2 Chronicles 31:21

Hezekiah’s faithfulness to God does not fail to revive worship in the temple of God in his day. “And every work that he undertook in the service of the house of God and in accordance with the law and the commandments, seeking his God, he did with all his heart and prospered.”

My heart throbs with longing as I read this! These words are the vision of my heart for church ministry–that I should undertake service for the house of God (He dwells in human hearts individually and collectively), and that this service should result in an obedience from the heart (remember the New Covenant promise from Jer.31:31-34. According to this promise, the law will be written on the heart, resulting in a superior obedience to God than the law written on tablets of stone could accomplish–see also Ezek.36:26)–this is how I would define the word “prosper” from our target text.

What is the value of amassing material possessions or having a healthy balance in our bank accounts if the Church is in decline? But if God’s name is being honored among His people because His image is accurately bourn by those whom He has redeemed for Himself because obedience to God has become their new instinct, that is prosperity indeed! I long for nothing else…