2016, The Year of Success

My new favorite word  is Tsalach (t-saw-lakh) I first heard it over five years ago while listening to the gospel singer Eddie James' song of the same name. I liked it then but forgot about it until now. I  didn’t listen to the song again until recently. What prompted me to listen to it again was probably God. While reading a topical bible on prosperity, I stumbled across tsalach. Spurred, I listened to Eddie's song again, which further led me to study the definition. I’m glad I looked it up.   God has given me a beautiful prophetic word based on Tsalach.


    Tsalach has two primary meanings: to be sent and to advance. Strong’s concordance states “to push forward, in various senses ...-- break out, come (mightily), go over, be good, be meet, be profitable, (cause to, effect, make to, send) prosper....”


     The first definition refers specifically to the Holy Spirit being sent , and coming upon someone suddenly. The second definition, which we'll focus on,  means a successful journey, to advance, to move forward. Joshua 1:8 is a good example: " This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success."


   Tsalach is the Hebrew word most translated to prosperity in the Old Testament. Another word, which you may be more familiar with is shalom and it means wholeness and peace, needing nothing.  It is likely what most people think of when they hear the word prosperity. Many have focused on the financial or health benefits of prosperity. These are all good things but they are not the highest definition. If Tsalach means to advance or progress, then true prosperity is to be successful and make headway in God's purpose for your life.


   Tsalach essentially embodies the apostolic, a word that means to send , a word that means to advance the Kingdom of God.  Hearing Tsalach excites me because I"m ready to advance  in God's plan for my life:  I'm ready to break through to my destiny. God's word tells me how:


   For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them." (Eph 2:10)


  As we walk in God's ordained path for our lives, we will progress. Walking in any other path will cause us  to circle through the wilderness, treading the same ground and seeing the same things; we will not advance in life if we don't walk with God.  If we  commit our way to him, even the path that leads through the desert will ultimately take us to the promised land.

  We're on our way to the promised land but first we must make it through this desolate land. We can be sure of this:God will make a way in the desert. Streams of life and refreshment will pulse through us. Lush fruit and vegetation will spring up. Through dry and difficult times, God  will push us , carrying us in the river of his grace. With the concept of Tsalach we will find ourselves brimming, bursting forth into our land of promise like water breaching a dam. God has so many exciting things for us, just waiting to be discovered. He is doing a new thing in 2016! Seek him to find that new thing in your own life. Won't you press through and see it? Won't you ride the waves of his incredible life and grace? It is time to advance. It is time to make progress in God's plan for you. Time to break forth. 2016 is a year of entering the promised land. Tsalach-----let's move forward.