Blessings-Selah95-CMAW197
Manage episode 358721021 series 3020509
- Generic or double blind blessing-see Matt 5:45 "that you may be sons of your Father in heaven; for He makes His sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust" (common grace), this blessing doesn’t care who it goes to, it doesn’t discriminate, available for everyone, double blind because we don’t recognize it, story of man who complained “if I were only rich”, God disguised as business man offering $5M but must be blind, or $10M for arms, $15M for ears, he said no, Lord said “you are so rich already you just don’t know it”
- Potential or latent blessing-clearly in King David, David looked beyond his blessings and sinned with Basheba, 2 Samuel 12:8 “I would have given you much more”. This is heartbreaking. We pursue what WE think will make us happy. 3 things that make blessings latent (sin, we don’t ask (James 4:2-3) or have wrong intentions)
- Mirage or hamster wheel blessing-Ecc 6:2 "A man to whom God has given riches and wealth and honor, so that he lacks nothing for himself of all he desires; yet God does not give him power to eat of it, but a foreigner consumes it. This is vanity, and it is an evil [a]affliction", we don’t have the capacity to enjoy because always wanting more
- Fruitless blessing-a man had a great harvest, Luke 12:19-21 "
And I will say to my soul, “Soul, you have many goods laid up for many years; take your ease; eat, drink, and be merry.” ’ 20 But God said to him, ‘Fool! This night your soul will be required of you; then whose will those things be which you have provided?’
21 “So is he who lays up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.”", he only cared about himself,
- Vanishing blessing-Ecc 5:13-14 "There is a severe evil which I have seen under the sun: Riches kept for their owner to his hurt. 14 But those riches perish through [a]misfortune; When he begets a son, there is nothing in his hand."
- Blessed blessings-blessing falls on the right place at the right time and we are ready for it, Ecc 5:19-20 "As for every man to whom God has given riches and wealth, and given him power to eat of it, to receive his [a]heritage and rejoice in his labor—this is the gift of God. 20 For he will not dwell unduly on the days of his life, because God keeps him busy with the joy of his heart.", this is where we all want to be, but we have to be ready, we have to grow spiritually so we can handle it. This is true of every type of blessing including financial and relationships.
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