SELECTIVE BLESSINGS
Memorise: Though hand join in hand, the wicked shall
not be unpunished: but the seed of the righteous shall be delivered. Proverbs
11:21
Read: Deuteronomy 23:12-14; Bible in one year: Judges
6:36-8:28; Job 40:15-41:4
In a gathering of children of God, God moves round to
do two things. He goes round to deliver us from our enemies, and to make these
enemies, and to make these enemies fall before us. As He is moving from one
person to another, if He gets to someone who is “unclean”, He would turn away.
Such a person is selectively ignored by God. If God leaves us alone for one
minute and the devil has his way, we are finished. This is why I pity many
people who come to the house of God in clothes that reveal their nakedness.
This is a very dangerous act. When God is moving around to bless people, to
deliver and to destroy their enemies, when He gets to their turn and He sees
them naked, He will turn away because His eyes cannot behold iniquity (Habakkuk
1:13). When He turns away, the devil is permitted to move in. you know very
well that the moment you switch off the light, darkness comes in uninvited.
Anytime God turns aside from anyone, the forces of darkness moves in, because
there can be no vacuum. Another thing people do that causes God to selectively
ignore them in a congregation is that, they engage in the act of having side
discussions while the service is going on. Some will be having their own
meetings, while others will be busy with their phones, answering calls every
minute without being sensitive that it is the devil trying to distract them
from their blessings. The moment God sees that they are not part of the
congregation, He moves away with the blessings meant for them.
There are several instances of God selectively
blessing a few within a group in the Bible. Joseph was a member of a family of
twelve brothers. He was neither the firstborn nor the lastborn; yet, God picked
him for special blessings and said all his brothers will bow down before him.
There is a reader of this devotional; this year, the Lord will assign a special
blessing to you in Jesus’ Name. David also had seven elder brothers. In fact,
when Samuel came and saw the firstborn, he was so sure he was the one God had
chosen until God opened his eyes. God rejected all of them until it got to the
turn of the one who was not even on the list for selection. I prophesy to you
today that, the kind of blessing that even you cannot explain will come your
way in Jesus’ Name. At most times, when God selects someone for a special
blessing, it is because the one selected his satisfied several conditions that
are unknown to other men. No man was there when Joseph refused to offer of
potiphar’s wife. There are many people
in church who are not willing to sin when the pastor is there but they are
willing to sin against God.
Key Point
When God is the One carrying you, you will be a wonder
to yourself and everyone.
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