Galations 3:13 But Christ has rescued us from the curse pronounced by the law. When he was hung on the cross, he took upon himself the curse for our wrongdoing. For it is written in the Scriptures, "Cursed is everyone who is hung on a tree." v.14 Through Christ Jesus, God has blessed the Gentiles with the same blessing he promised to Abraham, so that we who are believers might receive the promised Holy Spirit through faith.
Are you a believer in the Lord Jesus Christ today? Because if you are, then you are blessed indeed!
God's plan and purpose is to bless us through being joined to His Son Jesus. His heart is to bless us and not curse us because we are 'in Christ'. Blessing us makes His heart glad but we have our part to play.
Our part is to believe He wants to bless us and receive the blessings He wants to give us. Sometimes we find it hard to receive a blessing because we may feel we don't deserve it and can even block it through wonky thinking! Ephesians says in one translation God wants to lavish His blessings on us. That is an extravagant word! Are we in a place in our thinking to say "Thank you Lord I receive" or are we saying "Oh no, I can't take that, it wouldn't feel right"?
God says blessings are on the head of the righteous and we know we have been made righteous in God's eyes through Jesus, not of our own earning, so that means God's blessings are on us. Another scripture tells us that what God has blessed no-one can curse, but we need to believe that.
Jesus said we get what we believe for. Let's believe the blessings of God are chasing us down and overtaking us today. "Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life."
If you get time read Deuteronomy 28:1-14 to find out just some of the blessings that we now receive through being 'in Christ'. There are so many more and better promises than these even, but it's a good place to start. And the curses which are listed in the rest of that chapter are all the ones Jesus has born away on the cross in His own body for us and from us, so they can't come on us any more. That is Good News!
We are blessed indeed!
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