TOPIC : PROVOKING THE BLESSING
SCRIPTURE : Numbers 6: 24. The LORD bless thee, and keep thee:
Beloved, I welcome you to another Moment of Daily Encounter! We have carefully looked at various pathway that leads to this mysterious force called the blessing. Today we shall be considering how to provoke the blessing.
The blessing can be provoke when we meet with the carrier of the blessing and touch their hearts! Please understand that there are men whom God has given the privilege to be a dispenser of the blessing on earth.
The chief amongst such men are the priest and your parents! Does that means it is only the priest and your parents that carries the blessing? Not at all? We have only mention these two for reference purposes!
A. Provoking the blessing through the priest:
The priest are God’s vessels of dispensing His blessings to mankind. The first priest on earth was Adam, although his ministry was limited to his family.
However, it was at the time of Moses and Aaron, was when the priesthood was properly constituted and the instructions for dispensing the blessing was passed:
Numbers 6: 23. Speak unto Aaron and unto his sons, saying, On this wise ye shall bless the children of Israel, saying unto them, 24. The LORD bless thee, and keep thee:
Today, we are New testament believer and as such some have argue we are all priests! But they forgot that our being priest is to take incense of prayer to the throne of Grace.
We are priest to our God (Rev. 5:10)! And that has not nullified the office of priesthood as set up by Christ who is our High priest because despite that we are all priest, God still call men among men into five fold ministry and en-grace them to function in a particular way, it is this function that is termed ministering!
If you are called into any of these offices, there is a message, a platform and a backing for you from the throne of Grace.
Therefore, if we must provoke the blessing, we must honour men with uncommon grace! It is the honour we sow as a seed that determine the harvest that comes to us as blessing.
Many believers have neglected this truth and have remain small! If we neglect the fact that all men are not thesame, we will be doing injustice to ourselves. There are those who honour servants of God if only he/she is their pastor!
Please understand that if you carry the attitude of dishonouring some persons because they are not your pastors, you might be loosing your blessing without knowing, cheaply because the carrier of your blessing per time might not necessarily be your direct pastor. The Bible said:
1 Peter 2: 17. Honour all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honour the king.
So the rule therefore is where ever you see servants of God, a carrier of the blessing honour them and whatever they represent or carry that is meant for you will leave them to you.
What is Honour?
According to Merriam Webster dictionary honour means to show appreciation, respect, or affection for (someone) with a public celebration. Honour also means to show regards, to hold someone with high esteemed both in your heart and in the public.
Please note that honour begins with the heart.
The Bible said;
Jeremiah 17: 9. The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it? 10. I the LORD search the heart, I try the reins, even to give every man according to his ways, …..
Honour begins with discernment! You must be able to identify those who deserve to be honoured in your heart, then come publicly to show you honour that person.
Please note that, if you don’t honour an individual in your heart, all the public show of accolades or respect is a waste of effort. The primary place honour begins from is your heart.
Most people honour men in the public, but dishonour them in their heart. God is not only interested in public show of honour, He is also interested in the honour in your heart (Jer. 17:9, 1Sam. 2:3)
How do we honour?
1. With our heart
2. With our words
3. With our substance. It is called honorarium.
Please note, God watches our hearts before any action of giving a gift or saying a word to honour someone. God weighs your action if truly you are mocking or you are honouring His servants (1Sam.2:3).
This is why you can hang around a heavy grace for many years yet the grace is not profiting you! The reason why people hang around men of God yet their life is not blessed is dishonour!
You will not understand until God opens the heartof men to you.
Beloved, the carrier of the grace could be your class mate, it could be your junior, it could be your husband or wife, it could be your child, it could be your friend or neighbours.
All you need to do is just honour grace and the vessel that carry the grace you desire, with all your heart, and then with your substance! Even if the person refuse to open his mouth to bless you, God will not permit you to go without a reward for your honour.
Remember this: Heaven is real, Hell is real your choice on earth determines where you will spent eternity.
Prayer points:
– Father thank you for your word to me today,
– Lord, I receive grace to honour the vessels carrying my desired blessing in Jesus name.
Prophetic Declaration :
– I prophesy as you honour the custodian of the blessing, the blessing you need for a turn around story will be released upon you today in Jesus name.
– May you not miss the vessels God has ordained for your lifting in life in Jesus name.
Assignment: Identify the vessels that carries your blessing and honour them this week for your blessing.
From your brother Alex
God bless you.
