"Prosperity will corrupt me and make me forget God."
How it sounds in your head: I've heard stories of people who got money and turned their back on God. What if that happens to me? What if having nice things makes me shallow or materialistic? Maybe it's safer to just stay where I am.
"I know how to be abased, and I know how to abound. Everywhere and in all things I have learned both to be full and to be hungry, both to abound and to suffer need."
-- Philippians 4:12Enemy tactic of using fear of future sin to block present blessing - preemptive condemnation.
He's seen cautionary tales of people who 'lost their way' when they got successful. Fear of his own potential failure makes him sabotage breakthrough before it arrives.
Job lost everything, then God restored DOUBLE what he had before. Job ended his life wealthier than he started, surrounded by family and abundance. Prosperity didn't corrupt his latter years - it BLESSED them.
I REFUSE the lie that prosperity will corrupt me. IT IS WRITTEN that Paul learned to abound without being destroyed. The issue is not abundance - it's CONNECTION. I am a BRANCH attached to the VINE. As long as I abide in Him, I produce good fruit AUTOMATICALLY. IT IS WRITTEN that the love of money is evil, not money itself. Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Job, David, Solomon - all WEALTHY, all stayed faithful. The BARAK blessing includes provision AND protection. My Father doesn't set me up to fail by blessing me. He's not afraid of me having abundance - He's preparing me to STEWARD it. I trust the power that works IN me - the same power that raised Christ from the dead. THAT power keeps me connected, regardless of my bank account. Prosperity is not the enemy - UNBELIEF is. I receive abundance with a thankful heart and a firm foundation.
Your Father is running toward you with the ring, the robe, and the resources, KNOWING your future better than you do. He's not worried about you forgetting Him - He's confident in the relationship He's building WITH you through every season.