The Blessing
By William M. Self, Sr.
Some say it takes money to make money
But God’s principle is
It takes a blessing to receive a blessing
What are you living on and working for
Faith in Blessing
Abraham would not take from the King of Sodom.
The King of Sodom lost it all to King Kedorlaomer.
When Abraham defeated Kedorlaomer, he refused
to take anything that was the King of Sodom’s.
Abraham said to the King of Sodom…
“So that you will
never be able to say, 'I made Abram rich.'”
Where does your riches come from?
Recently, Sandy and I helped out a woman raising her
grandchildren; when she tried to pay me, I refused
and it made me feel good to
be a blessing.
The blessing of giving felt better than
any money I could have received.
I think most of us are like that.
We help out those who seem to have less than we do.
But how big is your God?
How blessed do you see yourself?
Is it true…
God will
supply all of your needs
according to His
riches in Glory.
If you and I are that blessed, then maybe we should be
blessing presidents of organizations, businesses, nations.
Wow…
What do you think about that?
Is that not what our father Abraham did?
What bank account are you living by…
The one at PNC, 5th
3rd or Bank of America?
Or, do you really believe you have an
endless inheritance account in heaven?
God wants to bless you and I
so we will be a
blessing.
The more we give, the
more
it will be given back to us.
In fact, God says in
good measure pressed down
and shaken together shall men pour into our
lap.
God wants you and I to be secure in His blessing.
He wants us not to just hang on to it,
but to use every blessing to be a blessing.
Abraham, after refusing to be refreshed and blessed by the
King of Sodom, met Melchizedek, King of Salem.
Abraham allowed the priest of the Most High God,
Melchizedek, King of
Salem, King of righteousness and peace…
To refresh and bless
him.
Abraham showed his appreciation of the blessing
by giving a tenth to Malchizedek…
If what you do in life is for wealth, you will fail.
If what you do in life is for blessing, you will succeed.
Scripture Reading
Genesis
14:17-24 NIV
17 After
Abram returned from defeating Kedorlaomer and the kings allied with him, the
king of Sodom came out to meet him in the Valley of Shaveh (that is, the King's
Valley).
18 Then
Melchizedek king of Salem brought out bread and wine. He was priest of God Most
High, 19 and he blessed Abram, saying,
"Blessed
be Abram by God Most High,
Creator of
heaven and earth.
20 And
blessed be God Most High,
who
delivered your enemies into your hand."
Then Abram
gave him a tenth of everything.
21 The king
of Sodom said to Abram, "Give me the people and keep the goods for
yourself."
22 But Abram
said to the king of Sodom, "I have raised my hand to the Lord, God Most
High, Creator of heaven and earth, and have taken an oath 23 that I will accept
nothing belonging to you, not even a thread or the thong of a sandal, so that
you will never be able to say, 'I made Abram rich.' 24 I will accept nothing
but what my men have eaten and the share that belongs to the men who went with
me — to Aner, Eshcol and Mamre. Let them have their share."
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