READ: LUKE
1:26-33
There are
many ways of hitting a blessing. You may experience blessings in life through
relationships. There are lots of people who have experienced blessings simply
because they are linked with someone who is highly blessed by God. If you ever
come in close contact with someone who has been favoured and blessed by God you
must treasure that relationship. How many people have had their lots bettered
in life just because they are positioned near a friend, a brother, an uncle, a
man of God or a spouse. Do you know that blessings can come through marriage? 1
Corinthians 7:16 says: “For how do you know, O wife, whether you
will save your husband? Or how do you
know, O husband, whether you will save your wife?” Through the wife,
blessings can come to the husband. Blessings can also come to the wife through
the husband. An example is the case of Mary, the mother of Jesus Christ. She
brought Joseph’s name into limelight. Without Mary, no one would have known
Joseph. Why? Mary was highly favoured and blessed. The Bible says: “And
having come in the angel said to her, Rejoice, highly favoured one, the Lord is
with you; blessed are you among women!” (Luke 1:28).It was Mary that
God sent the message. Joseph just happened to be the husband of Mary. Also,
Rachel and Leah became blessed because they got hooked up to the blessings of
Abraham. When both the husband and the wife are blessed, the blessing becomes
double. This is why we always advise that children of God should marry each
other. When a child of God marries a child of the devil, you can expect
problems. If you really want to enjoy the blessings of God you must have a new
life in Jesus Christ. This is why Jesus Christ said in John 3:3 that you must
be born again and start life anew. 2 Corinthians 5:17 says: “Therefore,
if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold,
all things have become new.” If you want to experience the fullness of
God’s blessings you be must be born again.
MEMORIZE: 1 Corinthians
7:16 –For how do you know, O wife, whether you will save your husband? Or how do you know, O husband, whether you
will save your wife?
