Deuteronomy 28:3
3“Blessed shall you be in the city, and blessed shall you be
in the country.
You
may have heard of people who think that to have better “luck”, they have to
move to a new home, work for a certain company or even migrate to another
country.
The
truth is that it is not the place that gets you the blessings, but whether
God’s blessings are on you. And for you, child of God, you are already blessed
with all spiritual blessings in Christ Jesus. (Ephesians 1:20) He has paid for
your blessings with His blood. So the blessing is not on the land but on the
man!
It was
in the city of Jerusalem that Jesus was whipped, cursed and spat on. And it was
outside the city on Calvary’s hill that He was pierced and crucified. That is
why you are blessed in the city as well as outside in the country! In fact, you
are blessed regardless of the location.
Perhaps
you work in a non-Christian company and your boss doesn’t quite like you. In
fact, he sometimes mistreats you. But God can still bless you in spite of your
boss. You get blessed because you believe God for it. It has nothing to do with
your boss or the company.
And
when you get blessed with a fast promotion or fat bonus, some friends may ask
you to recommend them to your boss. They think that it is your boss or the
company that is blessing you, not the Lord.
If you
don’t see the blessings, check what you have been believing and saying. Have
you been complaining and blaming everyone and everything around you — your
parents, race, gender, environment and government — for your lack of blessings?
You need to believe and confess that you are blessed because of Jesus’ finished
work on the cross, not because you are of a certain race or work in a certain
company.
My friend, it does not matter where you work
or live, what colour your skin is or what you do for a living. If God blesses
you, you are blessed! And it is all because of Jesus. So say to yourself, “I am
blessed wherever I am — blessed in the city, blessed in the country!”
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