How to Handle Blessing

This powerful message challenges us to reconsider what blessing truly means in our spiritual walk. Drawing from Deuteronomy 6 and the Beatitudes, we're confronted with a profound truth: blessing is not a destination we arrive at or a season we enter, but rather a path we walk on through continual alignment with God. The Israelites stood on the edge of abundance—cities they didn't build, houses fully furnished, wells already dug, vineyards already planted—yet God's warning was clear: don't let prosperity blind you to the One who provided it all. We see the contrast between Jesus declaring the poor in spirit, the mourning, and the persecuted as blessed, while the church at Laodicea had everything materially yet was spiritually wretched. This teaches us that true blessing is the favor and approval of God, not the accumulation of comfort or possessions. When we become full, we risk losing our hunger for the right things. When we focus on what we have rather than who gave it, we drift into forgetfulness and eventually idolatry. The invitation here is to refuse distraction, refuse to forget God, and refuse to lose focus—because staying on the path of obedience keeps us in the place where God can continuously work in our lives. It's not about earning more things; it's about protecting our alignment with the Father who sees eternity while we only see today.