Too many believers unknowingly settle for less than what God has intended for them, often due to fear, complacency, or a lack of understanding of their identity in Christ. Settling is described as forfeiting God's best by clinging to what is familiar, average, or easier. We're called to renew our minds, confront fear with faith, and refuse to compromise our values in order to walk in God's promises. Dreaming bigger in God allows us to expand our vision and align with His supernatural plans. Ultimately, we're reminded that we're God's beloved and fully worthy of His best right now.

Believers must be vigilant to avoid settling for less than God's best in various aspects of life. Some of the dangers in doing this include distorting our identity in Christ, accepting bondage, and compromising our values. Our success in daily living hinges on recognizing our worth in Christ and refusing to justify unhappiness or stagnation. By not settling for toxic lifestyles, we become strong witnesses for Christ. We succeed by rising up to our true identity in Christ and living lives of faith and abundance.

We must never forget the importance of giving from a place awareness of God's love for us, instead of from a sense of duty that causes us to give grudgingly. Being a giver awakens us to the blessings we already have in Christ. God's economy is one of abundance; giving therefore reflects an awareness of this, rather than of our own worthiness. There's a contrast between the consequences of being in and out of God's will; challenges come in both situations but serve different purposes. Trusting in His guidance allows us to experience the fullness of His blessings.

Just as staying in God's will lets us experience supernatural prosperity, success, and joy, there are also consequences for stepping outside of it. Under the old covenant of the law, disobedience resulted in curses, separation from God, captivity, fear, guilt, and even death. Under the new covenant of grace, although we no longer experience curses, we do encounter loss of peace, joy, confidence, and fellowship when we fall out of alignment with His will. The enemy uses offense, bitterness, and distractions to draw us away from the place where God has already

Being conscious of our sins is not the way God wants us to live. By contrast, being aware of how God sees us in Christ—innocent and free—lets us focus on our righteousness. We are forgiven because Jesus has dealt with our sin. We are not what we do; bad behavior does not separate a person from God, but rather the sinful nature of a person before they get born again. Living under the law always creates guilt and self-condemnation for failing in our self-efforts to perform good enough to please God; by comparison, living under grace redefines our identity. It restores us to the fact that He originally created us as righteous, blameless, and holy. Believing that God decided to make us just like Him even before the beginning of time keeps us anchored in our true identity when the world bombards us with messages to the contrary.

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The devil is always actively working to destroy us. One of the ways he makes inroads in our lives is by getting us to be more aware of our sins and shortcomings instead of our righteousness. God sees born-again believers as innocent and acquitted of all accusations the enemy has made against us. We must therefore be more conscious of what Jesus has done for us under grace than sin, and the shame and guilt that accompanies it. Focusing on grace instead of on the law shows us that we are no longer sinners, but saints. Accepting our stance in Christ positions us to enjoy eternal life in heaven with God. Choosing to live under grace frees from the law's curses and reveals to us our righteous stance in Him as citizens of heaven.

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An awareness of sin is Satan's number one weapon to keep believers stagnant and paralyzed in one place. His strategy is to constantly remind us of our mistakes so that he can control us through guilt and shame. This spiritual paralysis is not a good place to be because being conscious of sin keeps us from receiving the liberty that Jesus gave us. The battle started in the garden of Eden when Adam and Eve sinned and went from being innocent to feeling guilty, ashamed, and afraid. This led to the temporary establishment of the Mosaic Law until Jesus came. Now that grace has come, God invites us to live under it so that sin will no longer have dominion over us. Thankfully, because of what Jesus did, we have been pardoned, forgiven, and declared innocent.

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Soul prosperity has a strong connection to overall wellbeing, particularly physical health. True prosperity begins with inner wholeness, which is composed of a healthy soul (mind, will, and emotions) that is aligned with God's grace and the finished work of Jesus Christ. We must understand that external prosperity flows from internal prosperity, and that many physical and emotional issues stem from an unprosperous soul.

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