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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