I routinely encounter people and businesses that pray for the blessings of the Lord in the lives of others or on the work they are doing. Believers and even nonbelievers have the sense to pray and ask the Lord to bless the work of their hands.
The problem we face with this is sometimes found in the work we want to do. Sometimes the work we pursue is not the work that should be blessed. If we are working hard heading in the wrong direction, it isn’t likely we will get our heavenly Father to bless work that will keep us on the wrong path.
God is always ready to bless us and all that we do, but we must make sure we are doing the right work from the right place. Proverbs 3:5-6 tells us, “Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct your paths.”
This is a simple Word but it gives us some profound insights. God blesses believers whose ways of living are pleasing to Him. He does this because when our ways are aligned with the Lord’s desires, He blesses the things we do so we are encouraged to keep living the way we live.
God blesses how we live. This is the way others see Him blessing what we do. Often we get this backwards. We pray and ask God to bless what we do or what we want though we may not be living blessed lives.
Praying the things we do are blessed looks like this:
- Loving others the best you can, then asking the Lord to make your love sure.
- Forgiving others the best you can, then asking the Lord to make others receive your forgiveness.
- Serving and doing neighborly things for others, then asking the Lord to make your work prosper.
- Praying for others and for their wellness, then asking the Lord to make them well.
All these things we ought to do for others and for ourselves. God wants us to pray for others. But sometimes we don’t always get what we want because we do things from the wrong place or from the wrong paths or in the wrong ways.
Keep doing things you hope the Lord will bless because God will often bless your work. But there is a better way to live and a better way to bless others by your life.
Blessed living is living that is blessed before you do anything. It is like going to God’s supermarket and coming home with a full load of blessed living. It is like a blessed prayer, prayed for others in need of a blessing.
Blessed Living looks like this:
- It is being a loving person towards everyone in life. You will always have favor on your life when love is the way you live and the path you take. This is Blessed Living!
- It is having a forgiving spirit towards everyone in life. You will always have favor on your life when a forgiving spirit is the way you are and the path you take. This is Blessed Living!
- It is living a life that serves people who are in need. You will always have favor on your life when you are a servant and a neighbor to others and when serving is the path you take in how you live. This too is Blessed Living!
A blessed life is one that acknowledges God in the way it lives and one whose path is directed by the Lord. A blessed life is like an angel of the Lord being sent out to respond to the prayer of need of someone else. A blessed life always blesses what it is directed to do.
Learn to ask for blessings on the things you do from being a life that is the blessing of God. God wants us to learn to accept the gift of the Blessed Life.
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