what ‘being blessed’ means

 

Many go around saying how blessed they are.
Do you know what “being blessed” was to those in the early church, or even going back to the Old Covenant?
Romans 4:8
“Blessed is the man to whom the Lord will not impute sin.”
This really stirred something up in me today.
We cannot continue to go around saying we are “blessed” and still believe that our sins have any bearing whatsoever on God’s love for us.
This means that God’s blessing is opposed to tradition and legalism.
We are blessed because He does not count our sins against us.
We are blessed because He has an everlasting covenant that says we are righteous and justified.
We are blessed because He has chosen not to remember our sins.
We are not merely blessed financially or with material things of this world.
These things cannot compare to what God considers “being blessed”.
The Holy Spirit is saying to me, “You do not know what blessing is, because you do not know what I brought you out of!”
“You have not seen what the Devil had planned for you if you had continued on your original path.”
“You cannot fully appreciate what it means to have your sins forgiven and forgotten because your focus is still on your sins!”
Your sins do not define who you are to me!
You are forcing yourself to look upon and remember sins that I have already forgiven and forgotten!”
“Awake! Awake! Awake from your own imaginations that exalt themselves above the knowledge of God and bring every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ!”
Your sins are forgiven and forgotten!
Now soak in this blessing that I have given you.
Let this blessing be a revelation that transforms your life!
Look no more at the past or the present or worry about the future.
You are My child; you have My Name and you have been blessed!”
“No man can take it from you!
No devil can take you from Me!
Nothing can separate you from My Love!”
– Bishop Joshua Maynard