TOPIC: TO BE A BLESSING
TEXT : Genesis 12:2
And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing
Memory Verse: Deuteronomy 16:18
Judges and officers shalt thou make thee in all thy gates, which the LORD thy God giveth thee, throughout thy tribes: and they shall judge the people with just judgment.
FOCUS
Today, we are looking at why prosperity? It is not a rhetorical question, it is a question that has many answers. One of the reason I should prosper is so that I can be a blessing. What does it mean to be a blessing? It is to extend kindness to someone else. Am not talking about your nuclear or extended family alone, but outside your jurisdiction, be a blessing to somebody.
One of the reasons you have to prosper is so that you can be a blessing. Yesterday, we said you need to prosper because it is a commandment. I saw an inscription that says ” Ordained to prosper, mandated to prosper” God was talking to Abraham in our opening scripture that His plan for him is to prosper him and make him great but there’s a condition attached and it is that, Abraham has to be a blessing.
You need to be a blessing, pay someone’s school fees, put food on someone’s table, look at someone and say, I will be s blessing to you. Many times we look at blessing from the perspective of ourself and we don’t bother to think of someone else. But in the originality of it, God designed man to help man.
God wants you to be a blessing but how will you fulfil your covenant role if you yourself is not blessed. So, you need to prosper because you need to be a blessing. I want you to go about your day today, proclaiming it that, the reason am blessed, is so that I can be a blessing”
LESSON
Acts 20:35 I have shewed you all things, how that so labouring ye ought to support the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.
The reason God is going to prosper you is so that you can be a blessing. So, it is a deal; Lord bless me so I can be a blessing. If all you want to do is to consume it upon your lust, it doesn’t make sense.
The rich fool got it all wrong. What was the problem, was it because he was prosperous? No but because He was selfish with his blessing. When you refuse to be a blessing, the blessing will be withdrawn. When you refuse to extend kindness, the little light you have will be put off and it is my prayer that our light will not be put off.
God wants us to reach out to people, He wants us to be an extension of his goodness, He wants us to show the world that He is a good God. To whom much is given, much is expected. Once your reason for been blessed is wrong, that blessing will automatically be withdrawn.
Who are we to be a blessing to? The weak, the orphan, the destitute, the widow, those who are doing the work of God whole heartedly. It is my prayer that no matter what is going on in Nigeria, we will always have seed to give and bread to eat in Jesus Mighty Name (Amen)
PERSONAL CONFESSION
I receive grace to be a blessing at all times.
PRAYER FOCUS
Father deliver me from lack that will prevent me from being a blessing.
FOOD FOR THOUGHT
Until you are blessed, you are not blessed.
Nothing brings more blessings like practicing the law of distribution.
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