HOW TO FLOURISH IN LIFE

Isaiah 1:19-20 says
19: If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land:
20: But if ye refuse and rebel, ye shall be devoured with the sword: for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken it.

If you will flourish in life, one thing you need is simple obedience. When Jesus told a dejected fisherman, who had toiled all night but caught nothing to once more launch into the deep and let down his net for a great catch, his response in Luke 5:5b was:
“Master, we have toiled all the night, and have taken nothing: nevertheless at thy word I will let down the net.”
The result of his simple obedience was a net-breaking and boat-sinking haul of fish, which had the capacity to transform his life forever. Beloved, God knows more than you do. Isaiah 40:28 says there is no searching of His understanding. If God instructs you to do something, please don’t argue with Him, because compared to Him, you don’t know anything.

1 Corinthians 1:25 says:

Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men; and the weakness of God is stronger than men.

If God says “this is the way” and looks like a bush to you, I would advise you to simply go through that bush and do not try to rationalize what God has said. When God asks you to do something and you do not understand it because it doesn’t make sense to you, just remember that simple obedience is the key to flourishing.
When I became born again, I had a lot of problems with tithing. I said to myself, “what are these people talking about? One hundred percent is not enough, yet you are asking me to give ten percent. How will ninety percent handle what a hundred percent cannot cover?” Indeed, tithing doesn’t make mathematical sense, but when you are dealing with God. It won’t always make sense. He is too big for you to understand with your little brain. It took me a while before I began to tithe, but I started and suddenly thing began to change for the better. The first thing that happened after I paid my tithe was that I got to my office and my head of department called me and asked why I had not requested any money for my research. At that time, I did not even know that there was any money provided to fund research. He then explained to me that I needed money so I could travel to gather data, and he asked me to apply for certain sum. When I heard the amount, I could not believe it; I thought something had gone wrong with my hearing! When God decides to help you, He will give you instructions, and your flourishing will be determined by how well you obey these instructions. Are you walking in simple obedience?
Those who cannot obey the ridiculous cannot receive the miraculous from God.

Note: Above is from daddy Adeboye: our leader, our teacher, our mentor and our coach. A wise person will read it and embrace the principles in the contents while a foolish person will ignore it. I embraced the above principles in 1995 after I became born again, I have never regretted it and since then my life and family have never be the same: no more devourers nor financial struggles, nor investment on unproductive projects instead Divine ideas and regular destiny helpers become the order of the day. To many Christians, our problem is lack of knowledge about biblical principles and not our income. If your earn $10 per hour and you are faithful by giving God His portion (10% coupled with generous offerings), you will have more than enough. If your earn $200 per hour and you did not give God His portion, it will never be enough. If you ask me why? It is a mystery about sowing and reaping. You sow to the kingdom, you reap 100% and you sow to your flesh, you reap nothing. Be wise.