![]() The blessing is released through the Presence of GodĪ man named Obed-Edom hosted the Presence of God at his house for three months and the Bible says the blessing of the Lord got on him and his entire household! (2 Sam.What’s the point? You have the ability to declare the truth and blessing of God over yourself. The young man, empowered by the Holy Spirit, was declaring over himself to have faith in God! He translated what he was saying as this: “You believe in Him! You believe in Him!” We knew that because one of our friends who was present lived in China for six years and understood him. He actually started speaking Mandarin Chinese. One time we were leading a young man in the baptism of the Holy Spirit and he got the gift of tongues. 1:17).ĭid you know you can also declare it over yourself? It was the declaration of the priest that released the breakthrough to Hannah’s prayers (1 Sam. That’s what the priests were appointed to do and it’s the same today! (1 Peter 2:9 says we are the royal priesthood.)Īttend ministries that believe in the declaration of God’s blessing upon you and receive from the spoken word. The blessing is released through declaration!.Position yourself to receive the blessing (Just take a look at Joseph’s life in Genesis…).ģ. There are definitely times of trial and challenges - but with the blessing of the Lord upon us, we have strength, endurance, and favor even in the tough times. Just for clarity, it doesn’t mean that life gets void of trials and nothing tough ever happens. It’s His favor, wisdom, protection, abundance, ability, grace, joy, freedom, peace - all resting upon you and whatever you put your hand to.Ĭheck out Numbers 6:22-27 and Deuteronomy 28:1-14 for more. ![]() “The blessing of the Lord makes one rich, When the blessing of God gets on you, your life gets enriched. Let’s revisit that Ancient Hebrew definition: 1:12)īlessing is the will of God for your life. But praise God for the gospel of Jesus! God has qualified us through Jesus to receive all of God’s blessing. Many times, we hinder what we receive from God because we don't believe we’re worthy. Since God is FOR you, you should be also. Do you really want to be fighting against God? If you’re against you then you’re against God! Here are some important keys to accessing the blessing of the Lord: 1. His blessing is released through declaration. He, quoting Isaiah, said this about Himself - that He was anointed “…To preach the gospel to the poor…To proclaim liberty to the captives…To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord.” (Luke 4:18-19)Ģ. 1:3), but the kingdom of God is voice-activated!Įven Jesus’ ministry was a declarative ministry. Ultimately, we are blessed with every spiritual blessing in Christ (Eph. “.He lifted up His hands and blessed them.” (Luke 24:50) Not only did the Levites pronounce blessing in His name, Jesus actually did the same thing: The very fact that He set up priests to bless is evidence enough that God WANTS to bless you! God uses people to reach people and the priests were set up to pronounce blessings in His name. What stood out to me the most was the fact that God had set up a system through which people could receive His blessing. Their words were the avenue through which the blessing of the Lord would come upon the people. One scripture that kept running through my mind was Deuteronomy 10:8 where it said that God appointed the priests to pronounce blessings in His name. I once heard it put like this - blessing in Ancient Hebrew meant: anointed to win, empowered to overcome, and impossible to curse! Especially during the tumultuous times the world is experiencing.we need to walk in the blessing of the Lord! ![]() As I listened for the first few times through, I was overwhelmed by the fact that God is FOR us and WANTS to bless us. I’m sure by now you’ve heard the worship anthem “The Blessing.”It’s straight out of scripture, super anointed, and set to memorable and powerful melody and chords. “At that time the Lord set apart the tribe of Levi to carry the ark of the covenant of the Lord, to stand before the Lord to minister and to pronounce blessings in his name, as they still do today.”
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