"The Lord shall command the Blessing upon you in your storehouses and in all that you undertake. And He will Bless you in the land which the Lord your God give you!" Deuteronomy 28:8 (AMP)
This verse speaks volumes to me! It is so full of truth and promise from the Lord. We are to have storehouses. God wants us to be so Blessed that we have overflow! I think this verse should give us hope and faith that God can do amazing things in our lives.
The word command in the Hebrew language means "to give an order, charge, or decree." So in this verse God is going to order the Blessing to come on us and not just a little but overflowing. "The Blessing is a declaration which empowers someone to prosper and succeed in everything they do." (George Pearsons) What a statement! The Lord wants me to prosper and succeed in everything I do! Proverbs 10:22 says "The Blessing of the Lord, it maketh rich, and He addeth no sorrow to it." I love that verse! Just knowing that my Lord doesn't want me to have sorrow or despair. He just wants to Bless me! In Genesis 1:28 God told Adam to be fruitful, multiply, to replenish the earth, to subdue it, and have dominion over it. Since God never change and He is the same yesterday, today, and forever, then the sames things He told Adam holds true to us. He wants us to be fruitful, to multiply, and to replenish the earth. He also wants us to subdue it and have dominion over it. To subdue means to conquer or overcome. He wants us to overcome the earth! Dominion means the power or right of governing and controlling. God gave us the authority to tell the devil to get out of our lives! Anything that the devil tries to bring against us we can combat with the Word of God and take authority! Isn't that exciting news??
I have already mention this once but we are to have storehouses. Storehouses are multiple places where goods and wealth are stored. This could be bank accounts, investment accounts, or anywhere else where something of value is stored. God will protect and multiply whatever is in those storehouses. I have to share the new living translation of this verse. "The Lord will guarantee a Blessing on everything you do and will fill your storehouses with grain."
So the second part of this verse is the Lord will command the Blessing upon all that you set your hand to do. So everything you undertake will succeed and prosper. That means whatever you do! You could be a business owner, dog trainer, photographer, pastor, mom, etc.. That is so encouraging to me! "The Lord
your God has blessed you in all the work of your hands. He has watched
over your journey through this vast wilderness. These forty years the Lord your God has been with you, and you have not lacked anything." (Deuteronomy 2:7, NIV) We will never lack anything because He is always with us! "here, in the presence of the Lord your God, you and your families shall eat and shall rejoice in everything you have put your hand to, because the Lord your God has blessed you." (Deuteronomy 12:7, NIV) "Blessed are all who fear the Lord, who walk in obedience to him. You will eat the fruit of your labor; blessings and prosperity will be yours" (Psalm 128:1-2, NIV) When we fear the Lord and walk in His ways we will eat the fruit of our labor and Blessings and prosperity will be ours. That gets me really excited. This is why I strive everyday to walk in His ways! I want to be Blessed! "And may the Lord our God show us his approval and make our efforts successful. Yes, make our efforts successful!" (Psalm 90:17, NLT) He shows us His approval and makes or efforts successful. With all of these verses telling us how He wants to Bless us and make us prosperous in everything we should know it is for us! He wants and He even says He will Bless us. He doesn't say it just once either, He says it multiple times.
The Last part of this verse says He will Bless us in the Land. "The Lord your God is giving you the land, and he will make sure you are successful in everything you do." (Deuteronomy 28:8, CEV) This translation of this verse gets me super excited. I am believing God will give me land with a house on it so this verse is something I pray and speak into my life. In Genesis 26:12-13 (NLT) it gives and account of Isaac getting a hundredfold return on his crop. This is the same thing God desires for us. I love that He desires to Bless me abundantly even in my shortcoming.
Deuteronomy 28:8- "With health and long life in it, and with abundance of all good things, it being a land flowing with milk and honey."- John Gill's Exposition of the Bible
I really like the way that he puts it. With health and long life. That is what I want and what God wants for me.
I want to encourage you to read these verses that tell you what God wants to do for you. It is up to you to speak the Word and believe and God will do the rest. I will leave you with this statement: "What is Blessed can't be cursed."- Gloria Copeland
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Thursday, October 16, 2014
Tuesday, October 14, 2014
The Fullness of the Blessing
Deuteronomy 28:3-6
" Blessed shall you be in the city and blessed shall you be in the field. Blessed shall be the fruit of your body and the fruit of your ground and the fruit of your beasts, the increase of your cattle and the young of your flock. Blessed shall be your basket and your kneading trough. Blessed shall you be when you come in and blessed shall you be when you go out."
