Tuesday, May 20
Count Your Blessings
The blessing of the Lord makes one rich, and He adds no sorrow with it.
Proverbs 10:22
Parts of the Old Testament and New Testament are very different. For instance, in the Old Testament, Israel was promised that everything they did would be blessed and multiplied—that they would never have to borrow from anyone if they kept God's laws (Deuteronomy 28:1-14). But in the New Testament, we don't find those promises repeated. Indeed, we are promised a life of sacrifice and persecution—and the grace to be content with food and clothing alone (1 Timothy 6:8).
God is under no obligation to make us prosperous or powerful regardless of what you may hear a preacher say. He has promised to bless us; but under the New Covenant, blessings are more spiritual than physical. In fact, one of the greatest blessings we are promised is the grace to give away to others what we ourselves have been given (2 Corinthians 8:9-14). Yet in addition to the grace to give, God gives the grace to enjoy every good and perfect gift He gives. When God gives us good gifts, as His children, we are to rejoice and celebrate the pleasures of His blessing.
However you have been blessed, take time to thank God for the blessing of salvation in His Son.
Count your blessings, name them one by one;
Count your blessings, see what God hath done.
Johnson Oatman, Jr.
Read-Thru-the-Bible
Ester 4:1 - 10:3
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