bod’s law. As in Psalm 37:4-5,

“Delight yourself in the Lord;
And He will give you the desires of your heart.
Commit your way to the Lord,
Trust also in Him, and He will do it.”

The desires of my heart and God’s accomplishing of it proceeds from my delighting in Him and committing my way to Him. We are on the same page, or far more accurately, I am on His page, and He is pleased to delight His child.

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