Mark 10:29-30 - "Jesus said, “Truly I say to you, there is no one who has left house or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or farms, for My sake and for the gospel’s sake, but that he will receive a hundred times as much now in the present age, houses and brothers and sisters and mothers and children and farms, along with persecutions; and in the age to come, eternal life."
If we know Christ, we should desire to "receive a hundred times as much now in the present age." This is our material point of reference. While we hear about the wonderful "sweet by and by," none of us really know what heaven's reality will look like on this side of eternity. However, our prayer should be for a revelation of the eternal because that is what gives us resolve here in the temporal.
God's blessings are confirmed to His children often through fiery trials that test our resolve. We all want the Lord's prosperity, but this often goes hand in hand with adversity. If we seek only to hoard relationships and possessions for ourselves, then our increase will be negligible. However, when we give these back to the Lord for His kingdom, then we will see the hundred-fold increase. If we want the Lord's prosperity, then we must decrease in our pursuits and allow Him to multiply His will within us, even if this means through the veil of adversity and trial.
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