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Waking Up Blessed!
Contributed by Charlie Roberts on Feb 16, 2018 (message contributor)
Summary: If the title isn’t intriguing enough, God’s word says there Is Hope....God's Inspired Word declares when you behold the glory of Jesus, “nothing is impossible, when you put your faith and trust in His ability instead of your own! “
Waking up Blessed!!
The Bible says, all scripture is the inspired word of God and for our benefit. So we must believe if Jesus is our Lord and Savior, then all scripture and every promise contain within, is as though to be both received and applied personally, to each and everyone of us.
Hebrews 11:6 NKJ
But without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him.
22 Through the Lord’s mercies we are not consumed,
Because His compassions fail not.
23 They are new every morning;
Great is Your faithfulness.
24 “The Lord is my portion,” says my soul,
“Therefore I hope in Him!”
MSG says it this way
22-24 God’s loyal love couldn’t have run out,
his merciful love couldn’t have dried up.
They’re created new every morning.
How great your faithfulness!
Whether you know it or not, if you're a child of God this morning you are truly blessed. Not just at this seasonal time of the year, but Scripture declares that you are a blessed people every day of the year.
For us to wake up every morning and have a brand-new set of mercy towards anyone and everyone we come in contact with, when you think about it… How hard would it be? It would be impossible! The odds are to impossible to even calculate.
But that's exactly what God does for each and everyone of us every morning. Every day a fresh and brand new start for all of us! How awesome is that! Yes friends, serving God is an awesome Adventure…
How many times have you ever heard someone say or have said yourself that you wished it was Christmas?
Here's something to think about. Because waking up to his mercies and blessings which are new every morning is like waking up to it being...Christmas every day of the year!
Ephesians 1:3-6 MSG
3-6 How blessed is God! And what a blessing he is! He’s the Father of our Master, Jesus Christ, and takes us to the high places of blessing in him. Long before he laid down earth’s foundations, he had us in mind, had settled on us as the focus of his love,
(Which means He chose us...”God took His very own precious, personal time and chose YOU! I want you think about that right now, ponder and realize you are special to God… The moment He laid eyes on you He didn't think about, He chose you!
You were not a second round or third round draft choice, but you were a first round draft choice. Special enough that he chose you from the very beginning!)
continuing in the word… "to be made whole and holy by his love. Long, long ago he decided to adopt us into his family through Jesus Christ. (What pleasure he took in planning this!) He wanted us to enter into the celebration of his lavish gift-giving by the hand of his beloved Son."
Just so you have a better understanding and realize the importance of what this promise means to the plans that God has for you. I want to define the word lavish a little better, in case your not aware of the description God is using to describe what He truly wants to do for you.
Synonyms for Lavish; generous, liberal, bountiful, openhanded, unstinting, unsparing, free and extravagant!
You see as we read this scripture we see...
that its not a once a year occurrence
but it's an every day,
open unending,
continual outpouring
of his goodness to us....
of his lavish gift-giving
by the hand of his beloved Son!!
Colossians 1:27 NKJ
27. To them God willed to make known what are the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles: which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.
You see the world sings a song in December, called Santa Claus is coming to town... and it's a fun song about Christmas, but everybody knows Santa comes and leaves the same day!
However Jesus came before there ever was a Christmas and introduced God's Grace to the world. And His grace message has never ever left, nor has never ever stop completing Gods objective of continually making a way for man to have relationship with Him and be blessed!
What a Gift Giver!!
Jesus already came to town and gave the greatest gift of all!
And you don't have to do anything at all to get it....except receive it! Amen?
When you look at yourself, because of the relationship that you have with His Son.
God wants you to behold as in a mirror the glory of His Son who is in you by His Spirit.
