"We are blessed by a faithful god"

Do you desire to be blessed by the Lord? Of course, we all desire to live blessed lives. We all desire to have the favor of God in our lives, but what does the bible say about blessings? Allow me to share a few scriptures with you.

Jeremiah 17: 7-8 “Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord, whose trust is the Lord he is like a tree planted by water that sends out its roots by the stream and does not fear when heat comes for its leaves remain green and is not anxious in the year of drought for it does not cease to bear fruit.”

Take note of that the bible is saying when you trust in God you are blessed when you rely on God you’re blessed when you have faith in God you are indeed blessed.

Psalm 1:1-3 says “blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the ungodly nor stands in the path of sinners nor sits in the seat of the scornful but his delight is in the law of the Lord and in his law, he meditates day and night he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water that brings forth its fruit in its season whose leaf also shall not wither and whatever he does shall prosper.”

So based on this passage of scripture you are blessed. When you don’t follow the advice of the wicked, you’re blessed when you don’t listen to the counsel of the ungodly when you don’t give ear to those who do evil you are blessed when you don’t stand in agreement with those who take pleasure in evil and the reason that you’re blessed when you separate yourself from evil is because bad company corrupts good character.

Light and darkness cannot be in partnership, much like faith and fear. And so, from both passages of scripture that I’ve shared with you, Jeremiah 17:7 tells us that trusting in the Lord brings blessings, Psalm chapter 1 tells us that staying away from evil company brings blessings, they’re blessings in obedience.

Now what I want you to really grasp is the cause of the blessings when Jesus is central in your life when you have given him the throne to your heart then not only do you trust him not only do you have faith in him, but you become protective in the sense that you guard

your heart, you guard your eyes and ears because you don’t want to give the devil any room to discourage you or for him to have the opportunity to chip away at your faith blessings don’t come because of what you do blessings come because of who you have in your heart and so to each and every one of us we should not chase blessings we should chase Jesus Christ, chase the one who can bless rather than chasing the individual blessings, chase Jesus Christ our Lord brings blessings with him. Jesus Christ brings blessings of peace with him, he brings the blessing of joy. The blessing of eternal life is in Jesus Christ, so chase God not the blessings.