GOD SPEAKS THE BLESSING

Genesis 1:28 NIV God blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it. …

We may not always feel like laughing our heads off, but you may remember an old song called ‘Happiness’, (sung by Ken Dodd) which said, “Happiness, happiness, the greatest gift that I possess, I thank the Lord that I've been blessed… It always makes me smile because it reminds me that part of being blessed is the inner joy God gives us, which I know I need reminding of from time to time!😊

In the very beginning, in Genesis 1:28 God spoke His blessing over the human race. It brings God’s divine favour, His wellbeing which will bring an inner sense of His supernatural joy, peace and contentment. It’s not produced by our circumstances, or affected by them, but it causes us to be prosperous in all areas of life. This blessing was, and is, a God thing!

Then came the fall of Adam and it brought in the curse. The last word of the Old Testament is curse, but look at the first word of Jesus first sermon, in the first book of the New Testament.

Matthew 5:2-3 NIV … and he began to teach them. He said: “Blessed are the… 

BLESSED! He spoke blessing!

Jesus was speaking the Blessing back into the earth because He knew He would bear all our curse at the Cross and cancel it forever! His blessing brings the same deep inner joy, and the people sitting listening to Jesus on the hillside were hearing they’d be blessed for all kinds of different reasons.😊

So be encouraged to know God wants you to be blessed, to have inner joy, to know His favour and forgiveness, to be blessed in all areas of life. Some Christians feel guilty, as though it’s wrong to be blessed, but God says otherwise. We should be the happiest, most blessed people on earth, reconciled to God, and blessed going out and coming in. 

Next time you share the blessing with someone, remember you’re sharing the joy God wants us to have. ‘May His face shine upon you’ means He’s smiling down on us, so we can smile too.😊

Have a ‘blessed’ and joy filled, happy weekend.x

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