The Lord Truly Bless You

Dearest Saints, 

     We as Christians often say to one another, "The Lord bless you" and I believe we say it so often that we lose its impact that may just become a familiar saying.  Sometimes, I believe the best position to be blessed is to come to the place where you go through situations that will cause you to totally lean on God and at the same time, have a smile in your heart and on your face and say that You trust Him no matter what and know in your heart that He loves you like no other.  Often times however, it takes trials to get us to truly lean and trust in God.  We need to be determined that no matter what is going on in our lives, "With His Help", we are going to believe the very best for us when we leave it in His hands.  This is the absolute truth, but it does not do us any good when we don't believe it or take time to spend with God for Him to prepare our hearts so we can believe this truth.  Jesus was empowered each day right from morning onward because He was prayed up in advance and always spent quality time with the Father.  In order for us to be empowered, we not only need to go to prayer first thing, but we need to develop that mindset first and foremost (with His help always) to refrain from reacting negatively towards any unfavorable circumstances while also, to be determined to seek to be a blessing to many others during the day.  All too often, I see myself being reactive to certain situations that was not most favorable simply because I didn't seek God first, go to prayer first or develop that right mindset by spending quality time with Him that we all need.  Just as this thought comes to mind, it's like the first thing in the morning, we (men) get ready to shave and the ladies to put on their makeup in the morning to prepare themselves before they go out the door to work, shop or meet others.  We need to do the same type of thing spiritually, by spending quiet time with God and clothing ourselves with Christ by being prayed up, and having that mindset of Christ by putting on that armour of God.  If God tells us that we need to "put on" the armour of God (Eph 6:13), then that means it takes time and we need to spend time to get dressed Spiritually, just like it takes time to put on our clothes before we leave our homes in the morning.

     Many times, I look back and see how I have almost always been prepared physically, but I honestly cannot say the same thing to be prepared spiritually when I should be more so.  We pretty well know what our weaknesses are if we take time to examine ourselves.  When someone has a habit to be negative or be a pessimist and say "I can't do this; I can't do that", that person may have to do more preparation in the morning to strip off the "I can'ts" and replace it with "I CAN do all things through Christ who strengthens me" (Phil 4:13).  When we lean on God, nowhere in the Bible does it say that we are Unable to do or we Can't do when we learn to rely and trust in God.  God says that He enables us, empowers us (2 Tim 1:&), He is with us (Heb 13:5), He will carry us through (Ps 68:19); He will not permit us to go through greater trials than we can bear (1 Cor 10:13).  If it is someone who has a problem with holding on to guilt, they need to go to prayer, spend time with God first thing in the morning and pray with Boldness the promises of His Word that tells you in Rom 8:1 there is NOW no condemnation for those who are in Christ".  When you do say that, this is what is meant by dressing your self spiritually.  Speaking His Word is speaking the whole Light of the truth where absolutely no darkness of any form of false is ever found in His Word.  Getting properly Spiritually dressed will be only as effective if you strip off every negative circumstances and every mindset that does not agree with Gods Word and replace that by putting on your armour by speaking the Truth of His Word over you.  If you believe anything else that God says otherwise, you are allowing to be deceived and you are not wearing that protective armour like you should.  Gods armour is meant to protect you, and to use that Sword that is the offensive part of the armour to effectively attack our enemy.  Wearing Gods armour "properly" helps to better prepare any attack you may be going through.

     Saying the Lords blessings upon you may put you through some trials and unfavorable circumstances.  It is so important that we seize every opportunity that comes our way, to believe that no matter what, we are going to be much better off to be much more Spiritually prepared to fight the good fight of faith, to help encourage others in their time of need and realize how He is preparing each of us to be a richer blessing to one another simply because we know who our God is by being clothed with Christ.  Being blessed and giving Gods blessings to others is not simply receiving the "life of ease" and living the life that just floats downstream, because when you know if you float downstream long enough, you may be much more closer to the danger of the "falls" than you care to imagine.  When things always go easy, we as humans have a greater tendency to leave God out and think that we can now continue our own way of living.  Being more blessed may actually be much better when we go through hard times, deeper valleys, but when we do come through them knowing that the power of Gods goodness carried us through, we can truly say that we are much better off because of it and be able to bless others in their time of need.  

     When we get prayed up and spend that quality time with God first thing and help get our mindset prepared to fulfill His love to activate through us, to be positive through every circumstance by keeping focused on Jesus, we can truly be blessed and be prepared to take on any challenges that does come our way and we will be better off and stronger in the Lord because of it.  Let us seize every opportunity, knowing who He is, knowing who we are in Him, knowing our Blood bought inheritance which He suffered through His Son to give us, knowing His Word (which is His love letter for us) and to know that no matter what, we can prove His Word that "All things do work together for Good to those who love the Lord and are called according to His purpose (Rom 8:28).  This won't just be another "spiritual" poem we just often hear, but will be a powerful truth if we put His Word in to practice (Phil 4:9) because we took the time to get dressed spiritually by spending time with God.   

     Do know this, that when you are prayed up in advance and be determined that with His help by allowing Him to prepare your mind and heart, YOU WILL truly be prepared to be a greater blessing to others each day.  If we are prepared, we can be that powerful individual God can truly use to make other peoples day and give them encouragement, because we know there are so many who do need encouragement.  The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few (Matt 9:37).  So dear Lord, help us to be prepared so we can be those laborers that You are able to use so we can reap in a great harvest for Your Kingdom. So when we say "The Lord bless you" or receive that blessing, let's look beyond what we would otherwise normally think and be prepared to go through whatever we need to go through, to truly be Blessed to be a rich blessing to many others in their time of need.  Being a real blessing to many others is truly the greatest blessing we can receive when we do it all to the glory of God.

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Richard
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