Poju Oyemade Begins 2-Week Series on Biblical Prosperity This Sunday
Poju Oyemade, senior pastor of the Covenant Nation based in Lagos is set to begin a 2-week series on Biblical prosperity.
According to him, God prospers. There is a difference between being materialistic and being prosperous.
Pastor Poju Oyemade stated that a materialistic person is someone who prioritizes acquiring material possessions and wealth, often as a source of happiness, status, and validation, and views them as more important than intellectual or spiritual values.
These individuals may constantly compare themselves to others based on possessions.
To that God cautions,
Luke 12:15
“And he said unto them, Take heed, and beware of covetousness: for a man’s life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth.”
A prosperous person is, however, different. He or she is someone who is successful, thriving, and experiencing growth regardless of their environment or prevailing circumstance. They thrive like there is no visible hindrance to growth.
This thriving can and will, in many cases, lead to surplus in their personal income.
This prosperity comes as a result of the Spirit of God within giving them unusual understanding and insight into things.
An example is Isaac, who went farming in a time of famine and came back with a humdredfold.
Genesis 26:1,
“1. And there was a famine in the land, beside the first famine that was in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went unto Abimelech king of the Philistines unto Gerar”
“12 Then Isaac sowed in that land, and received in the same year an hundredfold: and the Lord blessed him.
13 And the man waxed great, and went forward, and grew until he became very great.”
Same thing Nicodemus mentioned when he said to Jesus, “No man can do these things which you do except God be with him.”
True prosperity, not materialism, as some have supposed what the message is all.about is a mark of divine presence.
It was said of Joseph.
Genesis 39:2
“And the Lord was with Joseph, and he was a prosperous man; and he was in the house of his master the Egyptian.”
The workings of God in a man enabling him to get “impossible” things done is termed grace. Grace is God’s enablement in a person empowering him to do things that are clearly seen to be of God.
Paul referred to this when he said “when they saw the grace given unto me….”
Poju Oyemade
