There
are many categories of blessings. There are general blessings while there are
special blessings. Today, we shall focus our attention on what is called
selective blessings. For example, I know I have been selected specially for
blessings. Verse 7 and 8 of our text says, “A thousand shall fall at thy side,
and ten thousand at thy right hand, but it shall not come nigh thee. Only with
thine eyes shalt thou behold and see the reward of the wicked.” You must have
heard of motor accidents where everyone died with only one survivor.
In a
gathering of one thousand Christians, it is certain that some people would be
more blessed than others. They have a fixed purpose at the back of their minds.
Such people believe that they will not go back home empty-handed. There are
instances of selective blessings in the Bible. Joseph was a member of a family
of twelve brothers. He was neither the first-born nor the last born, yet God
picked him out for special blessings. God said that all his brothers would bow
down before him. David also had seven big elder brothers.
In
fact, when Samuel came and saw the first-born, he was sure he was the one whom
God had chosen (I Samuel 16:6), but God said no. God rejected all of them until
it got to the turn of David who was not even recognized by his father, Jesse.
Why would God select some people for special blessings? This happens because
such selected people have satisfied certain conditions. Joseph, for example, had
the fear of God right from his youth and hated sin. When the wife of Portiphar
invited him to sleep with her, he refused because he did not want to sin against
God (Genesis 39:9). He did not say that he did not want to sin against
Portiphar.
Many
of us do not wish to sin against the Pastor but are willing to sin against God.
This shows where we have placed our priorities. If God discovers that you
possess the requisite qualifications for receiving His favour, He will bless you
beyond your wildest imagination.
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