You are blessed!

By The NewsDay | Dec. 10, 2016 | 4 Min read

Oftentimes believers don’t comprehend to the fullest the extent of their blessedness in Christ. Being born again is being ushered into the reality of the blessing of God, which needs to be known and experienced. Naïve and gullible Christians are often taken for a ride by ignorant mischievous fraudsters seeking to line up their pockets.

DEVOTION: Erasmus Makarimayi

Prayerfully read your Bible and walk in the truth therein

Tormented weak minds always run around the show looking for the blessing that is already in them. Misguided elements in the religious world take advantage of those lazy to seek the truth. They say ignorance is expensive; you can even end up paying for what you already have. This column always encourages readers to prayerfully read their Bibles and walk in the truth therein. Christ in you, the hope of glory has no curse in Him.

Before I talk about your blessedness, we have to appreciate that so important is your blessedness that the last act Jesus performed before He was taken up to glory is blessing. Luke 24:51 records: “And it came to pass, while he blessed them, he was parted from them, and carried up into heaven.” As Grace believers, we don’t doubt our blessedness. What God has blessed cannot be cursed. Period. Beloved such is the seriousness and sincerity of the knowledge of the truth that you are blessed that the last act Jesus did before His ascension was blessing His disciples. Wow, the enabling power fell upon them. It made the difference. He took away curses and nailed them to the cross. Jesus did not leave the world/earth with curses, but blessings. So comforting!

The One who blessed is in you. The Blesser resides in you. Moreover you are in the Blesser. You are so blessed; blessed beyond curses. John 14:20 paints the picture clearer: “At that day ye shall know that I am in my Father, and ye in me, and I in you.” Jesus is in God the Father. We are in Christ. Christ is in us. We are inseparable from God the Father in Christ. How then can curses find a way through? As light, we have no fellowship with darkness. We stand and refuse anything that does not tally with blessedness. The blessings manifest in and through us and we manifest the blessings of God. So sickness, poverty, hardship, unemployment, etc. exit our arena bowing to the blessing of God in us. We are not ignorant and we cannot be cheated. The devil should never dupe you into believing what you are not.

King Balak of Moab asked prophet Balaam to curse Israel but Israel could not be cursed because God had pronounced His blessing on them. Numbers 23:20 records: “Behold, I have received commandment to bless: and he hath blessed; and I cannot reverse it.” As a New Testament believer you have to know that the blessing is something already accomplished by the finished works of Jesus. Ephesians 1:3 puts it thus: “Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ:” Our predisposition is to bless God, i.e. speak well of Him. Our Father has already blessed us. It’s a past tense reality. Please understand that this blessing is already there before we pray or fast. We pray and fast because we are blessed. We give because we are blessed.

We are blessed with all spiritual blessings. So we are not going to look anywhere else for blessings, we are blessed with all spiritual blessings. The blessings are spiritual not physical. They are eternal, i.e. everlasting. They are in heavenly places. They manifest in our lives. The blessings are not such things as a house or car. A house or a car is a result of the blessing. So we do not say God has blessed me with a house or car. You are blessed in heavenly places. The blessings are in Christ. So everything is in Christ. As a believer you know that you are in Christ. Ephesians 2:6 tells us, “And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus:” We are in the blessing and we look nowhere for the blessing, but we seek knowledge of what is in us and stimulate it to bring it to full manifestation. Give effect and expression to blessing and not curses.

You are blessed, enjoy your blessing. Please always remember, grace and peace be multiplied to you through knowledge. You are going somewhere.