How To Prosper – The Saturday Morning Post

Today’s Reading – Ezra 3 – 7 (Click on the references to listen to the audio – Click here to view the passage from Blue Letter Bible)

(Second Milers Read – Romans 13 – 16; Psalms 131 – 135; Proverbs 28

Read the “0528 Evening and Morning” devotion for today, by the late Charles Haddon Spurgeon

“And the elders of the Jews builded, and they prospered through the prophesying of Haggai the prophet and Zechariah the son of Iddo. And they builded, and finished it, according to the commandment of the God of Israel, and according to the commandment of Cyrus, and Darius, and Artaxerxes king of Persia. And this house was finished on the third day of the month Adar, which was in the sixth year of the reign of Darius the king.” (Ezra 6:14-15)

Good morning. Are you prospering today in your work for the LORD? Do you want to Prosper? Here’s how…

1) “And the elders of the Jews builded…” – They worked!

“And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men; Knowing that of the Lord ye shall receive the reward of the inheritance: for ye serve the Lord Christ.” (Colossians 3:23-24)

2) “And they builded, and finished it…” – They finished what they started.

“Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work.” (John 4:34)

3) “And they prospered through the prophesying of Haggai the prophet and Zechariah the son of Iddo.” – They prospered through the Word of God.

“Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.” (1Corinthians 15:58)

4) “And they builded, and finished it, according to the commandment of the God of Israel, and according to the commandment of Cyrus, and Darius, and Artaxerxes king of Persia.” – Their work was commanded by the king, and the KING of KINGS!

“And keep the charge of the LORD thy God, to walk in his ways, to keep his statutes, and his commandments, and his judgments, and his testimonies, as it is written in the law of Moses, that thou mayest prosper in all that thou doest, and whithersoever thou turnest thyself:” (1Kings 2:3)

If you want to prosper in the LORD’s work, you should do things His way.

Peace!