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Stop Expecting the blessing to be the Blesser

For lack of a better word and to prevent a miscommunication of the main concept,
Blesser: refers to the Almighty God – Creator of Heaven and Earth; omnipotent and ever-present and powerful Being. 

Blessing: refers to everything and every one God has ever placed in your life to increase your value and to provide you fulfillment.   Blessings are all around us. They take many shapes and forms.  Blessings flow from the Blesser. 

Your spouse is a blessing.  Yet sometimes you may expect him to be your God.  You may be expecting your spouse to perform duties only God can perform for you.  You may be expecting your spouse to fill a void, an emptiness you feel when only the Blesser can satisfy those requests.  There is no wonder why there is so much strain on our relationships. 

Do not be confused on where your provisions are truly coming from.  Your job is a blessing.  Whatever way you are being provided for economically, that is your blessing.  We should be appreciative of our careers, yet remain aware that it is God providing all our needs and should the company dismantle overnight, our provisions come from the Father.  The job is the blessing, but we have the Blesser.  So, there is never any need to fear or worry.  We can relax and allow one another peace when we are not burdening each other with useless worry and pressure.  We are perpetuating this anxiety in the face of God who has continued to be faithful throughout the ages. 

Let me try to give this more clarity.  We live in capitalist society so motives and decisions are driven by money.

If someone came along and robbed you of all your money, every cent, would you be upset? 
-  Hell yes, right?  No, not if you owned the plates to print money.

I’m trying to caution you because you are concerned for the wrong things.  You are like a scared child, still shaking in the secure arms of his Father.  You are inconsolable – operating without reason.  Your circumstances are always evolving; He has remained faithful and constant.  You have had many jobs, many loves, many trials, and God has always provided you with another blessing to see you through.  He uses various vehicles, people and circumstances to bless us.  Regardless of the shape or form that blessing takes; it is always God at work on our behalf to keep a smile on our face. 

So, let’s not get caught clinging desperately to the rope, forgetting that the rope in and of itself is not the rescuer.  It’s the person at the other end pulling us up, using the rope, who ultimately saves us. 

“I will lift up mine eyes into the hills, from whence cometh my help, my help cometh from the Lord, which made heaven and earth.”  Psalms 121:1-2

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