This post is going to be over multiple verses this time. They are speaking on the fullness of the Blessing. These are some of my favorite verses because they tell me what He has already promised me. All I have to do it believe His Word!
Let's start with verse 3. "Blessed shall you be in the city and Blessed shall you be in the field." This is pretty much saying that anywhere you are you will be Blessed. I will be Blessed at my job and anything that my hand touches in the field. To me this field could mean the actual field that you farm or it could be the occupation or work you do or your ministry. If you are a minister your field would be your congregation. You sow into them every week and you should expect for them to learn and grow and prosper. When we go into our work place we should be Blessed. Everything we do should be done unto the Lord. Wherever you go you should be prospering. I know everywhere I go I want to be Blessed!
"Blessed shall be the fruit of your body and the fruit of your ground and the fruit of your beasts, the increase of your cattle and the young of your flock." Deuteronomy 28:4 (AMP)
We shall be Blessed in whatever we do! My favorite part of this verse is "Blessed shall be the fruit of your body." Our children are to be Blessed an healthy all of the days of their lives. "The Lord shall increase you more and more, you and your children" Psalm 115:14
I felt like God wanted me to share this : For those of you who have lost a child, there is hope for God to Bless you with more children. He want to increase you. He says in Psalm 115:14 "He SHALL increase you." He also said in Exodus 23:26, "None shall lose her young by miscarriage or be barren in your land; I WILL fulfill the number of your days." I just want to encourage you to stand on His Word and tell the devil NO! God can and He will Bless you with another child. All you have to do is Stand on His promises.
"The fruit of your Ground will be Blessed." All of my gardens and trees will flourish! Whatever we sow will Blessed if it is sown in to good ground. Like sowing into a ministry that is reaching people and changing lives you will see Blessings from that seed sown. "And the fruit of thy cattle, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep." This simply means that you will be extremely productive in all you do! If you are not a farmer then what else do you do? You can be extremely productive during the day doing whatever job you do! Do you know what extreme means? Extreme means- Reaching a high or the highest degree, utmost, maximum, enormous, extraordinary. Don't you want to be extremely Blessed? I know I Do! Genesis 13:2 (AMP) "Abram was extremely rich in livestock and in silver and in gold."
"Blessed shall your basket and your kneading trough." Blessed shall you be in whatever you have! You know a basket hold reserves, surplus, increase, and overflow. When Jesus fed the 5,000 they gathered up 12 basket fulls of surplus! (John 6:12-13) He promises that we will always have more than enough. Just trust Him! A kneading trough is the preparation place for what is daily consumed. Matthew 6:11 "Daily bread." So whatever you have will be Blessed. So whatever I have which could be many things will be Blessed. If you are a business owner your business will be Blessed, if you are a Pastor your ministry will be Blessed. He will Bless whatever you have.
"Blessed shall you be when you come in and Blessed shall you be when you go out."
Blessed shall you be wherever you go. I love this verse! Such an awesome promise from God. When I go out and return to my home I will find that nothing has harmed my family nor my home or land. When I go out my way shall be made prosperous before me and I will have the divine Blessing in all of my labors. Psalm 121:8 (NKJV) "The Lord Shall preserve your going out and your coming in from this time forth, and even forevermore." He said this more than once in the Bible so you know He wants to get this across. I believe that God will always Bless me in my coming and in my going. It is up to me and you to speak this over our lives! He does the rest!
A great story that demonstrates the fullness of the Blessing is the story of Joseph found in Genesis 39:1-6. God Blessed him wherever he was. Joseph was a slave yet the Lord Blessed him. God made whatever he did prosper and made it all to flourish. The Lord Blessed whatever he had and Blessed him wherever he went. Verse 5 says, "The Blessing of the Lord was upon all that he had in the house and in the field." I would encourage you to read this story. You can see it in just these six verses that God Blessed Joseph and He wants to do the same for you and me!
We can all live in the fullness of the Blessing! We must trust in the Lord! We must read His Word, speak the Word, and obey what He is telling us! Then we can experience the Blessing! I can look on my life and see where the Lord has Blessed me already! I am also expecting greater Blessings in the future. Always growing and always learning! You can go online and listen to the broadcast here and download more notes on the subject. The notes can be downloaded by clicking underneath the video.
