"And it shall come to pass, if thou shalt hearken diligently unto the voice of the Lord thy God, to observe and to do all his commandments which I command thee this day, that the Lord thy God will set thee on high above all nations of the earth: And all these blessings shall come on thee, and overtake thee, if thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the Lord thy God. Blessed shalt thou be in the city, and blessed shalt thou be in the field. Blessed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy ground, and the fruit of thy cattle, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep. Blessed shall be thy basket and thy store. Blessed shalt thou be when thou comest in, and blessed shalt thou be when thou goest out. The Lord shall cause thine enemies that rise up against thee to be smitten before thy face: they shall come out against thee one way, and flee before thee seven ways. The Lord shall command the blessing upon thee in thy storehouses, and in all that thou settest thine hand unto; and he shall bless thee in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee. The Lord shall establish thee an holy people unto himself, as he hath sworn unto thee, if thou shalt keep the commandments of the Lord thy God, and walk in his ways. And all people of the earth shall see that thou art called by the name of the Lord; and they shall be afraid of thee. And the Lord shall make thee plenteous in goods, in the fruit of thy body, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy ground, in the land which the Lord sware unto thy fathers to give thee. The Lord shall open unto thee his good treasure, the heaven to give the rain unto thy land in his season, and to bless all the work of thine hand: and thou shalt lend unto many nations, and thou shalt not borrow. And the Lord shall make thee the head, and not the tail; and thou shalt be above only, and thou shalt not be beneath; if that thou hearken unto the commandments of the Lord thy God, which I command thee this day, to observe and to do them: And thou shalt not go aside from any of the words which I command thee this day, to the right hand, or to the left, to go after other gods to serve them."
The old song, "Count Your Blessings", is based on this passage. Sometimes I feel sad because I cannot do what others do financially or because I don't have what others have. I believe that is the human side of all of us. We all want things in life because of that humanness, but with the cost of living and every thing else sometimes those things just don't work out as we desire.
Yet there is one thing the Bible does say that God imparts to His beloved, His bride, which the world cannot give, and that is blessing. The prerequisite to His blessing is found in Verses 1 and 2 of this passage:
"If thou shalt hearken diligently unto the voice of the Lord thy God, to observe and to do all His commandments which I command thee this day, that the Lord thy God will set thee on high above all nations of the earth: And all these blessings shall come on thee, and overtake thee, if thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the Lord thy God."
If we are obedient to His Word these blessings will overtake us. They will come from out of everywhere and every place because of our obedience. In fact the Lord says that He will "COMMAND" the blessing upon our storehouses and put His hand on us. He will establish us as a holy people if we just keep His Word. He will bless us materially in all that we set our mind to and He will honor us if we will not stray from His path.
We do have by-laws and rules within our organization, but not a one of them supersede the Word of God. I am not talking about what Momma said or Daddy said, or even some preacher who preached his conviction rather than the Word of God. I am talking about obeying the Word of God. It is that obedience that opens the passage to blessing, and I know everyone reading this wants blessing rather than cursing.
So put your eyes on His road map. It will lead you to victory, blessing, and honor. It will give you direction and courage to keep on keeping one. It will provide you hop when you're hopeless and joy when you are filled with sorrow. You are blessed and it's time you realize that by doing and being what God wants you to do.
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