Recently I had a conversation with someone who made an interesting comment about being blessed. The person said, “Hopefully, the Lord blesses me so that I am able to do a few things.”
Although I understood the sentiment, the God-presence in me, wanted to be sure to use this as a teachable moment. I have to admit I have a strong passion for bringing spiritual clarity and truth to the power of our words. What we say matters, and in most cases, it also reflects what we believe about God and ourselves. Please do not tell me you were just joking. Words have a huge spiritual impact.
Okay, so back to the story.
Immediately, I said, “Hold up!” As you can imagine, the mean side-eye and eyebrow raised. The word of God is clear that we are blessed because God spoke it. He declared it over our lives and then painted a picture of what some manifestations of His blessings can look like.
A prime example of this is in Matthew 5, we have known this to be the Beatitudes. In the eight examples of being blessed, possessions were not mentioned one time. What does that tell us?
It tells us that being blessed is first a declaration from God. We can have absolutely nothing, but because God said we are blessed, that is the bottom line. What He says, is what goes.
You may be a person reading this with a bank account in the negative but my friend, I want you to know that as a follower of Jesus Christ, you are blessed.
Please do not misunderstand what I am saying, God wants us to have possessions, He absolutely wants us to live a wonderful life. Take a look at Abraham. Genesis 22 mentions God speaking words of affirmation to Abraham, He said I will bless you and multiply you. Multiplication is an outcome of being blessed! Thank you, Jesus!
Whenever you have the time to read the scripture, take a look at it. The first area where God multiplied Abraham was in his offspring, those to who he was connected; his relationships.
Are you seeing this? Having good relationships is a result of being blessed. This is powerful!
My point: You are already blessed!
Now it is time for you to pray that the Lord multiplies you in every area of your life.
đź‘‘ Sheba
