Countless Blessings

Countless Blessings

 

Malachi 3:10 New International Version (NIV)

Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house. Test me in this,” says the Lord Almighty, “and see if I will not throw open the floodgates of heaven and pour out so much blessing that there will not be room enough to store it.

          How many blessings can you handle?  As many blessings as you are obedient to receive.  Good blesses obedience just as much as he blesses faithfulness.  Let’s just look what God says he will do for being obedient.

Deuteronomy 28 New King James Version (NKJV)

Blessings on Obedience

28 “Now it shall come to pass, if you diligently obey the voice of the Lord your God, to observe carefully all His commandments which I command you today, that the Lord your God will set you high above all nations of the earth. ² And all these blessings shall come upon you and overtake you, because you obey the voice of the Lord your God:

³ “Blessed shall you be in the city, and blessed shall you be in the country.

⁴ “Blessed shall be the fruit of your body, the produce of your ground and the increase of your herds, the increase of your cattle and the offspring of your flocks.

⁵ “Blessed shall be your basket and your kneading bowl.

⁶ “Blessed shall you be when you come in, and blessed shall you be when you go out.

⁷ “The Lord will cause your enemies who rise against you to be defeated before your face; they shall come out against you one way and flee before you seven ways.

⁸ “The Lord will command the blessing on you in your storehouses and in all to which you set your hand, and He will bless you in the land which the Lord your God is giving you.

⁹ “The Lord will establish you as a holy people to Himself, just as He has sworn to you, if you keep the commandments of the Lord your God and walk in His ways. ¹⁰ Then all peoples of the earth shall see that you are called by the name of the Lord, and they shall be afraid of you. ¹¹ And the Lord will grant you plenty of goods, in the fruit of your body, in the increase of your livestock, and in the produce of your ground, in the land of which the Lord swore to your fathers to give you. ¹² The Lord will open to you His good treasure, the heavens, to give the rain to your land in its season, and to bless all the work of your hand. You shall lend to many nations, but you shall not borrow. ¹³ And the Lord will make you the head and not the tail; you shall be above only, and not be beneath, if you heed the commandments of the Lord your God, which I command you today, and are careful to observe them. ¹⁴ So you shall not turn aside from any of the words which I command you this day, to the right or the left, to go after other gods to serve them.



          What blessings are waiting for you?  If we follow God’s instructions; he is faithful to his word.  Tithing has always been considered a part of the Old Testament law.  But what was true then still holds true today.  God does not ask us to give something that doesn’t already belong to him.  He only asks for a tenth of our substance.  Last time I checked ninety was greater than ten.  Most times we waste the ten on things we don’t need.  When God promises to give us even more for returning to him that which is already his.

          The thing I like most about the word is whatever God promises, God delivers. What else can we count on like that, not people, people betray us.  Definitely not our money, money goes just as quick as it comes. Not our material possessions; for we ourselves get tired of them.  But we always know we can stand on God’s word.  If we remain obedient to his will, Scripture says “eyes have not seen, nor ear heard the good things God has in store for his children” . I declare today I am his and that he is my God.  Therefore without a doubt in my mind I am assured of countless blessings.