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3 steps to access the Blessings of God
One of my favorite songs that has come out in the last 2 years is the song “The Blessing.”
It’s straight out of scripture, super anointed, and set to memorable and powerful melody and chords.
I was overwhelmed by the fact that God is FOR us and WANTS to bless us.
blessing in Ancient Hebrew meant: anointed to win, empowered to overcome, and impossible to curse!
Especially during the tumultuous times the world is experiencing…and to prepare for God’s new and improved way of doing things....we need to walk in the blessing of the Lord!
Deut 33 tells us of Moses blessing the 12 tribes
The time was fast approaching when the Children of Israel would cross the River Jordan into the Promised Land;
therefore Moses knew that he did not have much time left to spend in this world.
Moses had been the leader, adviser, intercessor, and prophet for Israel over a period of 40 years and had learned to love these people more than he loved his own life.
Whenever disease or plague came, Moses prayed; if enemies attacked,
Moses sought God’s counsel and help;
whenever trouble arose in the camp, no matter what the cause,
Moses, interceded with God until the condition was corrected.
Truly Moses had borne the burdens of the people, and now he wished to show them one more kindness before he bade them farewell.
Now I’m going to let you study that for yourself...
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 Moses, the preists and the Levites pronounce blessing in His name,
Jesus actually did the same thing:
Ultimately, we are blessed with every spiritual blessing in Christ, but the kingdom of God is voice-activated!
We have alexa in our house.....You may have siri on your iphone
I have google assitant on my phone
hey google tell me a joke
We are learning to use our voice to make things happen....
they don’t always work.....
But I beleive that there is a spiritual lesson in that
Even Jesus’ ministry was a declarative ministry.
He, quoting Isaiah, said this about Himself - that He was anointed
What am I saying?
2 things....
1. God wants to bless you!
2. His blessing is released through declaration.
IMPORTANT STEPS TO ACCESSING THE BLESSINGS of GOD:
1. Be convinced that God wants to bless you
God is FOR you.
(Rom.
8:31)
If you’re against you then you’re against God!
It’s time to get on the winning team.
Do you really want to be fighting against God?
Since God is FOR you, you should be also.
Many times, we hinder what we receive from God because we don't believe we’re worthy.
God has qualified us through Jesus to receive all of God’s blessing.
Blessing is the will of God for your life.
2. Know what the blessing is
…so you can expect it!
Let’s revisit that Ancient Hebrew definition:
Anointed to win
Empowered to overcome
Impossible to curse
When the blessing of God gets on you, your life gets enriched.
It’s His favor, wisdom, protection, abundance, ability, grace, joy, freedom, peace - all resting upon you and whatever you put your hand to.
Check out Numbers 6:22-27 and Deuteronomy 28:1-14 for more.
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.
Remeber Joseph from afew weeks back ?
3. Position yourself to receive the blessing
A) THE BLESSING IS RELEASED THROUGH DECLARATION!
That’s what the priests were appointed to do and it’s the same today!
I beleive 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
Did you know you can also declare it over yourself?
What’s the point?
You have the ability to declare the truth and blessing of God over yourself.
You can bless or even curse yourself
B) 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!
You position yourself to receive the blessing by being in the Presence of God.
Be intentional on personal times of worship.
Be intentional about joing with the people of of God
Lean into times when the Spirit of God manifests Himself.
C) BE READY TO GIVE OF YOURSELF
Better to give than receive
Same Measure
If you want more you must be prepared to give more.
but you don’t give simply to get.
You give out of a genuine heart of worship and obedience, and when the worship and obdience in aligned with God will it allows HIM to pour back the blessing
God’s blessing is not a slot machine!
OT testament tithe means 10%
NT everything you have belongs to God
Obedience in the OT was giving 10%
Now that we each have the Holy Spirit Obedience is now obeying what the Holy Spirit tells you to give!
D) 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.
Passover
The spirit of death was passing through the towns of Egypt and would kill every firstborn of every house...unless there was a substitute sacrifice of a pure lamb.
The blood of the lamb on the doorpost would prove that death had already visited that house, so the spirit of death would pass over.
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.
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