TAPPING INTO GOD’S BLESSING

Proverbs 10:22

The blessing of the LORD, it maketh rich, and he addeth no sorrow with it.

Exodus 32:29

For Moses had said, Consecrate yourselves today to the LORD, even every man upon his son, and upon his brother; that he may bestow upon you a blessing this day.

WHAT IS GOD’S BLESSING? God’s blessing can only be described, not defined. It could be in form of an increase, an addition, a promotion, security or whatever pleasant addendum that God bestows on one either directly or through people.

THE NATURE OF GOD’S BLESSING

• Some divine blessings are universal and applicable to everybody, both righteous and sinners alike
• Some have to be earned by your conscious action e.g. Abraham’s willingness to sacrifice his son
• Some are transferred through association with a blessed person e.g. Lot and Abraham, Joseph and Potiphar
• Some are inherited from one person to another e.g. Descendants of Abraham
• Some can be withdrawn if you violate certain divine injunctions e.g. all the Israelites that left Egypt perished without getting the promised land, even Moses, despite having being promised by God. Even Saul had his kingdom cut short because of disobedience
• Some are constant and cannot be withdrawn no matter how much you sin e.g the air, the water, daily sustenance are given perchance one may repent and (re)align with God
• Some have to be contended for

SOME ENVIRONMENTS OF GOD’S BLESSING

• In the home, family
• At workplace
• In business or career
• In the society
• In one’s investments/handiwork
• With people

HOW TO TAP INTO DIVINE BLESSING – AS A WOMAN

Ephesians 5:21-24

Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God. Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church: and he is the saviour of the body. Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in everything.

By Obedience – by obeying the laws and commands of God e.g. submission in all things to one’s husband

By Righteousness – by doing the “right thing” (as perceived by God) to merit divine blessing

EXAMPLES OF CELEBRATED WOMEN WHO TAPPED INTO GOD’S BLESSING

• Sarah by Submission
• Rebekkah by Submission
• Deborah by Obedience
• Ruth by Faithfulness
• Mary by Purity
• Dorcas by Charity
• Kathryn Khulman by Obedience
• Bimbo Odukoya by Submission