Blessing Others
The Lord had said to Abram, “Go from your country, your people and your father’s household to the land I will show you. I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you; I will make your name great, and you will be a blessing. I will bless those who bless you, and whoever curses you I will curse; and all peoples on earth will be blessed through you.” – Genesis 12:1-3
According to today’s key text, God wanted to use Abram to be the father of many nations. Abram was to be God's ambassador on the earth to serve as the one who protected, nurtured, and inspired God's children. There is this sense in the text that God is going to do something on Abram’s behalf, but Abram is also going to do something for God.
God would bless Abram, but in turn Abram would bless others. This blessing wasn’t about property and material things. It wasn’t about cars, and clothes, and cash. This was an altruistic blessing. God was trying to get something to Abram, to get something through Abram, which suggests that God’s will for our lives is oftentimes connected to making a difference in the lives of others.
Figuring out what God’s will is for our lives is not just about discerning what God wants to do for us, but what God’s wants to do through us. It’s a partnership. And if your prayers are just about your family, your finances, your job, and is not connected to being a blessing to others, you are not praying for God’s will, you’re praying for your own.
That being said, my hope is that you will begin to ask God to bless you so that you can bless others. Ask Him to work through you so that you might point others to Him and see more people become a part of the family of God.
According to today’s key text, God wanted to use Abram to be the father of many nations. Abram was to be God's ambassador on the earth to serve as the one who protected, nurtured, and inspired God's children. There is this sense in the text that God is going to do something on Abram’s behalf, but Abram is also going to do something for God.
God would bless Abram, but in turn Abram would bless others. This blessing wasn’t about property and material things. It wasn’t about cars, and clothes, and cash. This was an altruistic blessing. God was trying to get something to Abram, to get something through Abram, which suggests that God’s will for our lives is oftentimes connected to making a difference in the lives of others.
Figuring out what God’s will is for our lives is not just about discerning what God wants to do for us, but what God’s wants to do through us. It’s a partnership. And if your prayers are just about your family, your finances, your job, and is not connected to being a blessing to others, you are not praying for God’s will, you’re praying for your own.
That being said, my hope is that you will begin to ask God to bless you so that you can bless others. Ask Him to work through you so that you might point others to Him and see more people become a part of the family of God.
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