Discerning the true blessing. Not every blessing is a blessing.

[Leonardo Von]

Discerning the true blessing. Not every blessing is a blessing.

•    “But woe unto you that are rich! for all of you have received your consolation. Woe unto you that are full! for all of you shall hunger. Woe unto you that laugh now! for all of you shall mourn and weep. Woe unto you, when all men shall speak well of you! for so did their fathers to the false prophets.” (Luke 6.24-26).

In Lamentations, Jeremiah, the prophet, convoked Edom to relish and feast. However, this was only to enlarge their nemesis:  

•    “Rejoice and be glad, O daughter of Edom, that dwell in the land of Uz; the cup also shall pass through unto you: you shall be drunken, and shall make yourself naked. The punishment of your iniquity is accomplished, O daughter of Zion; he will no more carry you away into captivity: he will visit your iniquity, O daughter of Edom; he will discover your sins.” (Lamentations 4.21-22).

May you be sure: unless our delectation appertains to the aftermaths that ensue the carrying out of the will of Jesus in us (Romans 12.2), certainly pains will turn out.

It is truth that, in Jesus, we are uttered in many promises. Nevertheless, every promise or boon of Jesus for us are a thorough demonstration of what He plan on putting into practice through us. That is to say, the true boon of Jesus entails changes in our deportment, in order to turn us into something that can be used to occluding the breach:

•    “And I sought for a man among them, that should make up the hedge, and stand in the gap before me for the land, that I should not destroy it: but I found none.” (Ezekiel 22.30).

So, if in this New Year, that had its setting about today, you look forward to the blessing of the LORD, that which makes rich and adds no sorrow with it (Proverbs 10.22), pray to Jesus but, above all, be cheerful to be the answer of your prayer, to wit, to be the blessing in the life of those who are debarring the blessing of Jesus in your life.