Just As Your Soul Prospers

3 John 1:2(NKJV)

2Beloved, I pray that you may prosper in all things and be in health, just as your soul prospers. 

This simple Scripture has always been one of my favorites.  God is teaching us a life lesson here. 

God wants us to prosper.  Did you know that?  God says point blank here "I pray that you may prosper in all things".  How cool is that.  Not just prosper in this and that but in all things.

He also wants us to be in good health.  Now does that mean that we are just going to magically get good health or that we are going to magically get prosperity?  Not in my opinion.  Let's look at the last part.

"Just as your soul prospers".  What does it take for our souls to prosper?  It takes discipline, it takes being in the Word daily, it takes building a closer relationship with God through prayer, and most of all it takes accepting Jesus as our Lord and Savior.

The last part is easy.  Have you accepted Jesus yet?  It's easy to do.  Just close your eyes and pray something like this, "Dear Jesus, I believe you are the Son of God and that you died for my sins.  Please take over my life and lead and guide me.  Thank you.  Amen!".

See, that was easy wasn't it?  Now what about the rest of it?  That's a different story.  Being in the Word daily and building that relationship with God takes WORK!  That's right, WORK! 

But you know what?  It takes work to prosper and be healthy as well.  So are you beginning to see the beauty of God's plan here.  The connection between your soul prospering and doing well in the rest of your life?

Developing the skills that allow your soul to prosper simultaneously develop the skills that will lead to improvement in all other areas of your life.  Isn't God awesome?