“We are a group of people addicted to and obsessed with the work of the Kingdom, with little to no idea how to be with the king.” ~ Mike Breen
“Blessing is not first of all material prosperity, which may or may not occur. Rather, blessing is the fruitfulness of life lived in loving relation to God and others.” ~ Gerrit Dawson
After the past few days of walking this intentional blessing life journey and spending time with the king, even as I have blessed God more, given Him more praise, and loved Him more I have found that I love those around me more and have felt His love for me more than ever.
Each of our readings during this past week have really posed a hidden question to us. It is one we have asked at All Saints before. It is a question first posed to me by Dwight Smith, “What if it is true?” “What if God is who He says He is, has done what He says He has done, is doing what He says He is doing, and will do what He says He will do?” Does your... can your... world look different if that is all true?
I believe some things that many would regard as outrageous because I believe that Jesus is who He says He is and all that follows from that. I believe that I have an inheritance in heaven that cannot be taken away. I believe that while I am a resident of this world and have citizenship in this world, my true citizenship is in, as Augustine put it, the City of God. I believe that those who live a life receptive to the true spiritual blessings of God are the only faithful stewards of His material blessing, no matter what form that material blessing takes. I believe that those who live in the joy of giving glory to God an blessing Him for His greatness and goodness actually see the world, everything that surrounds us, differently than those who do not know Jesus as Lord and Savior.
I am enjoying walking this path of blessing life and look forward to the changes that God has and is working in my own heart as I open my heart to Him and to you.
