If I told you the secret to
success and after having applied it, it resulted in the acquiring of things
such as money, health, homes, etc… and then after having done so you observe
what you have acquired saying "I'm blessed," I may feel some level of
resentment. Reason being is because of the appreciation for the material things
acquired being observed over that of the secret given that led to such results. It displays that the secret giver’s honor
has been rerouted to the results of what was given. Often times people will
call the tangibles of human value a blessing which displays a huge
misconception of what a blessing truly is. Understand Jesus did not come to the
earth to undergo death, burial, and Resurrection for people to acquire things;
He did it so that all would have a way of redemption! When humans agree with
His plan, purpose, and promises, it positions them to have a blessing come on
their life. Once a blessing comes on a person's life, they have something extra
working for them that compels them to experience success that results in
tangibles of value showing up in their life. What is a blessing then? A
blessing is like the secret in the illustration; it is an ability or special
grace added to a person's life that has come to know Christ as their personal
Lord and Savior. And this ability or special grace when applied results in
prosperity or success. Some may say well, there are many others who have become
successful and openly said that they do not follow Jesus. This is correct but true
success starts with salvation. Only a believer of Jesus will experience both
natural and spiritual success, especially knowing that the natural is as
temporary as life itself; given they apply His principles. Everyone only has a
certain amount of time on the earth. Once that time expires what happened on
this natural side, or lack thereof, transfers to the spiritual. But if one has
not established their spiritual account, or salvation, before their time
expires they have nothing to transfer because their name was never written in
heaven's account book. To gain wealth, homes, vehicles, etc… means absolutely nothing
without the breath of God resident on the inside of one’s being. The breath of
God discovered in salvation is what causes people to come alive spiritually and
naturally. It activates one’s heavenly account and ensures that their name is
written in the account book. The breath of God is the secret to success no
matter what one has in place or structure of support that has been built up. When God breathes
on a thing, life is started within that thing. Where ever the breath of God is
not resident there is depletion or suffocation which eventually leads to death.
This death is in regards to the quality of life that an individual may
experience but doesn’t negate the inevitable results of actual death itself
being Christ tarries. Life begins with His breath and ends when a person loses
it. When His breath is within a thing it becomes blessed because life is now overflowing
out of it. What it means to have life overflowing is godly ideas, divine
instructions, revelation, joy, wholeness of life, and so forth and so on. Holy
Spirit inspired success is the only type that truly lasts because it is rooted
in an eternal place and will still be there when a person transitions from time
to eternity.
