Blessed to Bless

"Then it shall come about, because you listen to these judgments and keep and do them, that the Lord your God will keep with you His covenant and His lovingkindness which He swore to your forefathers. He will love you and bless you and multiply you; He will also bless the fruit of your womb and the fruit of your ground, your grain and your new wine and your oil, the increase of your herd and the young of your flock, in the land which He swore to your forefathers to give you. You shall be blessed above all peoples; there will be no male or female barren among you or among your cattle. The Lord will remove from you all sickness; and He will not put on you any of the harmful diseases of Egypt which you have known, but He will lay them on all who hate you." -Deuteronomy 7.12-15

The section heading for this passage in, and the ones following it, is "Promises of God". In reading this is sounds good, and it would be very easy to take this as Prosperity Gospel. But this is not saying do this, this, and this, and then God will bless you with what you want. Remember, God blesses us so that we can in turn bless others. Blessed to be a blessing, that's how this works.

Here God is sharing the results of living as His holy people. If we live faithfully and obediently before God, then God will keep us in His lovingkindness. He will bless and multiply us, again so that we can bless others. Our children, the work of our hands, and all that we do, will be blessed if we remain faithful to God. God says that those who live under His covenant will be blessed above all peoples, so that they can bless all peoples. God blesses those who live faithfully and obediently to Him so that they can bless others.

Men, are you living in a way that invites God's blessing? Are you living as a blessing to others? God desires to bless those who are faithful to Him, out of His lovingkindness, so that they may in turn bless others with His loveingkindess.

Let us live in a way that can receive the blessings of God, and let us in turn bless others.

"Iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another."

To God alone be the Glory!

Strength and Honor