Genesis
1:28-29
28. God blessed them and said to
them "Be fruitful and increase in number, fill the earth and subdue it.
Rule over the sea and the sky and everything creature that moves on the ground
29 Then God said, "I give
you every seed-bearing plant on the face of whole earth and every tree that has
fruit with seed in it, they will be yours for food".
In Genesis 1:28-29 we see God gave us blessings in the form of food, land, animals, and things we can count. God created Adam and Eve
(humans) in his own image. We can see that god blessed humankind from the beginning.
Adam and Eve had everything for them but we will come to this point again. Let’s
see Genesis 39:2-6
Genesis 39:2-6
2 The Lord with Joseph so that he
prospered and he\ lived in the same house as his Egyptian master.
3 When his Master saw that the Lord was
with him and that the Lord gave him success in everything he did.
4 Joseph found favor in his eyes and
became his attendant. Potiphar put him in charge of his household, and he
entrusted to his care everything he owned.
5 From the time he put him in charge of
his household and all that he owned the Lord blessed the household of Egyptian
because of Joseph. The blessing of the Lord was on everything Potiphar had both
in the house and in the field.
6 So Potiphar left everything he had in
Joseph's care, with Joseph in charge, he did not concern himself with anything
except the food he ate.
When Judah and
his brother sold Joseph to Mid‘ianite traders Joseph was taken down to Egypt.
Potiphar an officer of Pharaoh Captain of Pharaoh Guard bought him and later
what did he notice that God was with Joseph, after that Joseph became his
attendant. Potiphar gave charge of his household and field because Joseph was
blessed with success. And later we see that he helped his family during the
time of crisis.
How to get the blessing of success?
(i)
Humble yourself
(ii)
Delight in Lord
(iii)
Commitment & Trustworthy to him
Let us see
James 4:10
10 Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will
exalt you
As it’s written
in James 4:10, we have to humble ourselves in front of him which means we should
not be proud and arrogant he sees everything, and he notices everything you do just
like Joseph.
Psalms
37:4
4 Take delight in the
Lord and he will give you the desire of your heart.
Again be humble, enjoy in him, pray to
him, praise him, and give thanks to him for every little thing you own and you
have. That how one can be delight in the lore and God will bless you with
success.
Proverbs 16:3
3 Commit to the Lord whatever
you do and he will establish your plan.
In this verse, we can clearly
understand that we must give pledge our loyalty to Jesus. Now you may be
thinking what? Commitment is to God? So let me give a little example; suppose
you are a student then you must focus on your studies and bible studies, pray,
management of time, to your parents, stay away from bad habits etc.
When you follow
the word of God it’s your commitment to God and he will secure your future and
he will reward you.
Luke 16:10-11
10 “whoever can be trusted with very little can also be trusted with much
and whoever is dishonest with very little will also be dishonest with much
11 So if you have not been trustworthy in handling worldly, who will
trust you with true riches?
It clearly states that being worthy man/woman. As we saw from
Adam & Eve they were trusted and they betrayed God by eating the forbidden
fruit and were banished from Eden, we can find many stories similar to
this. And that’s why we must be Humble, Delight in the Lord, give our commitment to the Lord and be trustworthy to him.
I King 2:3
3. And keep the charge of the Lord your God, walking in his ways and
keeping his status, his commandment as it is written in the law of Mosses. That
you may proper in all that you do and whatever we do
So when walk with God, we give him our trust and commitment and
we enjoy his presence we receive his blessing and success in whatever we pursue
or things we do. Let's end it with Jeremiah 17:7
Jeremiah 17:7 “But
blessed is the man who trust in the Lord”
Amen