(Blessings) 1- Blessing is not about Sneezing!

Proverbs 10:22 (TLB)
The Lord's blessing is our greatest wealth. All our work adds nothing to it!
 
 
 
Do you have an understanding of what the word blessing means? It seems like we hear bless or blessing every time we go to church. We ask God to bless our parents, our day at school, and the food we're about to eat. It's something your teacher says when she hears you sneeze.
     No wonder the meaning of blessing gets watered down to something like "Have a nice day." No wonder so many Christians aren't as desperate as Jabez was to receive it!
     To bless in the blibical snese means to ask for supernatural favor. When we ask for God's blessing, we're not asking for more of what we could get for ourselves. We're sincerely asking for the kind of good things that only God has the power to know about or give. That's why the bible says, "The Lord's blessing is our greatest wealth. All our work adds nothing to it." (Proverbs 10:22, TLB).
     And there's something else about blessings---a blessing from God is something you can feel. When God gives you the desires of your heart, He might give you "stuff," but He's always reaching for your heart.
     Imagine that you are an empty drinking glass sitting on the end of a dock on a beautiful lake. The sun comes up. You're hot and thirsty. "Man! I could drink this whole lake!" you exclaim. Then God comes along and fills you to the brim woth cold, refreshing water. Now you're satisfied. You don't need or want one more drop.
     That's what a blessing from God feels like.
God always blesses for a purpose.
     If you think about it, this explains why some poor people you know are the happiest people you've ever met---their glass if full. Any why some very wealthy people you meet have lots of stuff but are still unsatisfied.
     Truely blessed people go around blessing others. God always blesses for a purpose. He wants Hid goodness to bless you, then flow through you to others. Praying for God's blessing doesn't mean asking for more stuff just so we can spend it on ourselves. It means asking for God's favor so we can serve Him better and be a blessing to others.
     Do you want God's blessings and want them indeed? They are waiting to be yours.

     But there's a catch. 
 
Reflect: Have you been blessed by God? How was it like? How did you feel? Are you satisfied? Do you want to be blessed by God? In what ways?

 

 
 

(to be continued...)

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1 Timothy 4:12 (NIV)
Don't let anyone look down on you because you are young, but set an example for the believers in speech, in life, in love, in faith and in purity.

(Choices) Shine

Philippians 2:12-15
You are to live clean, innocent lives as children of God in a dark world full of crooked ans perverse people. Let your lives shine brightly before them. (v15)
 
 
 
A WEALTHY MAN BUSINESSMAN in India was preparing to retire. He called his two sons into his office and told them of his plans.
     "Now, you are both good sons and capable young men," he said. "I can't decide who I should put in charge of my business and my property. So, I have chose a test for you." He gave a coin to each son and said, "Take this coin and buy something that will fill this house."
     Now, the coin he had given each of his sons was of little value and his house was large with many rooms. Each son knew the task would be difficult.
     The older son wasted no time. He hurried to the marketplace and began pricing all sorts of bulky materials. He soon decided that the cheapest and bulkiest thing he could buy was straw. So he bought as much straw as his coin would buy and carried great bundles of it into the house. But the straw barely covered half the floors in the house.
     The younger son stopped to think about his father's test. He knew that only a most unusual purchase would pass his father's test.
     When the younger son returned, he carried only a small package. His brother laughed. "You expect to fill this house with that?" he said, pointing to the package.
      The younder son said nothing. He opened his little package and took out an assortment of candles. He placed one candle in each room. When he had lighted them all, the entire house was filled . . . with light!
     Every day you face the same choice those brothers faced. Every morning a new day stands open  before you. You can fill it with wrong choices, selfish choices, choices that bring only darkness and disappointment. Or you can fill your day with right choices with good and decent actions that will shine like a light to everyone around you.
     Make it your goal today -- and every day -- to fill your day with right choices and let your life shine like a light in a dark world.
 
 
Reflect: What did you fill your day with yesterday -- light or darkness? Right choices or wrong choices? What do you think will happen as people see you making right choices? How can you "shine" like a light to everyone around you today?
 

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1 Timothy 4:12 (NIV)
Don't let anyone look down on you because you are young, but set an example for the believers in speech, in life, in love, in faith and in purity.