{"id":499,"date":"2021-05-17T16:01:36","date_gmt":"2021-05-17T16:01:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/covenantmoravian.com\/index.php\/watchword-reflections\/monday-reflection-may-17-2021-prosperity-even-in-prison\/"},"modified":"2026-07-10T13:59:17","modified_gmt":"2026-07-10T13:59:17","slug":"monday-reflection-may-17-2021-prosperity-even-in-prison","status":"publish","type":"watchword","link":"https:\/\/covenantmoravian.com\/index.php\/watchword-reflections\/monday-reflection-may-17-2021-prosperity-even-in-prison\/","title":{"rendered":"Monday Reflection \u2013 May 17, 2021 Prosperity Even in Prison"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Monday Reflectio<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<p><strong>Monday Reflection \u2013 May 17, 2021 Prosperity Even in Prison<em><br \/>The chief jailer paid no heed to anything that was in Joseph\u2019s care, because the Lord\u00a0was with him; and whatever he did, the Lord\u00a0made it prosper.Genesis 39:23<\/em><\/strong><br \/>To prosper means to succeed financially, flourish physically, and to grow strong and healthy.\u00a0Willis and Garn indicate that: &#8220;When you are happy, when you have enough money and are at peace with how you are earning that money, this leads to the sustainable state that we describe\u00a0<em>as\u00a0prosperity.&#8221; For Benjamin Hardy, prosperity involves three key things &#8211; money, happiness and sustainability. All of these ideas suggest that prosperity involves success and requires an environment that fosters such success.<br \/>While prosperity is understood as such in the secular world, this is not so in God\u2019s kingdom. Today\u2019s example of Joseph brings this point home forcefully, for he was in prison yet the Lord made him prosper. Joseph does not fit Hardy\u2019s profile of prosperity for he had no money, he was unlikely not happy, and was not experiencing sustainability. Joseph is in prison because of a false accusation by his master\u2019s wife, who made sexual advances to him that he resisted. A trace of Joseph\u2019s life shows that he went from<\/em>\u00a0privilege in his father\u2019s house to the pit his brothers threw him into, to being property in the slave market, to the privilege of managing Potiphar\u2019s house, to the principled stand against temptation, to the perjury of false accusation, and to the prison of Pharaoh.<br \/>Though in prison, Joseph did not sit down sullenly in his sorrow, but he stirred himself to make the best of his condition. The chief jailer\u00a0did not inquire into nor examine Joseph\u2019s conduct and management of things; he took no account of what was in Joseph\u2019s hands, nor required any of him. The jailer was satisfied with what Joseph did, and was very impressed by his prudence and faithfulness.\u00a0A good man will do good wherever he is, and will be a blessing even in bonds and banishment.\u00a0Why did Joseph prosper and gain the respect of the jailer? Because God\u2019s presence was with Joseph and His favour was upon him. God\u00a0supplied Joseph with His grace, giving him wisdom to do everything in the best manner committed to him.<br \/>We also see God\u2019s hand and His ultimate plan as God\u2019s story moves forward, putting Joseph in the place where he can save his family and the whole world from coming famine, and prepare a place for them to live with him. The experiences of the pit and the prison were sharpening the administrative skills Joseph needed to one day save his family and to save the whole world. God\u2019s hand was guiding and directing all things. Neither the pit, slavery, nor the prison changed or defeated God\u2019s plan for Joseph\u2019s life. Importantly, this was Joseph\u2019s experience, but God\u2019s story. No matter where life takes us, may we recognize that while we go through the experiences, both good and bad, it is all God\u2019s story, God\u2019s hand, God\u2019s plan.\u00a0\u00a0<br \/>So what of prosperity God\u2019s way? It is about submitting to the will of God, experiencing His presence, enabling His plan, and allowing His hand to lead. It matters not where God\u2019s story takes us, once we are in His employ, God honours and prospers our work.<br \/>Jermaine\u00a0Gibson\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n<p><strong>n \u2013 May 17, 2021 Prosperity Even in Prison<em><br \/>The chief jailer paid no heed to anything that was in Joseph\u2019s care, because the Lord\u00a0was with him; and whatever he did, the Lord\u00a0made it prosper.Genesis 39:23<\/em><\/strong><br \/>To prosper means to succeed financially, flourish physically, and to grow strong and healthy.