Instead of being in poverty looking for prosperity, they are in prosperity and they go to poverty for the sake of Jesus Christ. And they were free.
Where are you in your phase of life? In phase one, still having that desire for prosperity for yourself? Or are you in phase two: the phase of enslavement to Jesus Christ?
Phase 3: Glorification with Jesus in the Presence of God Forever
On 27th February 2019, Jack died and went to be with the Savior to receive his crown of glory. In John 17, Jesus prayed saying that he wants us to be with him in Glory.
So what are you doing with your eyes down here, looking at this world and the prosperity therein, when your eyes should be focused on heaven?
My prayer today is that God will put it in your heart to say, "Yes, Lord, I am your slave. I will go wherever you want me to go. I will do whatever you want me to do. My life is not my own. I have been bought with a price. If you want me to go into the bush of South Sudan, or in Rwanda, or in Congo, I'm ready. I'm ready to be lost from all human greatness because I'm a slave to Jesus Christ. "
May God work in our hearts today, as we contemplate the life pattern of one of his servants, from prosperity to enslavement to glory.