Chapter (4) How To Experience Gods Provision.

Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me 

all the days of my life... —Psalm 23:6

And when he brings out his own sheep, he goes before them; 

and the sheep follow him... —John 10:4

I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd gives 

His life for the sheep. —John 10:11

Oh, give thanks to the Lord, for He is good! 

For His mercy endures forever. —1 Chronicles 16:34 

PURSUE THE GOOD SHEPHERD

One day, when I was studying the Word, the Lord said to me,"Notice how goodness and mercy follow you in Psalm 23:6." Then, He brought me to John 10:4, where it describes how the shepherd goes before the sheep and the sheep follow him.In a flash, the Lord opened my eyes to see a divine sequence: When you follow or pursue Him, the good shepherd, His goodness and mercy and all the blessings you need in life will follow after you!My friend, don't pursue the blessings. Pursue Jesus, the blesser. As you pursue Him, you don't have to be concerned aboutthe blessings because they will follow after you! In fact, the Hebrew translation of Psalm 23:6 is much stronger and more aggressive. 
It literally says, "Surely goodness and mercy shall HUNT ME DOWN all the days of my life!" 

TREAD WHERE JESUS TREADS

Regardless of what experts say about the current economic situation, I have good news for you. As a child of God, your blessings this year are not dependent on the ebb and flow of the stock market.You can expect good things to happen to you this year because God's Word declares it: "You crown the year with Your goodness, and Your paths drip with abundance"!"Pastor Prince, God's Word says it, but how do I see it?"Great question! The key to experiencing the blessings lies in Psalm 65:11 itself—"Your paths drip with abundance." 

In order to see His paths dripping with abundance, you would need to follow Him, wouldn't you? So to experience the Lord's goodness and abundance this year, keep listening to and beholding His grace and finished work. It's easy to follow His leading when youare tuned to His grace. And when you tread where He treads, you will run right into the blessings that He has already prepared for you! You can't go wrong when you FOLLOW JESUS, the good shepherd.

Be tuned to His grace and allow Him to lead you into theblessings He has prepared for you! You crown the year with Your goodness, and Your paths drip withabundance. —Psalm 65:11...
Listen carefully to Me, and eat what is good, and let your soul delight itself in abundance.
 Incline your ear, and come to Me. Hear, and your soul shall live.Isaiah 55-2-3So faith comes from hearing, and hearing by the word of Christ. —Romans 10:17, NASB 

HEAR YOUR WAY TO GOD'S ABUNDANCE

Because the Lord's pathways "drip" or overflow with abundance, following in His footsteps will cause you to walk in that abundance. And to follow Him, all you have to do is listen carefully to Him.Look at Isaiah 55:2-3: "Listen carefully to Me, and eat what is good, and let your soul delight itself in abundance. 

Incline yourear, and come to Me. Hear, and your soul shall live."So to eat what is good and delight your soul in abundance, listen to the Word of the Lord. If you desire to walk out of lack and walk into divine provision, keep listening to the preaching of the good news of Jesus' finished work. Keep hearing all that He has done for you to inherit all of God's goodness and abundance. 

Faith will come to deliver you out of chronic illnesses, fears, debtand depression into divine health, wisdom, provision, fruitfulnessand joy! If you will listen diligently to the voice of the Lord your God...the Lord your God will set you high above all the nations of the earth. And all these blessings shall come upon you and overtake you if you heed the voice of the Lord your God. Blessed shall you be in the city and blessed shall you be in the field. 

Blessed shall be the fruit of your body and the fruit of your ground and the fruitof your beasts, the increase of your cattle and the young of your flock. Blessed shall be your basket and your kneading trough. Blessed shall you be when you come in and blessed shall you be when you go out. The Lord shall cause your enemies who rise up against you to be defeated before your face; they shall come out against you one way and flee before you seven ways. —Deuteronomy 28:1-7, AMPFor I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, for it is the power of God to salvation for everyone who believes... —Romans 1:16 

GOOD GRADES FROM HEARING THE GOOD NEWS

Let me share with you what hearing and hearing the good news of the gospel did for one student in my congregation.This student had done badly in her mid-year examination, failing three core subjects. Her parents then started playing my messages in their home and car as often as they could. As this girllistened repeatedly to the messages, her parents shared with me that they noticed a dramatic change in her attitude toward her studies. She started to place her hope and reliance on God, and peace began to replace the stress of school.

Six months later, in her final-year examination, to her delight (and that of her parents), she scored really well in those core subjects and received two awards: one for being among the top students in class and another for having made the best progress! Whatever your challenge is today, continual listening to the gospel of Jesus leads to good success! .the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory give to you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Him, the eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that you may know what is the hope of His calling, what are the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints, and what is the exceeding greatness of His power toward us who believe, according to the working of His mighty power. —Ephesians 1:17-19"Holy Spirit, open my eyes to see what I need to see about JESUS for my area of need.