The Father's Menu

The Father's Menu

Apostle Dr. Richard Udoh

Monday, April 15, 2024

THE BLESSING

The word blessing in the Hebrew means Barak which means “empowerment to succeed”.  Most Christians consider the things they possess - cars, houses, clothes, and money - as "blessings.” These "things" are not blessings at all. Instead, they are simply the results, or the effects, of His blessing. The Bible says, "The blessing of the Lord, it maketh rich, and he addeth no sorrow with it" (Prov. 10:22). A more accurate definition of the Lord's blessing is "an endowment of power, resulting in prosperity and success; a sign of special favor." To endow means "to bestow, to clothe, the crown and to lavish upon." Therefore, the Lord's blessing is the nature of His power, ability and anointing to bring about prosperity, success, and favor. In clearer terms, the blessing is God's empowerment to prosper/succeed.

A curse is "an empowerment or endowment to fail." When someone is under a curse, he experiences more than the loss of material goods. He experiences failure in every area of life - finances, family, work, etc. Simply put, the negative force of a curse works against everything! On the other hand, when people live under God's blessing, they experience more than an increase in material goods - everything goes well for them. Therefore, the blessing of God makes you excel beyond your natural ability.

Now there are three basic ways for the blessing to be transferred: Inheritance, Invocation, impartation. As for inheritance, the Lord's promise to endow Abraham with power wasn't for Abraham alone. In Galatians 3:16, the scripture says Jesus is Abraham's Seed - the heir to the blessing. But it doesn't stop there. When you got born again, you, too, became Abraham's seed. In other words, you were adopted into a blessed family (see Eph. 1:3-5). Galatians 3:13-14 tells us that Jesus redeemed us from the condemnation so that we could be endowed with the blessing. The invoked blessing is different. It is transferred through spoken words or through physical touch. For example, according to Genesis 26:1-12, although Abraham's son, Isaac inherited the blessing by birth, God spoke the blessing over his life. And like his father, Isaac made an exchange of obedience for the endowment of power. Not only that, Isaac pronounced his blessing over his son, Jacob (Gen. 28:1-4). The imparted blessing comes through association or connection. When Jacob worked in Laban's fields, the harvest increased. Genesis 30 tells us that because of Laban's association with Jacob, he experienced the effects of the blessing in his own life. You see, the blessing was made manifest as favor in Laban's life because he hooked up with Jacob - a blessing carrier. That’s why you can't afford to associate with folks who aren't covenant carriers.

Confession:

I am blessing minded, I am blessed, I prosper in all I do, I obtain favor from the Lord. Amen.

Further Reading:

Proverbs 10:22 “The blessing of the Lord makes rich, and he adds no sorrow with it.”

Psalm 31:19 “Oh, how abundant is your goodness, which you have stored up for those who fear you and worked for those who take refuge in you, in the sight of the children of mankind!”

Read through the Bible in 1 year: Joshua 11:1-12:24 Luke 17:11-37 Psalm 84:1-12 Proverbs 13:5-6

Read through the Bible in 2 years: Catch-up day & Ps 98