"Just survive until Jesus returns, don't expect anything good here."
How it sounds in your head: This world is toast. The best I can hope for is to endure, hold on, stay faithful, and wait for the rapture. Thriving here isn't even on the table—just survival mode until heaven.
"Trust in the Lord, and do good; dwell in the land, and feed on His faithfulness. Delight yourself also in the Lord, and He shall give you the desires of your heart."
-- Psalm 37:3-4Religion taught you that earthly blessing is worldly and suffering is spiritual, making you despise the very dominion God gave you in Genesis.
Every sermon says we're aliens and strangers, not to love the world, that Jesus is coming soon so focus on souls not success. Prosperity feels carnal, suffering feels holy.
Joseph spent 13 years in slavery and prison, but didn't just survive—he THRIVED, becoming second-in-command of Egypt in a single day. He didn't wait for heaven to rule; he ruled on EARTH and saved nations.
I REFUSE the lie that I should just survive until Jesus returns. IT IS WRITTEN to dwell in the land, feed on His faithfulness, and receive the desires of my heart—HERE, NOW. I am not in survival mode; I am in DOMINION mode. Like Joseph, I don't wait for heaven to reign—I reign on EARTH as a king and priest. IT IS WRITTEN: the earth is the Lord's and the fullness thereof, and I am His steward. The BARAK blessing is for NOW—blessed in the city, in the field, in my coming and going. I thrive, I prosper, I build the kingdom on earth AS IT IS in heaven.
The Father is running toward you with the FULLNESS of life NOW, not just a ticket to heaven LATER. He wants you prosperous, healthy, and reigning on earth—that's what Jesus died to RESTORE.