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PROSPEROUS PRISONER

Text : Gen 39:23 ISV 

 *The prison warden did not have to worry about anything under Joseph’s care, because the LORD was with him. That’s why Joseph prospered in everything he did.* 

Have you heard of a prosperous prisoner before? What kind of prosperity can someone possibly have in the prison? 

Well, if you asked Joseph, he will tell you the real meaning of prosperity. *True Prosperity is not measured in physical accumulations only, but in how much of God you carry ,* because a man's life consists not in the abundance of the things he possessed. Luke 12:15. *The value of your life is a function of how much of God you carry* 

When Joseph was taken as a slave to Egypt, it was recorded concerning him that he was a prosperous slave. 

'But the LORD was with Joseph. He became a very prosperous man while in the house of his Egyptian master.' Gen 39:2 ISV. It's clear that the reason Joseph prospered even as a slave was because the Lord was with him. 

 *God's manifest presence in a man's life is the true definition of prosperity.* 

Again, at the turn of event, he was taken to prison, and yet, he was labelled as prosperous because the Lord was with him. 

The prison warden did not have to worry about anything under Joseph’s care, because the LORD was with him. That’s why Joseph prospered in everything he did.Gen 39:23 ISV.

 *Wherever you are, and regardless of your situation, do ensure that God's presence is with you- that's your most valuable possession.* 

Moses said ".....If your presence go not with me, carry us not up hence." Exo 33:15.

That's a man who understood the weight and import of God's presence in a man's journey here on earth. 

 *Do not toy with God's presence in your life, nothing else can make up for it.* 

Let your deep desire always be that you might be in His presence. David knew the secrete of being in His presence:

 _One thing have I desired of the LORD, that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the LORD, and to enquire in his temple_ .Psalms 27:4 

 *PRAYER FOCUS* 

1. Give me desire for your presence oh Lord, and help me to seek after it every day of my life. PS. 27:4.

 

Bible Reading : Gen 39:1-23.


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