ARE YOU REALLY BLESSED AND HIGHLY FAVORED?

NETTIE-ISM: What does a blessing really look like? I believe I am blessed but many people would disagree. Most people who wear the t-shirts, drive nice cars, live in beautiful homes and have six figure incomes, would not see me as blessed. But, I have peace.

ROMANS 4:17-18
(as it is written, “I have made you a father of many nations”) in the presence of Him whom he believed—God, who gives life to the dead and calls those things which do not exist as though they did; who, contrary to hope, in hope believed, so that he became the father of many nations, according to what was spoken, “So shall your descendants be.”

ISAIAH 55:11
So shall My word be that goes forth from My mouth; it shall not return to Me void, but it shall accomplish what I please, and it shall prosper in the thing for which I sent it.

YHWH calls, releases His Word, things into existence. Many people today are making things happen that YHWH did not say should happen or at least happen in the way that people are making it happen.  He can give life to the dead (Romans 4:17-18) but that does not mean He will. If He calls something into existence it will become.  Christians are declaring an event in their life as a blessing from YHWH when it was actually an activity they forced to happen.

Christians have a lot of stuff but have a household that is troubled. If we are blessed of YHWH then we can be a blessing to others starting with those in our own household.  (Genesis 12:2)

Christians struggle on the job, they don't get along with coworkers and coworkers don't get along with them. When you are highly favored supervisors support and encourage you, coworkers respect you.

ISAIAH 42:16
I will bring the blind by a way they did not know; I will lead them in paths they have not known. I will make darkness light before them, and crooked places straight.  These things I will do for them, and not forsake them.

Being able to get a payday advance is not "favor" from the Lord it is a fruit from Satan to help you get deeper into debt. Biblical prosperity came from people working and receiving gifts.  God helped people get out of debt not get deeper in.

People who are blessed are obedient to the Word and will of Elohim.

LUKE 1:38
Then Mary said, “Behold the maidservant of the Lord! Let it be to me according to your word.” And the angel departed from her.

Who was Mary? A young girl engaged to marry a man and be like every other girl in the neighborhood. Being pregnant on your wedding day could lead to death. Today women would just have an abortion and 'thank God' for the ability to do so! Abortions are not a blessing they open the door to unknown trials and tribulations.  Mary chose to obey the Word of YHW which had attached a blessing to her obedience.

LUKE 1:26-30
 In the sixth month of Elizabeth’s pregnancy, God sent the angel Gabriel to Nazareth, a town in Galilee,  to a virgin pledged to be married to a man named Joseph, a descendant of David. The virgin’s name was Mary.  The angel went to her and said, “Greetings, you who are highly favored! The Lord is with you.”Mary was greatly troubled at his words and wondered what kind of greeting this might be.  But the angel said to her, “Do not be afraid, Mary; you have found favor with God.

Can you really be blessed and highly favored if you are not obeying the word of God? I believe it is His mercy that gets you out of the mess you put yourself in: debt, bad marriage, disobedient children, difficult job and even poor health.

What about grace, our undeserved favor?   What about it?

EPHESIANS 2:8-9
For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God,  not of works, lest anyone should boast.

Grace comes from faith; obedience is an indication of what we believe and trust in.  If you believe in the word and trust it more than what people say you will live to please Him and not them.  YHWH's gift is not about material things but eternal life.

To be really blessed and highly favored is to know, trust and depend on Abba Father through Yeshua Hamashiach. The Apostle Paul tried passionately to convey this message to the people.

1 CORINTHIANS 2:1-2
 And I, brethren, when I came to you, did not come with excellence of speech or of wisdom declaring to you the testimony of God. For I determined not to know anything among you except Jesus Christ and Him crucified.

I believe I am blessed, not because of the things I have but because of the peace and joy I have despite not having everything I want. I have the promises of YHWH  thus I know those desires I have will come to pass in time (Psalm 37:4) without the debt. I may not have done everything perfectly but I did everything as He instructed. His mercies are never ending. SELAH!
                                                                                     written by Marsha L F Randolph

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