How do you obtain the blessing from the Lord?
The blessing of the Lord makes one rich,
And He adds no sorrow with it.
Proverbs 10:22
We are told that it is the blessing of the Lord that makes one rich. Richness has to do with both physical as well as spiritual riches. The question then is, how do we obtain the blessing of the Lord?
- Be obedient to the Lord
When we are obedient to the Lord, He promised that He will bless us in everything we do:
Now it shall come to pass, if you diligently obey the voice of the Lord your God, to observe carefully all His commandments which I command you today, that the Lord your God will set you high above all nations of the earth. And all these blessings shall come upon you and overtake you, because you obey the voice of the Lord your God:
Deuteronomy 28:1-3
- Pray and ask for His blessing
Jabez, whose name meant sorrow, prayed and asked God to bless him and expand his territory and to keep him from evil so that it will not cause him pain (1 Chronicles 4:10).
Likewise, Jacob restled with the Angel of God and said he would not let him go until he blessed him.
Then the man said, “Let me go, for it is daybreak.” But Jacob replied, “I will not let you go unless you bless me.”
Genesis 32:26 (NIV)
- Sow good seeds for a rich harvest
The third way we can obtain the blessing is to sow good seeds. When there was famine in the land, Isaac wanted to run to Egypt, however he listened to the voice of God and sowed seeds in the land and the Lord blessed him and gave him a 100 fold harvest. He can do the same when you sow according to the leading of the Spirit:
When Isaac planted his crops that year, he harvested a hundred times more grain than he planted, for the LORD blessed him.
Genesis 26:12 (NLT)
Prayer:
Dear Lord, please let Your blessing rest upon my life in Jesus’ name.
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