Life principle - God's desire for me

Something I have come to firmly believe is that God desires me to prosper (do well, live well) in this life. This is in great contrast to what we have often believed - that God is stern, desires to make life hard (for our good of course), and is very difficult to please or earn favor from. But the word says ..

Isaiah 30:18 the Lord longs to be gracious to you. NASB

Deut 5:33 Stay on the path that the Lord you God has commanded you to follow. Then you will live long and prosperous lives. NLT2

Deut 6:24 The LORD commanded us to follow all these statutes and to fear the LORD our God for our prosperity always and for our preservation, as it is today. (HCSB)

What a wonderful difference it makes to believe he really wants me to do well, have a good life, be significant, and be blessed in all I do. It makes coming to him a delight. It makes following his paths and ways a joy.

We need to get this truth fixed deep in our hearts. The enemy will try to make it look like the opposite, but we can fully trust that God desires all the best for us, just like any father wants the best for his own family.