Read Genesis 12:2 from your Bible
There’s nothing God does without a reason
Read Jeremiah 29:11 from your Bible
God is a planner. So, what’s His plan or reason for blessing us? Why does God prosper?
…and thou shalt be a blessing.
That’s not a title, but the reason why God blesses. That’s the only way that the blessing He will bless you with won’t kill or destroy you. Until you understand the secret of being a blessing, you’ll never enjoy God’s blessings.
The level to which you’re prepared to be a blessing is the level to which you will be blessed. God will never bless you beyond the level to which you are ready to be a blessing.
We often sing, “Abraham’s blessings are mine.” Wonderful! But this is the condition—if you’re not ready to be a blessing, neither will God be ready to bless you.
No matter how delicious a meal is for instance, if you’re not ready to “bless” the earth with the waste, you’re likely to die with it. No matter how much you love any dish or how much you enjoy it, you still need to pass the waste out, otherwise, you’ll be a dead man very soon!
The reason many are financially dead is because they stopped “going to toilet” financially, i.e. they stopped being blessings unto others. So, they are going about as financial corpses.
When somebody hasn’t passed out faeces for about three days, do you ask him, “What food would you like to eat?” No! He wouldn’t like any food at that time, because there’s one inside him that has become poisonous.
If you eat all your food and drink all your water alone, it will soon dry up! But let it flow out to others and you’ll stay refreshed. Stagnant water stinks, you know?
“…And thou shalt be a blessing.” This is a commandment that has long been forgotten in the Church when we talk about prosperity.
Every blessing must flow out to others to enjoy, if you don’t want it to stop. Abraham reached out to be a blessing to tired travellers.
Read Genesis 18:2-5 from your Bible
He was inviting blessings unawares! Many people have allowed blessings to pass them by, because they are tight-fisted; if you touch their money, you have touched their soul!
You want Abraham’s blessings? Then you need Abraham’s lifestyle! That’s the way he got the blessings. Abraham lived practically as a blessing. He was an addicted giver.
Giving leads to blessings, and blessings in turn leads to giving, and the cycle continues like that.
Everytime God talks of blessings, He also talks of you being a blessing (Genesis 22:15-18). God blesses you so you can bless others.
shalom!
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