" Blessed shall you be in the city and blessed shall you be in the field. Blessed shall be the fruit of your body and the fruit of your ground and the fruit of your beasts, the increase of your cattle and the young of your flock. Blessed shall be your basket and your kneading trough. Blessed shall you be when you come in and blessed shall you be when you go out."
This post is going to be over multiple verses this time. They are speaking on the fullness of the Blessing. These are some of my favorite verses because they tell me what He has already promised me. All I have to do it believe His Word!
Let's start with verse 3. "Blessed shall you be in the city and Blessed shall you be in the field." This is pretty much saying that anywhere you are you will be Blessed. I will be Blessed at my job and anything that my hand touches in the field. To me this field could mean the actual field that you farm or it could be the occupation or work you do or your ministry. If you are a minister your field would be your congregation. You sow into them every week and you should expect for them to learn and grow and prosper. When we go into our work place we should be Blessed. Everything we do should be done unto the Lord. Wherever you go you should be prospering. I know everywhere I go I want to be Blessed!
"Blessed shall be the fruit of your body and the fruit of your ground and the fruit of your beasts, the increase of your cattle and the young of your flock." Deuteronomy 28:4 (AMP)
We shall be Blessed in whatever we do! My favorite part of this verse is "Blessed shall be the fruit of your body." Our children are to be Blessed an healthy all of the days of their lives. "The Lord shall increase you more and more, you and your children" Psalm 115:14
I felt like God wanted me to share this : For those of you who have lost a child, there is hope for God to Bless you with more children. He want to increase you. He says in Psalm 115:14 "He SHALL increase you." He also said in Exodus 23:26, "None shall lose her young by miscarriage or be barren in your land; I WILL fulfill the number of your days." I just want to encourage you to stand on His Word and tell the devil NO! God can and He will Bless you with another child. All you have to do is Stand on His promises.
"The fruit of your Ground will be Blessed." All of my gardens and trees will flourish! Whatever we sow will Blessed if it is sown in to good ground. Like sowing into a ministry that is reaching people and changing lives you will see Blessings from that seed sown. "And the fruit of thy cattle, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep." This simply means that you will be extremely productive in all you do! If you are not a farmer then what else do you do? You can be extremely productive during the day doing whatever job you do! Do you know what extreme means? Extreme means- Reaching a high or the highest degree, utmost, maximum, enormous, extraordinary. Don't you want to be extremely Blessed? I know I Do! Genesis 13:2 (AMP) "Abram was extremely rich in livestock and in silver and in gold."
"Blessed shall your basket and your kneading trough." Blessed shall you be in whatever you have! You know a basket hold reserves, surplus, increase, and overflow. When Jesus fed the 5,000 they gathered up 12 basket fulls of surplus! (John 6:12-13) He promises that we will always have more than enough. Just trust Him! A kneading trough is the preparation place for what is daily consumed. Matthew 6:11 "Daily bread." So whatever you have will be Blessed. So whatever I have which could be many things will be Blessed. If you are a business owner your business will be Blessed, if you are a Pastor your ministry will be Blessed. He will Bless whatever you have.
"Blessed shall you be when you come in and Blessed shall you be when you go out."
Blessed shall you be wherever you go. I love this verse! Such an awesome promise from God. When I go out and return to my home I will find that nothing has harmed my family nor my home or land. When I go out my way shall be made prosperous before me and I will have the divine Blessing in all of my labors. Psalm 121:8 (NKJV) "The Lord Shall preserve your going out and your coming in from this time forth, and even forevermore." He said this more than once in the Bible so you know He wants to get this across. I believe that God will always Bless me in my coming and in my going. It is up to me and you to speak this over our lives! He does the rest!
A great story that demonstrates the fullness of the Blessing is the story of Joseph found in Genesis 39:1-6. God Blessed him wherever he was. Joseph was a slave yet the Lord Blessed him. God made whatever he did prosper and made it all to flourish. The Lord Blessed whatever he had and Blessed him wherever he went. Verse 5 says, "The Blessing of the Lord was upon all that he had in the house and in the field." I would encourage you to read this story. You can see it in just these six verses that God Blessed Joseph and He wants to do the same for you and me!
We can all live in the fullness of the Blessing! We must trust in the Lord! We must read His Word, speak the Word, and obey what He is telling us! Then we can experience the Blessing! I can look on my life and see where the Lord has Blessed me already! I am also expecting greater Blessings in the future. Always growing and always learning! You can go online and listen to the broadcast here and download more notes on the subject. The notes can be downloaded by clicking underneath the video.
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