By Bishop David Oyedepo
GOD did not just create you and abandon you to suffer! He is interested in your comfort. He is excited when you prosper. According to the Cambridge Advanced Learner’s Dictionary, wealth is “A large amount of money or valuable possessions that someone has.” So, wealth connotes comfort and fulfilment, which God desires exactly for you.

Are there any earthly parents today, who desire anything less than comfort for their children? None, of course! Everybody wants his/her offspring to be comfortable. That is part of the divine instinct we contacted from God.

The Word of God says: “Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth” (III John 2). From this scripture, it is clear that God wants you to be comfortable, prosperous and healthy. It is neither the idea of a preacher, nor is it a prosperity movement, but God’s idea. It is His intent, His idea, and His purpose!

Note that worldly riches bring pride and insecurity. They are temporary and sorrowful. Wealth in the Kingdom is humbling, sorrow-free (Proverbs 10:22), durable and multiplies. No wonder, the Word of God says: “The blessing of the LORD, it maketh rich, and he addeth no sorrow with it” (Proverbs 10:22). God’s supernatural provisions are for you. So, why die in poverty when you can live in prosperity and abund-ance? Hear this: God’s Word is loaded with treasures for your comfort and pleasure.

We live in a Kingdom of mysteries. When you understand and apply them, they confer mastery on you. That is what makes God’s children peculiar among people. “But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar peo-ple…” (I Peter 2:9).

It is what makes them signs and wonders among men (Mark 4:11). Meanwhile, are you a child of God? The Bible is a book of my-steries, and those myster-ies are the secrets behind the wonders that God’s children experience.

The Word of God says: “Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of thy law” (Psalms 119:18). God’s Word is full of wonders. So, every true encounter with the Word, makes you a living wonder. So, the Word of God is the richest oilfield and goldmine.

That is where our church has been mining from, for 30 years. It is loaded with treasures—treasures for your pleasure, treasures for your comfort, etc (Job 22:21-25; Deuteronomy 28:1,12). So, your breakthrough is a settled fact.

Let’s look at a mystery of Kingdom prosperity: Labour not to be rich: Proverbs 23:4 says: “Labour not to be rich: cease from thine own wisdom.” Then what do we do? Genesis 12:1-3 is what to do. Labour not to be rich; labour to enrich others.

You are blessed to be a blessing. The blessings of God are for distribution, not for accumulation. It’s your outlet that determines God’s inflow. God will never flow into any man more than the size of his outlet. “Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not highminded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy…” (I Timothy 6:17-19). What do we charge them to do? They should do good to secure God’s blessings. They should increase in good works, ready to distribute and willing to com-municate.

Your commitment to be a blessing is what determines the level of God’s blessings you are qualified to enjoy. To him much is given, much is required. So, it’s important for us to open our hearts. The larger your heart, the greater God’s blessings (Proverbs 28:27). Once you have it in mind to be a blessing, God marks you out for a blessing (I Chronicles 29:3-6). Labour not to be rich, but labour to be a blessing to others.