There is another area that I want to share with you about
God’s financial system. In Mark 10:17-23, we find the story of
the rich young ruler. This is one of the most misunderstood
incidents in the whole Bible. We have read this in the light of
the world’s traditional system, thinking God wanted to break
that young man but this is not so. We have misunderstood it
for the same reason that the rich young ruler missed God—
ignorance of the Word of God. He did not know what the covenant
said. He knew “the Law” and the Ten Commandments,
but the Abrahamic Covenant covered much more than these.
God made an agreement with Abraham and promised to do certain
things if he would obey the Word; then the prophets were
raised up to add to this covenant and record it for Israel to use.
Let’s read Mark’s account of this conversation.
And when he was gone forth into the way, there came
one running, and kneeled to him, and asked him, Good
Master, what shall I do that I may inherit eternal life?

And Jesus said unto him, Why callest thou me good?
there is none good but one, that is, God. Thou knowest
the commandments, Do not commit adultery, Do not
kill, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Defraud
not, Honour thy father and mother. And he answered
and said unto him, Master, all these have I observed
from my youth. Then Jesus beholding him loved him,
and said unto him, One thing thou lackest: go thy way,
sell whatsoever thou hast, and give to the poor, and
thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, take up
the cross, and follow me. And he was sad at that saying,
and went away grieved: for he had great possessions.
And Jesus looked round about, and saith unto his disciples,
How hardly shall they that have riches enter into
the kingdom of God!

Kenneth and Gloria Copeland

God has established His covenant in the earth, but it is not
enough just to know this. For the covenant to be of any value,
we must have our hearts established in it. Psalm 112 is a perfect
description of the established heart. It describes the prosperous
man and gives insight into his prosperity. Let’s examine it closely.

“Praise ye the Lord. Blessed is the man that feareth the Lord,
that delighteth greatly in his commandments.” What type of man
is blessed of God? The man who fears the Lord and delights
greatly in His commandments, in the established covenant
of God.

“His seed shall be mighty upon the earth: the generation of the
upright shall be blessed. Wealth and riches shall be in his house:
and his righteousness endureth forever.” No one can take it
away! When God gives you something, you should have no
fear of losing it. God has given you His Word. You can stand
firmly on it because it belongs to you!

“Unto the upright there ariseth light in the darkness: he is gracious,
and full of compassion, and righteous. A good man showeth
favour, and lendeth: he will guide his affairs with discretion [or
good judgment]. Surely he shall not be moved for ever: the righteous
shall be in everlasting remembrance. He shall not be afraid of
evil tidings: his heart is fixed, trusting in the Lord. His heart is
established.” God has established His covenant, and this man
has established his heart in the covenant. His heart is fixed,
trusting in the Lord. You can’t scare him with bad tidings about
the fuel shortage, high interest rates or anything else. He trusts
completely and totally in the Lord and gets what he needs by
his covenant with God. When you are established and operating
in the covenant of God, Satan can’t corner you.

Kenneth and Gloria Copeland

Deuteronomy 28:1-14

Amp—If you will listen diligently to the
voice of the Lord your God, being watchful
to do all His commandments which I command
you this day, 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 fruit of 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.
The Lord shall command the blessing upon
you in your storehouse, and in all that you
undertake; and he will bless you in the land
which the Lord your God gives you.

The Lord will establish you as a people
holy to Himself, as He has sworn to you, if
you keep the commandments of the Lord
your God, and walk in His ways. And all
people of the earth shall see that you are
called by the name [and in the presence of]
the Lord; and they shall be afraid of you.

And the Lord shall make you have a surplus
of prosperity, through the fruit of your
body, of your livestock, and of your ground,
in the land which the Lord swore to your
fathers to give you. The Lord shall open to
you His good treasury, the heavens to give
the rain of your land in its season, and to
bless all the work of your hand; and you
shall lend to many nations, but you shall
not borrow.

And the Lord shall make you the head,
and not the tail; and you shall be above
only, and you shall not be beneath, if you
heed the commandments of the Lord your
God, which I command you this day, and
are watchful to do them. And you shall
not go aside from any of the words which
I command you this day, to the right hand
or to the left, to go after other gods to
serve them.

Kenneth and Gloria Copeland