(Blessings) 3- God's Nature is to Bless

Numbers 6:24-27
The Lord bless you and keep you;... (v.24)
 
 
Maybe when you pray you're still talking to a stingy, storybook God you made up when you were little. Maybe the God in your head is a clone of a meanm angry person in your life. Maybe you've never really asked God to introduce Himself to you.
     Moses did.He asked God, "Please, show me Your glory" (Exodus 33:18), and God answered. Listen to how God described Himself:"[I am] the LORD, the LORD God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abounding in goodness and truth" (Exodus 34:6). This is God's self-potrait, and it's incredible, isn't it? He is the most wonderful person to be around in the entire universe. If you took  all the best qualities in all your frieends and multiplied them by a thousand, you would just be getting started on having  friend like God!
    Jabez had grown up hearing about this God of Moses---the God who had freed Israel from slavery in Egypt, brought them safely through the Red Sea, and given them the Promised Land. If God could doall that, surelyHe could make something out of one boy's ordinary life.
     Because Jabez knew the truth about who his God was, he didn't tell God what to give him. He let God decide what his blessings would be. In the same way, we can confidently ask God to bless us and leave the details up to Him.
     God wants to bless you and me because it is in His nature to bless. That's why you need to make a life-long commitment to ask God every day to bless you---and while He's at it, bless you a lot!
     Maybe you think your name could be just another word for pain or trouble. (Just like Jabez, his mother called him Jabez because she bore him in pain. In Hebrew, the word Jabez means "pain"). Friend, the prayer of Jabez is for you. Jabez---Mr.Pain himself---changed his life because he refused to let any obstacle, person, or opinion loom larger than God's true personality.
     And God's personality is to give---and give again--- to someone just like you!
     With a simple prayer, you can escape your past. You can change what happens, starting now.
 
The Prayer of Jabez--> 1 Chronicles 4:10.
 

Reflect: Do you want God's blessings? Ever allow God to bless you? Did you receive His blessings in full measure? Why or why not? Have you prayed the Prayer of Jabez? If yes, how did it affect your life? If not, would you commit yourself to say that prayer?

 
May the Lord bless you indeed! In Jesus name, Amen!
 

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