BLESSING - Dag Heward-Mills

READ: Genesis 26:1-14
The LORD bless thee, and keep thee: ...and be gracious unto thee...

Numbers 6:24-26

Isaac experienced unbeatable prosperity. Genesis chapter 26 describes the attempt of eternal circumstances to destroy God's blessings on his life. Firstly , there was a famine in the land. A famine of those days is equivalent to a bad economy of today. The economic environment was adverse to his prosperity. He needed unbeatable prosperity that comes from God.

People are affected by the adverse conditions round about them. Most of us who live in Africa can feel the frustration of unstable governments, wars and endemic poverty. The climate is sometimes hostile to the blossoming of anything successful and prosperous.

Whereas some communities publish the hundred richest people in the nation, others harass and intimidate the hundred richest people. In such an environment, you need unbeatable prosperity; prosperity that is not destroyed by the circumstances: a blessing that cannot be erased by man, woman or beast.

Trust God for His great blessing, in spite of bad economic conditions. Be like Isaac: As you continue to sow seeds of tithes and offerings into God's house, believe God for a hundredfold harvest!