Blessed to Bless

Genesis 12:2 "I will make you a great nation: I will bless you and make your name great; And you shall be a blessing

I attended a women's meeting at our church this last week and this was a verse used in the devotional as she taught over the life and call of Abraham. It was as if God were speaking directly to me again, as he seems to do when I just don't get it the first time around!

I have been reading about letting our lives be a testimony of Christ in all areas, of giving everything over to him. This is not the first time in my christian walk that I have studied this, but it seems God is always showing me one more way to let go of this life and walk completely in him - this is hard to do at times.

This verse was my memory verse a couple of weeks ago...it was set up in my windowsill so that I saw it and prayed about it everyday that week. So it was neat to see it brought up again.

You see God came down to Abraham and spoke a direct blessing over him, just as he had done with Adam and Eve (genesis 2:28 Then God blessed them...), and as he does with each of us. He blesses us becuase we have a birthright in him and each of his children is personally blessed. He hasn't missed one of us. I find this amazing! In Jeremiah 1 we see again God personally speaking a blessing over a child of his, I believe these were written down for each of us as well. However, I believe that if we are ever quiet enough we would discover that God is whispering our personal, individual, intimate blessings to us - he has written them on our hearts since the beginning: as he thoughtfully formed each us. Taking into careful account our very lives, looking forward to see our roads, and tenderly crafting us to be victorious, beautiful, precious...

I want you to look carefully at the blessing God lays down: I will bless you! And you will be a blessing!! Not a maybe, not an if...not possibly - you will be a blessing. God does not beat around the bush about the expectations he has for us. He gives and expects that we give in return. For Abraham he was going to make him a might nation, the Father of Nations, the one who's line would eventually have Jesus Christ - the Saviour, the Mighty God, The Alpha & Omega, the Lion of Judah, the Mighty Warrior, the Prince of Peace! God expected Abraham and his descendents to bless others with the teaching of GOD! He expected that these very people that were to rise up were to be a light, an example a reflection of God. He expected them to bless the world with the love of God, the mighty works of God, the grace and love and mercy of God. For Jeremiah God blessed him with the prophecies - he expected Jeremiah to bless others by speaking these revelations to the people that they may be saved from the distruction of a Righteous ever-loving God. For Adam and Eve he blessed them with dominion over every living thing and the ability to be fruitful and multiply - he expected them to bless with the multiplication of others, to take care of the world they were entrusted with. To bless future generations with a legacy that imparted the friendship and closeness of a relationship with God.

Likewise we are blessed that we become a well-spring of blessings in ALL areas of our lives. Even when we are pressed out of our comfort zone. We are not given an option. Though often times we think we are. God calls us to the undoable so that his glory can be done, he calls us to the "crazy" so that his Might can be shown, he calls us to the difficult so we will learn to trust, he calls us to the sacrificial so that we will learn to love.

Commit today to be blessing in Word, Deed, and Thought!