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.
To be blessed in life is what every person should desire. However, nobody is blessed by accident; everyone who is blessed is blessed because they purposely did what it takes to get God’s blessings. God’s blessings do not care about your skin color, education, financial well-being, or the size of your dwelling; God’s blessings fall on anyone who does what God says to do to receive them.
To be blessed of God is my great desire. I want my marriage to be blessed of God; I want my ministry to be blessed of God; I want my family to be blessed of God, and I want my life to be blessed of God. I want people to look at me and say that Allen Domelle is a blessed man.
I remember several years ago, I was talking to my pastor, and we were talking about another man of God. My pastor made a great statement about this preacher we were discussing when he said, “Everything this man touches turns to gold.” My pastor was in essence saying this pastor was a blessed man. Would you like everything you touch to turn to gold? Being blessed is done by doing several things.
First, you must obey God to be blessed. Nobody will be blessed by God who does not obey what He tells them to do in His Word. You cannot manipulate God’s blessings on your life; you obey God to get them on your life. Those who are blessed by God the most are those who obey God the most. God’s blessing on one’s life is not prejudiced because of family name, but it finds the one who is willing to obey whatever God tells them to do.
Second, a person who receives God’s blessings is blessed. God says, It is more blessed to give than to receive. To receive comes before the giving. You cannot give what you have not received. In other words, God blesses you because you do right, and His blessing is the receiving end. Now, you are blessed at this point, but you are not more blessed. It is good to be blessed by God, but it is better to be more blessed by God. You can stop at this point and be blessed, but your blessings stop.
Third, the person who receives to give is more blessed. The person who realizes that the purpose of receiving God’s blessing is to give it to others is the one who finds out what true blessings are all about. The person who becomes the conduit of God’s blessings to another is more blessed than the person who receives God’s blessing to hold for themselves. Think about this; you are blessed when God gives His blessing on your life, but you are more blessed by taking that blessing to give to another. You choose to be blessed or more blessed by whether you hold God’s blessings or use those blessings to help others.
Here is the key to this whole truth. You obey God, and you receive His blessing. You are blessed to get God’s blessing, but you use that blessing to give to another. Because you continue obeying God, God’s blessings keep coming and you keep giving. In other words, your mindset is to get God’s blessings to give them so that you can receive more blessings to give. My friend, this is the blessed life that causes everything you touch to turn to gold.
Comments