Gen 26:12-13 NKJV
Then Isaac sowed in that land, and reaped in the same year a hundredfold; and the Lord blessed him. The man began to prosper, and continued prospering until he became very prosperous;

I find that in the scriptures and elsewhere, much every move of God has been accompanied by prosperity, and the devil's work is accompanied by poverty, both of mind and literally.  Think about it: the Garden of Eden. That was pure prosperity until the serpent came. Everything was good; they had all that they needed, and there was no lack. That was until someone suggested they could have that which didn't belong to them! 

We see it in Abraham as well. He was just an ordinary guy from Ur of the Chaldeans until God moved in. He blessed him, and he became very prosperous. This prosperity was so effective it affected his children and grandchildren. Of Isaac, his son, it is written that he sowed seed in a time of famine and reaped a hundredfold. It then says, "and the man began to prosper, and he continued prospering until he became very prosperous." Even Jacob, who was seemingly outwitted by his uncle Laban, prospered under adverse circumstances.

Think about the children of Israel leaving Egypt. After four hundred years in slavery, they had nothing. No dignity, no alliances, no property, no money, no food, no rights, nothing! Then God moved. Overnight, they had silver and gold, clothing and shoes, enough supplies to last them many years as they journeyed in the wilderness.

Then, we see it with the Kingdom of Israel. When they walked in right relationship with God, letting Him move in their midst,  they prospered. When they turned to idols and ignored God, they got into trouble. When they neglected community, and abandoned the command to take care of the weak among them and resorted to "every man for himself and God for us all", things didn't go so well. During David's and especially Solomon's reign, the nation was so prosperous that "Solomon made silver and gold to be as common in Jerusalem as stones. "

Then we have Jesus. He and those around Him never had a need that could not be met, be it material or immaterial. When the Church was born in the book of Acts, the Holy Spirit's move resulted in to an interesting scenario. No one among them lacked anything! Think about that. No one? Yes, no one among them. They fully understood what it means to prosper, to have none among them in need. It was about community. Wealth is not a figure in a bank account; neither is poverty; it's all a state of mind. You are not rich because you have money; you have money because you are rich.

Today’s devotional is taken from the book The Wealth Files