The Blessings Of God

Christian Do You see how God has Blessed You?        

(Psalms 5:12)  For thou, LORD, wilt bless the righteous; with favour wilt thou compass him as with a shield.

(Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary) BLESS'ED: Made happy or prosperous; enjoying spiritual happiness and the favor of God;


(Noah Webster’s 1828 dictionary) FA'VOR: To regard with kindness; to support; to aid; to be propitious to; to countenance; to befriend; to encourage.

The Lord promises in the scriptures that He will bless the saints of God with His favor. In other words the God of heaven, the God who created the Earth and breathed life into man, the Great I AM; will surround us with a shield of Blessings. What form will these blessing come in? My thoughts are that It will be in the form of: protection, friendship, aid in a time of need, love, joy, peace, plenty, and contentment. (Psalms 30:5)  For his anger endureth but a moment; in his favour is life: weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning.

Anyone who says the Christian life will be a bed of roses without any trouble is totally wrong. Brother Paul says in (2 Corinthians 11:24-28) - "Of the Jews five times received I forty stripes save one. Thrice was I beaten with rods, once was I stoned, thrice I suffered shipwreck, a night and a day I have been in the deep; In journeyings often, in perils of waters, in perils of robbers, in perils by mine own countrymen, in perils by the heathen, in perils in the city, in perils in the wilderness, in perils in the sea, in perils among false brethren; In weariness and painfulness, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness. Beside those things that are without, that which cometh upon me daily, the care of all the churches". If Brother Paul; who was one of the Lord Jesus's apostles had such trials and tribulations, how can we expect to live our lives after being saved without any troubles or trails? Troubles, problems, needs, hurt, and attacks by the world and Satan shall come but like bro. Paul we can say: ... I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ's sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong. (2 Corinthians 12:10).

Our Christian life has its problems, but I have to say along with the Brethren “I wouldn’t trade my worst day as a Christian for all of the best days I had when I was lost.” A Christian life is the best life you can live. Our lives as Saints of God are characterized by a few powerful words: “LOVE, JOY, PEACE, LONGSUFFERING, GENTLENESS, GOODNESS, and FAITH”. These are those things that the world longs for, but as born again believers God blesses us with them. (Galatians 5:22)  But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,.

It’s easy sometimes to lose sight of the blessings of God, we begin to take what we have as Christians for granted instead of remembering that our salvation is a gift from God. Each day we should travel down memory lane to the day we knelt at the foot of the cross and cried out to Jesus for salvation. If we will just remember what we deserve (Hell) and that the only thing good about us is Jesus Christ we will see how blessed we really are. (Ezekiel 34:26)  And I will make them and the places round about my hill a blessing; and I will cause the shower to come down in his season; there shall be showers of blessing. If we keep our hearts and eyes focused on our Lord Jesus Christ the blessings of God will continue to fall upon us. If you want to bless your heart today; just remember that Jesus will come back one fine day to take you to Heaven. Now that right there should get your motor roaring like a rocket engine! (Hebrews 12:2)  Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.

May the Lord of heaven bless you today.