Live by the Blessing, Not the Curse
“God blessed them. God said to them, “Be fruitful, multiply, fill the earth, and subdue it. Have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the sky, and over every living thing that moves on the earth.” God said, “Behold, I have given you every herb yielding seed, which is on the surface of all the earth, and every tree, which bears fruit yielding seed. It will be your food. To every animal of the earth, and to every bird of the sky, and to everything that creeps on the earth, in which there is life, I have given every green herb for food;” and it was so.” (Genesis 1:28-30 WEB)
Sometimes studying the first occurrence of a topic or theme in the Bible helps us to understand the principle better when it recurs throughout the Scriptures.
In the first instance of God blessing man in the Bible, we see God providing the power and authority to man to have dominion. In other words, man simply receives provision and supply by God’s Grace.
Under the blessing, Adam and Even could freely eat from any trees in the Garden of Eden. It was an abundant supply with minimal effort—they only needed to pluck the fruits from the trees, or gather those which had fallen on the ground.
“To Adam he said, “Because you have listened to your wife’s voice, and ate from the tree, about which I commanded you, saying, ‘You shall not eat of it,’ the ground is cursed for your sake. You will eat from it with much labor all the days of your life. It will yield thorns and thistles to you; and you will eat the herb of the field. By the sweat of your face will you eat bread until you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken. For you are dust, and to dust you shall return.”” (Genesis 3:17-19 WEB)
In the first instance of man coming under a curse, man is subjected to stressful labor with little fruit to show for his efforts. After sweating and much labor, man only gets bread and herbs.
Today under the New Covenant of Grace, you are redeemed from the curse of the Law and you have the covenant right to live under God’s blessing.
“Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us. For it is written, “Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree,” that the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Christ Jesus; that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.” (Galatians 3:13-14 WEB)
The minimal effort you need to do is simply to believe and speak in order to have. That’s like how Adam plucked the fruits from the trees in the garden.
“Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ;” (Ephesians 1:3 WEB)
Don’t continue to depend on stressful toil to get little results. Tap on God’s abundant supply through faith, believing that all of God’s blessings are already “Yes” and “Amen” for you!
I am saving up in preparation because my wife and I are actively believing for a second child. Gynecologist visits, Hospital Delivery fees and Pediatrician visits in Singapore are very expensive. The Lord will provide through His faithful people. If you feel led to sow a love gift towards my “Baby Delivery Fund”, you can do so here:
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Thanks for your love gift. Our God will richly multiply a harvest of blessings back to you so you can be well provided for every good work!
