TEXT: DEUTERONOMY 28: 12
“12 The Lord will open
the heavens, the storehouse of his bounty, to send rain on your
land in season and to bless all the work of your hands. You will lend to
many nations but will borrow from none.”
God’s
plan for us His children is for us to live in abundance. God wants us to bless
us to be blessed to the point of being a blessing to people around us. He wants
us to be lenders to nation without us borrowing from anyone.
God
promised us that He would open the heaven’s storehouse to us and send us rain
in due season- This means we will flourish like the tree planted by the river
side. However, as good and comforting this promises are, there is a condition
attached to it. All these promises will only come to pass in your life provided
you engage your hands in any decent labour or endeavour.
God
cannot bless an idle hand. Remember the widow that the creditors were coming to
collect her children for the debt her husband owed (2 Kings 4). Elisha asked
her what she had in her house and she replied that she had a little jar of oil…
This tells us that no matter how intangible that job or business brings back to
you, God would prefer to work with that than to encourage idleness! Proverbs
14:23 says “All hard work brings a
profit but mere talks leads only to poverty.”
You
cannot be idle and expect God to bless you. Our God worked to create the
universe- He is not a lazy God; therefore Hr won’t overlook your laziness.
We
have heard of stories of people that became wealthy
as a result of “one small hubby or business.” They did not start with the mind-set
of having chain stores or business empire- They started small and the Lord fulfilled
His promise by blessing the work of their hands.
As
harsh as this may sound, permit me to use this word “NO WORK, NO BLESSING.”
That is the gospel truth. Where will your blessing come from if you are idle? Your
hands are not engaged productively and you are claiming kingdom blessings? My friend,
it does not work like that. Engage your hands in any honourable endeavour and
see where God will take you to. It will blow your mind what God can do with the
little in your hands.
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