TEXT:
GENESIS 24:35, GEN 26:12-13, GEN 30: 41-43
And the LORD has
blessed my master greatly; and he has become great: and he has given him
flocks, and herds, and silver, and gold, and menservants, and maidservants, and
camels, and donkeys (Genesis 24:35).
Then Isaac sowed in that land, and received in the same year a
hundredfold; and the Lord blessed him. And the man waxed great, and went
forward, and grew until he became very great. (Genesis 26: 12-13).
And it came to pass, when the stronger cattle
did conceive, that Jacob laid the rods before the eyes of the cattle in the
gutters that they might conceive among the rods. But when the cattle were feeble, he put them not in: so the feebler
were Laban's, and the stronger Jacob's. And the man
increased exceedingly, and had large flocks, and maidservants, and menservants,
and camels, and donkeys. (Genesis 30:41-43).
The scripture made us to know
that it is the blessing of God that makes riches without adding sorrow
(Proverbs 10:22). It is not your hard labour that makes riches, your
intellectual knowledge or intelligence is not enough to prosper you.
If it is hard labour that
makes riches; Peter wouldn’t have toiled all night without any tangible result
to show for his labour. Peter’s hard labour was fruitless until Jesus blessed
him by instructing him on what to do for him to record success (to launch into
the deep-Luke 5:1-11).
The Lord assured us in
Deuteronomy 28:12 that He would bless the work of our hands. This implies that
you may work and struggle to no success if the Lord refuses to bless your
endeavour. For anybody to record good and progressive blessing, you have to be
in tune with God.
Our anchor scriptures describe
the greatness of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. The adjective used to describe their
blessing and greatness was progressively increasing from generation to
generation, from the first generation (Abraham) to the third generation
(Jacob).
Abraham was described as
great, Isaac was described as very great and Jacob was described as exceedingly
great. This illustration shows that you and your generation to come can enjoy
God’s progressive blessing, because this is the pattern He designed for His
children. Hence, you must be in tune with Him, you must allow God to direct
your path and you must live in total obedience of His word.
Abraham, Isaac and Jacob
obeyed God, they allowed God to direct their path, and they followed the
leading of God without swerving or swaying away from His instruction. You and
your generation to come can enjoy such blessing as Abraham, Isaac and Jacob,
provided you listen to God and train your children to live in the way of the
Lord and not to depart from it so that they in turn would pass it to their
children (Joel 1:3).
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