Sermon # 27 - Blessings And Curses Series

In Genesis 27:28-29 we read, “May God give you—from the dew of the sky and from the fatness of the land—an abundance of grain and new wine. May peoples serve you and may nations bow down to you. Be master over your brothers. May your mother’s sons bow down to you. May those who curse you be cursed and may those who bless you be blessed.” (TLV)

We are studying in detail as to what are the true blessings on the basis of the word of God. If we were to define blessings they are words that are pronounced on a person, indicating what they, and their future will look like. The same can also be applied to curses that are spoken. The above mentioned verses are the words of blessing that Isaac declared to his son Jacob regards his future. These blessings that Isaac uttered over Jacob, did not come from his own mouth, but were the very words of God, filled with God’s strength, authority and anointing, from the depths of Isaac’s soul, which was united with God. It was because of this reason that the blessings that were spoken by Isaac saw their fulfilment in Jacob.

We often use the phrase ‘God bless you’ but never really ponder to think, how this blessing should materialize on the person to whom we spoke it. Most of us are familiar with curses, and generally we are also led to believe that the curses that were uttered are the cause for certain calamities, and distressing situations in our lives. However, when we talk about blessings, invariably our mind is limited to only the material blessings that we can perceive with our temporal eyes. The blessings of God are those that speak words of faith into the future of a person; for instance blessing them with good health, wisdom for their children, the good that God has in store for them, etc.

Just as true blessings from God originate from the soul that is in unified with God, so also curses emerge from a soul that is one with the evil one. Both are words that one declares over a person regarding their future, but the outcome is totally adverse as they emanate from two different sources; either God or Satan.

The best example of the authority of the spoken word, is from the creation account in the Book of Genesis. We read in Genesis 1:3-4, “Then God said, "Let there be light!" So there was light. God saw the light was good.”(GW)

When God looked at the earth, He saw darkness cover the face of the deep. However, God did not bother about the darkness, but spoke into the darkness the light that He desired to see. He therefore spoke saying, ‘Let there be light’ and there was light, which was good in God’s sight. The word that was declared was not visible, but the outcome was evident when light appeared.

So too when one speaks words of blessing or curse, it may not be obvious immediately, but over a period of time it becomes a reality in our lives, and also in that of our children and our children’s children. If there is any such cure on our lives, the Lord gives us this revelation to help us realize that He is able to break the power of these curses. Just as blessings flow from generation to generation, so also curses that were spoken can go on from one generation to the next. When God beheld the darkness, He spoke light into it, so also the Spirit of the Lord has bestowed on us the authority to speak into those dark situations in our lives, through His word. As we utter words of faith, we will certainly see the transformation take place to all those arduous circumstances that we encounter. The words that come out of our mouth must be the words of faith, based on the word of God.

When God created man and woman on the earth, they messed up God’s divine plan because of sin. God’s desire however, was that man should be restored back to the position that God had initially intended for him to be in. The written word of God is the blue print for us to understand the way God has prepared for man, to be re-instated back to that original plan of God.

The blessings of God on Abraham

When Adam fell into sin, he walked out of the rule of God, and became subject to the rule of Satan. God’s plan of redemption was that man should be restored back to the Kingdom of God, and in order for that to happen, God chose Abraham. Here’s the promise of God to Abraham when He called him.

We read in Genesis 12:2-3, “I will give you many descendants, and they will become a great nation. I will bless you and make your name famous, so that you will be a blessing. I will bless those who bless you, But I will curse those who curse you. And through you I will bless all the nations.” (GNB)