THE BLESSING is the most powerful force with which mankind has ever had anything to do. It’s the force God used to create the earth. After it was lost to mankind through Adam’s rebellion, God established the ordinance of partnership to help restore it. He made a covenant with Abraham and 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" (Genesis 12:1-3).
Notice God not only called Abraham to receive and walk in THE BLESSING himself, He also commissioned him to take it to all the families of the earth. That was Abraham’s job! He was to go forth and take THE BLESSING to people. As he did that, God said, those who blessed him would be blessed, and those who cursed him would be cursed.
That didn’t just mean if someone was nice to Abraham then He would be nice to them in return. It meant anyone who partnered with Abraham would become a partaker of THE BLESSING that was on him. They’d be BLESSED on the same level he was because by helping him be a BLESSING they’d be assisting him in carrying out his calling.
On the other hand, those who cursed Abraham would be cursed, because in coming against Abraham they’d be trying to stop him from getting his job done. They’d be opposing THE BLESSING, which would put them on the side of the curse.
From that day to this, that’s how it’s been. Those who partner with a person who’s BLESSED and sent by God to bring THE BLESSING to mankind, enter into THE BLESSING themselves. They’re BLESSED at the same level.
You can find this all through the Bible!
Take for example what happened in 1 Kings 17 to the little widow woman from the land of Zidon. She got BLESSED during a time of famine because the prophet Elijah came on the scene just as she and her son were about to eat their last biscuit and said, “You feed me first and everything will be all right.” She chose to be a BLESSING to him and did what he said. As a result, “She, and he, and her house, did eat many days” (verse 15).
That widow wasn’t even an Israelite. She lived in an ungodly nation. Yet because she partnered with a minister of God in what he was doing, her pantry stayed supernaturally full throughout that famine. Better yet, she still stands before God today in a place of prominence right alongside Elijah!
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