« And all these blessings shall come upon you and overtake you, because you obey the voice of the LORD your God »
1 Now it came to pass after these things that God tested Abraham, and said to him, “Abraham!” And he said, “Here I am.”
2 Then He said, “Take now your son, your only son Isaac, whom you love, and go to the land of Moriah, and offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains of which I shall tell you.”
3 So Abraham rose early in the morning and saddled his donkey, and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son; and he split the wood for the burnt offering and arose and went to the place of which God had told him.
4 Then on the third day Abraham lifted his eyes and saw the place afar off.
5 And Abraham said to his young men, “Stay here with the donkey; the lad and I will go yonder and worship, and we will come back to you.”
6 So Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering and laid it on Isaac his son; and he took the fire in his hand, and a knife, and the two of them went together.
7 But Isaac spoke to Abraham his father and said, “My father!” And he said, “Here I am, my son.” Then he said, “Look, the fire and the wood, but where is the lamb for a burnt offering?”
8 And Abraham said, “My son, God will provide for Himself the lamb for a burnt offering.” So the two of them went together.
9 Then they came to the place of which God had told him. And Abraham built an altar there and placed the wood in order; and he bound Isaac his son and laid him on the altar, upon the wood.
10 And Abraham stretched out his hand and took the knife to slay his son.
11 But the Angel of the Lord called to him from heaven and said, “Abraham, Abraham!” So he said, “Here I am.”
12 And He said, “Do not lay your hand on the lad, or do anything to him; for now I know that you fear God, since you have not withheld your son, your only son, from Me.”
13 Then Abraham lifted his eyes and looked, and there behind him was a ram caught in a thicket by its horns. So Abraham went and took the ram, and offered it up for a burnt offering instead of his son.
14 And Abraham called the name of the place, The-Lord-Will-Provide; as it is said to this day, “In the Mount of the Lord it shall be provided.”
15 Then the Angel of the Lord called to Abraham a second time out of heaven,
16 and said: “By Myself I have sworn, says the Lord, because you have done this thing, and have not withheld your son, your only son—
17 blessing I will bless you, and multiplying I will multiply your descendants as the stars of the heaven and as the sand which is on the seashore; and your descendants shall possess the gate of their enemies.
18 In your seed all the nations of the earth shall be blessed, because you have obeyed My voice.”
- A blessing is a manifestation of all the forces in heaven, on earth and under the earth helping someone.
When God blesses someone, everything – family, career, finance and so on will be working well for that individual.
If you really want God to bless you, you need to know how to attract His blessings.
Psalm 115:3 says God is sovereign, He does as He pleases.
He can bless anybody He wants;
He can bless the younger more than the elder,
He is God.
In our memory verse Amplified for today, the word of God made it clear
« All these blessings will come upon you and overtake you if you pay attention to the voice of the LORD your God »
Deuteronomy 11:26-28NKJV says further
26 “Behold, I set before you today a blessing and a curse:
27 the blessing, if you obey the commandments of the Lord your God which I command you today;
28 and the curse, if you do not obey the commandments of the Lord your God, but turn aside from the way which I command you today, to go after other gods which you have not known
The choice you make between living holy and committing sin determines what you attract to your life – whether blessings or curses.
If you live holy, you would attract God’s blessings, if you choose to live in sin, you would attract curses.
Which one will you choose?
Blessings don’t come without a cause.
In Genesis 27:1-4, Isaac told Esau to prepare a very nice meal that would satisfy him, so that he could bless the boy before dying.
Though it was Esau that was to be blessed, Jacob who brought the meal first, got the blessing.
He provoked the blessing upon himself by doing something to please his father.
If you want God to bless you, do His will and please Him always.
To achieve this, you must live a life of holiness.
If you refuse to live holy, forget about attracting the blessings of God.
- Don’t mistake just having money for divine blessings.
A truly blessed person has all round peace and prosperity.
Application – Holiness attracts God’s blessings.
Author – Bishop Enoch Adejare Adeboye; General Overseer of the RCCG
Posted by Naomie Joseph
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