In Psalm 24 we read, starting at verse 3, "Who may ascend into the hill of the LORD? Or who may stand in His holy place? He who has clean hands and a pure heart, Who has not lifted up his soul to an idol, Nor sworn deceitfully. He shall receive blessing from the LORD, And righteousness/vindication from the God of his salvation." (italics mine)
Psalm 112 we read, "Praise the Lord. Blessed is the man who fears the Lord, who finds great delight in his commands. His children will be mighty in the land; the generation of the upright will be blessed. Wealth and riches are in his house, and his righteousness endures forever. Even in darkness light dawns for the upright, for the gracious and compassionate and righteous man. (Psalm 112: 1-4)
Now don't reason yourself out of God's blessings for any reason. His grace is enough. God knew that we could not do it so He sent his son, Jesus and Jesus fulfilled all the righteous requirements of the law.
That's how we apply Galations 3:13. Jesus became a curse so that we could have the blessings he deserved. He had a clean hands and a pure heart. He did all that we could not do so that we can boldly say, "Jesus' blessings are mine, now!"
You might not know how to turn things around so that you can come out blessed in your particular situation but Ps. 112:4 gives us the answer. Even in our deepest darkness, LIGHT (revelation) dawns for the upright, for the gracious and compassionate and righteous man/woman. Hallelujah!
We have the right to ask God what to say or do to command our situation to turn into a blessing. Then we stand with a thankful attitude, having done what He told us to do and watch things turn around.
Psalm 112 doesn't end there. In verse 7 we read, "He will have no fear of bad news; his heart is steadfast, trusting in the Lord. His heart is secure, he will have no fear; in the end he will look in triumph on his foes."
God wants us to have no fear over bad news! As things are shaking economically around us and our livlihoods are being affected God wants us to know what to do. He wants us to trust in Him, to trust in His great and precious promises. He wants us to look in triumph over all our foes at the end of the battle.(vs 7)
Lack, poverty, famine, sickness, disease, mental infirmity, all these foes must bow to the name of Jesus!
I love that verse about having no fear over bad news. If there was ever a time to meditate on that verse it's now.
For example, we waited too long to make dentist appointments for our 3 children and then I lost my job so we had to postpone them again. I was starting to claim dental health, but at that point I had not had a breakthrough personally. I asked the Lord one day if I could make appointments for the kids and I heard yes, so without any money on hand I booked appointments for myself and the kids. I had no clue where the money was going to come from but I was standing. Every day I tried to praise and worship the Lord and then when His presence would show up I would ask him to provide for the dentist.
Three days later my husband came home with a cheque for $1650.00 from a completely unexpected source. He started to cry when he told me about it, shocked and amazed at God's goodness and the kindness of the man who helped us.
Isn't God good? I should say so. We claimed multiplied blessings back to the man who obeyed Holy Spirit's prompting and I set the money aside for the dentist. I want to be faithful with what God has given me.
So I can say this works. I have many more testimonies to share when I get some time.
Have fun meditating on God's promises for you. He really does want you blessed so you can be a blessing!
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