BVOV Magazine 2013 - present

In Christ, we’ve already been BLESSED! I was reminded of this one day when I was reading about THE BLESSING Isaac gave to Jacob in Genesis 27. I began to think about the fact that Isaac actually BLESSED Jacob by mistake. He’d intended to BLESS his older son, Esau. Knowing his father couldn’t see very well, Jacob dressed up like Esau and tricked Isaac into BLESSING him instead of his brother. When Isaac realized what had happened, he was upset because he loved Esau very much. Esau was his favorite son. He had a great rapport with him, and he wanted him to have THE BLESSING because he was the firstborn. Yet even so, Isaac couldn’t reverse what he’d done. “I…have blessed [Jacob],” he said, “yea, and he shall be blessed” (verse 33). As one Hebrew commentary in "The Stone Edition of The Chumash" explains in Genesis 27, THE BLESSING had been given in the presence of the Lord, and once given, it was irrevocable. It had gone forth and could not be stopped. Don’t Let the Devil Steal It If that was true about THE BLESSING given to Jacob by Isaac, it’s also true about us. THE BLESSING that’s been bestowed on us by God through Christ Jesus is irrevocable. God has given it to us. I know what you’re probably thinking: If it can’t be stopped, then why don’t I see the results of it in my life more often? Why does it seem like sometimes I’m BLESSED and sometimes I’m not? Because its fulfillment depends on our actions: what we believe, say and do. And because we have an adversary—Satan is his name. He’s the thief who comes “to steal, and to kill, and to destroy” (John 10:10); and if you let him, he’ll rob you of the effects of THE BLESSING. He’ll tell you it’s not God’s will to prosper you this year. He’ll tell you that you can’t be healed right now, that God wants you to stay sick so you can learn something. He’ll try to distract you from what the Word of God says by filling your mind and your mouth with doubt and unbelief. But you don’t have to yield to him. You don’t have to let him steal your turnaround year. Instead, you can “resist the devil, and he will flee from you” (James 4:7). You can take the sword of the Spirit, which is the Word of God, and go to war against the thoughts of financial lack, sickness and defeat the devil brings to your mind. You can reject his lies by “casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ” (2 Corinthians 10:5). Personally, I’ve already determined that’s what I’m going to do. I’m not going to let the devil trick me into living under the curse this year. I’ve been redeemed from the curse through the blood of Jesus. So I’m declaring right now that this is my turnaround year. Everything that’s not right in my life will be turned around. I’m BLESSED with THE BLESSING of Abraham. It’s mine now in Christ Jesus and it cannot be stopped: I can’t be broke for being BLESSED! I can’t be sick for being healed! I can’t be defeated because in every situation THE BLESSING always causes me to triumph! As a born-again child of God, you can make those same declarations. You can have an absolutely marvelous year this year. THE BLESSING is available. Jesus has already bought and paid for it. He wants you to enjoy it. So go ahead, believe His Word, and have a supernatural turnaround year! V BVOV : 19

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