Blessed by God

blessing by God are meant: anointed to win, empowered to overcome, and impossible to curse

One scripture that kept running through my mind was Deuteronomy 10:8 where it said that God appointed the priests to pronounce blessings in His name. Their words were the avenue through which the blessing of the Lord would come upon the people.

What stood out to me the most was the fact that God had set up a system through which people could receive His blessing. God uses people to reach people and the priests were set up to pronounce blessings in His name.

The very fact that He set up priests to bless is evidence enough that God WANTS to bless you!

Not only did the Levites pronounce blessing in His name, Jesus actually did the same thing: “...He lifted up His hands and blessed them.” (Luke 24:50)

Ultimately, we are blessed with every spiritual blessing in Christ (Eph. 1:3), but the kingdom of God is voice-activated!

Even Jesus’ ministry was a declarative ministry. He, quoting Isaiah, said this about Himself - that He was anointed “…To preach the gospel to the poor…To proclaim liberty to the captives…To proclaimthe acceptable year of the Lord.” (Luke 4:18-19)

What am I saying? 1. God wants to bless you! 2. His blessing is released through declaration.

Be convinced that God wants to bless you

God is FOR you

Romans 8:31 KJV (WS)

31 What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us?

Many times, we hinder what we receive from God because we don't believe we’re worthy. But the gospel of Jesus! God has qualified us through Jesus to receive all of God’s blessing.

Colossians 1:12 KJV (WS)

12 Giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light:

Know what the blessing is

…so you can expect it!

Let’s revisit that Blessing in the Bible definition:

Anointed to win

Empowered to overcome

Impossible to curse

Genesis 12:1–3 KJV (WS)

1 Now the Lord had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto a land that I will shew thee: 2 And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing: 3 And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.

When the blessing of God gets on you, your life gets enriched.

“The blessing of the Lord makes one rich, And He adds no sorrow with it.”

Proverbs 10:22 KJV (WS)

22 The blessing of the Lord, it maketh rich, and he addeth no sorrow with it.

Just for clarity, it doesn’t mean that life gets void of trials and nothing tough ever happens. There are definitely times of trial and challenges - but with the blessing of the Lord upon us, we have strength, endurance, and favor even in the tough times. (Just take a look at Joseph’s life in Genesis…).

It’s His favor, wisdom, protection, abundance, ability, grace, joy, freedom, peace - all resting upon you and whatever you put your hand to.

Numbers 6:22–27 KJV (WS)

22 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 23 Speak unto Aaron and unto his sons, saying, On this wise ye shall bless the children of Israel, saying unto them, 24 The Lord bless thee, and keep thee: 25 The Lord make his face shine upon thee, and be gracious unto thee: 26 The Lord lift up his countenance upon thee, and give thee peace. 27 And they shall put my name upon the children of Israel; and I will bless them.

Deuteronomy 28:1–14 KJV (WS)

1 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: 2 And all these blessings shall come on thee, and overtake thee, if thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the Lord thy God. 3 Blessed shalt thou be in the city, and blessed shalt thou be in the field. 4 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. 5 Blessed shall be thy basket and thy store. 6 Blessed shalt thou be when thou comest in, and blessed shalt thou be when thou goest out. 7 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. 8 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. 9 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. 10 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. 11 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. 12 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. 13 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: 14 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.

Position yourself to receive the blessing

The blessing is released through declaration!

That’s what the priests were appointed to do and it’s the same today! (1 Peter 2:9 says we are the royal priesthood.)

Attend ministries that believe in the declaration of God’s blessing upon you and receive from the spoken word.

It was the declaration of the priest that released the breakthrough to Hannah’s prayers (1 Sam. 1:17).

Did you know you can also declare it over yourself?

The blessing is released through the Presence of God

A man named Obed-Edom hosted the Presence of God at his house for three months and the Bible says the blessing of the Lord got on him and his entire household! (2 Sam. 6:11-12)

You position yourself to receive the blessing by being in the Presence of God.

Be intentional on personal times of worship.  Be intentional on attending ministries that prioritize the Presence of God. Lean into times when the Spirit of God manifests Himself.

Trust in the gospel of Jesus

We are blessed in Christ.

All the promises of God are apprehended by faith. It takes a simple childlike trust. God gives each one of us a measure of faith - let’s use it to believe the gospel and instead of the fear-driven reports.

The powerful thing about the story was that the spirit of death didn’t go inside the house to investigate what kind of people were in there. When he saw the blood of the lamb, he passed over.

What does that mean for us?

It doesn’t matter who you are, where you’ve come from, or what you’ve done - if you’re covered by the blood of the Lamb, Jesus Christ, the enemy has to pass on by!

Jesus has qualified you! You are forgiven and washed clean. You are covered.