Many of God\u2019s blessings come with conditions: \u2018If you diligently obey the voice of the Lord\u2026 all these blessings shall come upon you.\u2019<\/i> (Deuteronomy 28:1\u20132 NKJV) When you put God\u2019s Word into action, you obtain His blessing. <\/p>\n
Blind Bartimaeus was begging when Jesus passed by. So he cried out, \u2018Lord, that I might receive my sight.\u2019<\/i> (Mark 10:51 KJV) He knew God\u2019s blessing wasn\u2019t automatic, but it was within his reach. <\/p>\n
In a Peanuts<\/i> cartoon, Charlie Brown is practising archery. In addition to a bow and arrow, he carries a paintbrush and a bucket of paint. He shoots the arrow towards the target, and wherever it lands he paints a bull\u2019s-eye around it. When Lucy asks Charlie about this, he says, \u2018This way I always hit my target!\u2019 Vikki Burke writes: \u2018This is the way some Christians live\u2026 wherever the arrows of life happen to land, they claim was their destination all along. How badly do you want the blessing of God? How committed are you? The desires God placed in your spirit and the goals He set in His Word won\u2019t be fulfilled automatically, but they\u2019re attainable.\u2019 <\/p>\n
She also says: First:<\/i> you must build a strong foundation by becoming established in God\u2019s Word. Second:<\/i> expect to increase one step at a time. Paul says, \u2018Walk in the steps of\u2026 faith.\u2019<\/i> (Romans 4:12 NKJV) Results won\u2019t appear overnight, but they will come and you\u2019ll see the rewards of your diligence. Third: <\/i> aim high, expect God\u2019s best, and be willing to give Him your best. Peter says, \u2018Giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue\u2026 knowledge\u2026 self-control\u2026 perseverance\u2026 godliness\u2026 brotherly kindness\u2026 and\u2026 love.\u2019<\/i> (2 Peter 1:5\u20137 NKJV) <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Many of God\u2019s blessings come with conditions: \u2018If you diligently obey the voice of the Lord\u2026 all these blessings shall come upon you.\u2019 (Deuteronomy 28:1\u20132 NKJV) When you put God\u2019s Word into action, you obtain His blessing. Blind Bartimaeus was begging when Jesus passed by. So he cried out, \u2018Lord, that I might receive my […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1317"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1317"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1317\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1317"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1317"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1317"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}