\u00a0Willis and Garn indicate that: &#8220;When you are happy, when you have enough money and are at peace with how you are earning that money, this leads to the sustainable state that we describe\u00a0<em>as\u00a0prosperity.&#8221; For Benjamin Hardy, prosperity involves three key things &#8211; money, happiness and sustainability. All of these ideas suggest that prosperity involves success and requires an environment that fosters such success.<br \/>While prosperity is understood as such in the secular world, this is not so in God\u2019s kingdom. Today\u2019s example of Joseph brings this point home forcefully, for he was in prison yet the Lord made him prosper. Joseph does not fit Hardy\u2019s profile of prosperity for he had no money, he was unlikely not happy, and was not experiencing sustainability. Joseph is in prison because of a false accusation by his master\u2019s wife, who made sexual advances to him that he resisted. A trace of Joseph\u2019s life shows that he went from<\/em>\u00a0privilege in his father\u2019s house to the pit his brothers threw him into, to being property in the slave market, to the privilege of managing Potiphar\u2019s house, to the principled stand against temptation, to the perjury of false accusation, and to the prison of Pharaoh.<br \/>Though in prison, Joseph did not sit down sullenly in his sorrow, but he stirred himself to make the best of his condition. The chief jailer\u00a0did not inquire into nor examine Joseph\u2019s conduct and management of things; he took no account of what was in Joseph\u2019s hands, nor required any of him. The jailer was satisfied with what Joseph did, and was very impressed by his prudence and faithfulness.\u00a0A good man will do good wherever he is, and will be a blessing even in bonds and banishment.\u00a0Why did Joseph prosper and gain the respect of the jailer? Because God\u2019s presence was with Joseph and His favour was upon him. God\u00a0supplied Joseph with His grace, giving him wisdom to do everything in the best manner committed to him.<br \/>We also see God\u2019s hand and His ultimate plan as God\u2019s story moves forward, putting Joseph in the place where he can save his family and the whole world from coming famine, and prepare a place for them to live with him. The experiences of the pit and the prison were sharpening the administrative skills Joseph needed to one day save his family and to save the whole world. God\u2019s hand was guiding and directing all things. Neither the pit, slavery, nor the prison changed or defeated God\u2019s plan for Joseph\u2019s life. Importantly, this was Joseph\u2019s experience, but God\u2019s story. No matter where life takes us, may we recognize that while we go through the experiences, both good and bad, it is all God\u2019s story, God\u2019s hand, God\u2019s plan.\u00a0\u00a0<br \/>So what of prosperity God\u2019s way? It is about submitting to the will of God, experiencing His presence, enabling His plan, and allowing His hand to lead. It matters not where God\u2019s story takes us, once we are in His employ, God honours and prospers our work.<br \/>Jermaine\u00a0Gibson\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Monday Reflectio Monday Reflection \u2013 May 17, 2021 Prosperity Even in Prison The chief jailer paid no heed to anything that was in Joseph\u2019s care, because the Lord\u00a0was with him; and whatever he did, the Lord\u00a0made it prosper.Genesis\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"template":"","watchword_topic":[10],"class_list":["post-499","watchword","type-watchword","status-publish","hentry","watchword_topic-leadership"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Monday Reflection \u2013 May 17, 2021 Prosperity Even in Prison - Covenant Moravian<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/covenantmoravian.com\/index.php\/watchword-reflections\/monday-reflection-may-17-2021-prosperity-even-in-prison\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Monday Reflection \u2013 May 17, 2021 Prosperity Even in Prison - Covenant Moravian\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Monday Reflectio Monday Reflection \u2013 May 17, 2021 Prosperity Even in Prison The chief jailer paid no heed to anything that was in Joseph\u2019s care, because the Lord\u00a0was with him; 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