Are You A Blessing?

Good Morning!! We are bombarded daily, with messages that encourage us to get the latest gadget, or enjoy a vacation spot, or purchase a new vehicle for ourselves because,..."you deserve it;...you owe it to yourself." But Paul tells us, under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, that the debt we ought to be concerned with, is the debt we have to others. God has entrusted us with health, with money, with time, or with resources that others may be in need of; and not have. These gifts are not meant to be pooled up, in some reservoir of ours,...we have an obligation to God, as stewards of these blessings.


We who are strong ought to bear with the failings of the weak and not to please ourselves.—Romans 15:1 (NIV)

A few verses later Paul tells us why this is so: "For even Christ pleased not himself…" (15:3). That is a big "even", because Christ (unlike us) had every right to please Himself,...and, yet, He was concerned rather to serve and to bear the infirmities and afflictions of the weak with them. We then that are strong, Paul says, ought to be doing the same thing .When was the last time you heard that message delivered to the masses?...or saw a commercial or advertisement expressing the idea of: "don't be selfish,...be concerned with someone else's needs, wants, and welfare above and beyond your own."? Don't believe the hype, our blessing are never ours alone.

God has entrusted us, to be a conduit, a tributary of blessing,...so that others maybe blessed through us.

Holy Spirit, show us the needs of others, that we we may be a blessing to them,...and thereby bless our Father in Heaven. Amen.

"Christians are ordinary people,...who are committed to the extraordinary person of Jesus Christ."