Proverbs 10:6a "Blessings are upon the head of the
just..."
I have a question; do you know what a real blessing of God
is? The word blessings here mean - benediction; by implication prosperity – and
that would be prosperity to those who are just, not just saved but those that
walk for the Lord. People have a gross misunderstanding of God and His
blessings. Please let me illustrate to you in this example. What do you believe
that God owes you? A good life, a good home, car, job, does God owe you safety
in this life, etc. etc. etc. Well the truth is, God owes you nothing except
eternity in the lake of fire. Blessings are like grace both are a gift from
God. God never promised us prosperity on this earth, not even the most honorable
believer. God never promised that our life would be enjoyable on this earth.
Jesus Christ the most faithful man to ever live on this earth, lived a life of
sorrow and misery His entire life. With the end of His life being hours of pain
on the cross. Many of Gods most faithful servants all through history suffered miserably
and died horrible deaths. So again, I will ask you, what does God owe you?
Since God’s blessings are like God’s grace then both are given as God chooses.
When Christians suffer on this world it is not necessarily a bad thing. When
Christians are poor and are laughed at, mocked, and suffer persecution, it is
not a bad thing. Let me ask this question, if God was to bless you by making
you poor, would you thank God for being poor? Last Wednesday night we studied
Luke 6:20 – 23 and if you read the scripture carefully it says “Blessed be
ye poor” v.20 What this means is that you are blessed if you are poor.
That’s right blessed, Jesus went on to say “Blessed are ye that hunger
now” and He said “Blessed are ye that weep now” and He said “Blessed are ye,
when men shall hate you, and when they shall separate you from their company,
and shall reproach you, and cast out your name as evil”, that’s right folks it
is a blessing to suffer in this life because you will be rewarded in the kingdom
of God. While people think that only prosperities are God’s blessing they are
wrong. If you read on in verses 24 – 26 in Luke 6 you will see this. People
sometimes ask Christians when something bad happens “what did you do wrong to
God”, but they are failing to see the bad things in their life could be
blessings from God. The greatest thing a believer can do in this life is to
suffer for the Lord. Walk with the Lord, no matter what. One of the hardest
things in life to do is to praise God for being poor, despised, rejected, or
etc. Look at Job, he did nothing to lose everything and to suffer as he did,
but he was blessed to be used of God at that point. Folks, blessings are not
just good things in life. Besides, God never promised us a prosperous life on
this earth, as we count prosperous. God promised that “all things work together
for good to them that love God” Romans 8:28 But, we just do not always know
what good is. It could be anything, it could be a life of misery and death as
Jesus suffered, or it could be a time of losing everything as Job did.
Believer, what are blessings from God to you? How do you define the blessings
of God? Beloved, never look at life as though God is not blessing you, nor look
at it as though God owes you something good, because God owes you nothing. Now,
look back to verse 22 in Luke 6, He says “hunger now” and “weep now” that means
in this life. But, when this life is over rewards are coming our way. God
controls everything, that means nothing happens that God does not control. God
allows bad thing as He does with good things, and both are blessings to us.
Only a fool would think that God’s blessing are the good things. It is a
blessing to be poor for the Lord, it is a blessing when God causes us to weep,
and it is a blessing to be hated by the world. Jesus went on to say in Luke
6:23 “Rejoice ye in that day, and leap for joy: for, behold, your reward is
great in heaven: for in the like manner did their fathers unto the prophets.” I
believe the leaping and rejoicing is the suffering for God on this earth.
Folks, we take whatever comes your way, whether good or bad as a blessing from
God, because it is.
