There are tough times ahead and God wants you to prosper regardless of the Darkness that is coming.  Do you have what it takes to makle it through the famines, cataclysms, depressions, droughts, and oppressions?  Are you letting the Father prepare you for what is to come?  I am not referring to your financial portfolio, investments, savings, insurance, assets, rations, or the amount of gold and silver you may have collected.  When God refers to prosperity, he is speaking of the word Sakal, H7919.  This word in the Ancient Hebrew is spelled with the letters Samekh (Rod), Kaf (Hand/Allow/Tamez), and Lamed (Staff).  Together they are interpreted as "Allowing the Father to be a Rod and a Staff in your life, so that you may understand what it is prosper".  Give the Father permission to place his Rod and Staff in your life and upon your hands.  King David proudly wrote in Psalms 23:4 "...Thy rod and thy staf they comfort me." In times of great peril, which are soon approaching, may we all say we are comfortable and without want.  Did you know that a shepherd has a rod and a staff?  The only reason that David could boast in saying "The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want" is that he allowed God to teach him through many tests and trials.  Remember that what we see as prosperity is not the same as what God sees.  What are you able to bring with you leave this body?  What are the great treasures you will present before the Lord?  The Father is seeking those that will minister to him and worship him in spirit and in truth, there is nothing in the natural or flesh that he needs.  When we are about his business and pursue all that is in his heart, allowing him to transform us, we will have peace in every storm and lay down in green fields.

The next word that means to prosper is H6743, Tsalach.  It means to "Advance, prosper, and protect."  It is made of the letters Tsade (journey/desire/need), Lamed (shepherd/teach/staff), and Chet (wall/separation).  This is also important to understand if you ever wish to prosper.  According to the Father, we must surrender our needs and desires in our journey and allow him to teach and guide us as a shepherd, and as we take on his needs and desires, he will place a wall of protection on every side of us.  Those that do not lay down their life, which is surrending your will, do not represent the Blood of the Lamb.  God does not play favorites, many will be spared and many will be destroyed.  By taking your identity in Yahshua, you have placed the Blood of the Lamb over your doorpost.  We are his Lambs and He is our Shepherd.  May we all walk in prosperity as he leads and guids us.