Are You Blessed Or Cursed?

Today we are going to take our own inventories. You are not going to hand in your test. This is between our Holy Master and you personally. As we start off I am anxious to share with you some of the blessings and curses that can happen to us. We will then move on to take a review of today’s scripture verses.

What would you like for your life- Blessing or Curse? As a Loving Father our Holy Yahweh God offers all who are His children an ‘umbrella’ of protection. To stay under this umbrella we have to seek Him, His heart, and follow His commands. The nice thing about our Magnificent and Pure God is that He does not have tons of rules. What He does require from us are straight forward. If we strive to obey all that He requires then we will be blessed and protected. Blessed, not in the form of money, we have to get outside of that mind set, blessings come in many ways.

If we choose to step outside of that umbrella of protection, we are stepping outside of a Righteous and Honorable God’s protection and may fall under a curse. That is a dangerous place to be; of the world and Satan’s prey. We will see that our Holy God will also send our enemies to overtake us, and without His protection…… well, it is a sure loss.

So today I want to list some of the blessing we can get in our lives for obedience:

1. Exaltation. The Lord promised the children of Israel that if they should hearken or listen and obey His commandment, then He will exalt them above all the nations upon the earth. When you obey the commandments of the Lord as written in the Bible He promises that He will exalt you wherever you go. Everyone will see that the hand of the Lord is upon you.

2. Prosperity. The Lord promised the Children of Israel that when they obey His commandment then as listed in the book of Deuteronomy 28:3-5, 8 “blessed shalt thou be in the field….and the fruit of the ground, and the fruit of thy cattle… blessed shall be thy basket and thy store….The Lord shall command the blessing upon thee in thy storehouses, and in all that thou settest thine hand unto; and he shall bless thee in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee”-. This promise is being made to each one of us today. The Lord has promised us that He will make us prosperous if we walk in his commandment. You will never lack.

3. Victory. The Lord said unto the Israelites through His prophet Isaiah chapter 54:17, “The Lord shall cause thine enemies that rise up against thee to be smitten before thy face: they shall come out against thee one way, and flee before thee seven ways”. When you walk in the fear of the Lord people will rise up against you but their counsel shall not stand because “No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper…”-

4. Head and not the Tale- The head is the part of the body that makes the decision, while the tale is dragged around. God Is not promising you that He will make you the boss of your company or head of government, but what He Is telling you that He will exalt you and people will come to you instead of you going to them for advice and blessing. He will set you up and you will be respected by even your enemies.