Found all through the Bible, not surprisingly, the first place it appears is in Genesis, the book of Beginnings. There in chapter 12, where God made covenant with Abraham, He said: “Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto a land that I will show thee: and I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing: and I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed” (verses 1-2).
Notice, in those verses God did more than just BLESS Abraham. He commissioned him to be a BLESSING. He called him into THE BLESSING ministry and told him to take it worldwide. Clearly, to fulfill that calling Abraham would need some BLESSERS to come alongside and help him. So God said, “Those that help you BLESS, the same BLESSING that’s on you will come on them.”
In other words, rather than having to individually BLESS each BLESSER, God established a law of exchange. He set it up so that THE BLESSING of Abraham would automatically overflow onto anyone who partnered with him.
That’s what happened to Abraham’s nephew Lot. He stayed close to Abraham, so even though he wasn’t necessarily all that sharp spiritually, he prospered wildly. Abraham’s BLESSING came on him, and his estate grew so big that he and his uncle had to part ways because together they were too much for one country to handle.
“Yeah, but Brother Copeland, that happened in the Old Testament.”
I know. But we see the same principle in the New Testament.
Think about Jesus’ ministry, for instance. What happened when His disciples came alongside Him and helped Him preach the gospel? They were able to do the same things He did. They were able to heal the sick, cleanse lepers, raise the dead and cast out demons.
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