READ:
GENESIS 12:1-4
Of all
problems in the world, the issue of cursed blessings is the worst. When joy
turns to sorrow, sweetness becomes sour and good turns to evil, men become
perplexed and confused. Do you know that one’s blessing can be cursed? That is
what we shall examine today. We all know that the sun is blessing. When the sun
is shining, there are light and warmth. Scientists tell us that if there is no
sun there will be no growth in vegetation. The moon is also a very good
blessing. Those of us who live in cities may not appreciate this fact but those
who live in villages where there is no electricity regard the moon as their own
divine source of light. When the sun suddenly begins to smite by day and
destroy the skin, then that which is supposed to be a blessing has become a
curse. This will happen during the tribulation days. And this is why we have to
be out of this world when Jesus comes for His own because those who are left
behind will suffer and there will be nowhere to hide. When God created the sun
and the moon, He saw that it was good job done. They are supposed to be
blessings. However, when we go through the scriptures, we will see those who
have been blessed and how their blessings became curses and we will see in some
cases what they did to revert the curses to blessings. There is an instructive
story concerning Abraham in Genesis 12:1-4 where God told Abraham that He would
bless him mightily so much that he would be a blessing to the whole world,
provided he did three things: get out of his country, his family and his
father’s house, to a land that He would show him. Abraham got out of his
country and his father’s house but he did not get out of his family because he
took Lot with him. Because his obedience was incomplete, he met trouble waiting
for him when he arrived where God promised to have blessing waiting for him
(Genesis 12:10-16). There was famine in the land, caused by Abraham’s
disobedience. His blessings became a curse, which extended to other people. Are
you living under a curse when you are supposed to be blessed? Has your blessing
turned to a curse? Examine yourself, discover the reasons and make amends.
MEMORIZE:
2 CORINTHIANS 10:6 –And being ready to punish all disobedience when your
obedience is fulfilled.
