Tuesday, November 20, 2012

Issac and Jacob- Blessed Using Faith

Heb 11:20  By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau concerning things to come.
Heb 11:21  By faith Jacob, when he was a dying, blessed both the sons of Joseph; and worshipped, leaning upon the top of his staff.

Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau. Giving a blessing Isaac  had to do so using FAITH.

Gen 27:27  And he came near, and kissed him: and he smelled the smell of his raiment, and blessed him, and said, See, the smell of my son is as the smell of a field which the LORD hath blessed:
Gen 27:28  Therefore God give thee of the dew of heaven, and the fatness of the earth, and plenty of corn and wine:
Gen 27:29  Let people serve thee, and nations bow down to thee: be lord over thy brethren, and let thy mother's sons bow down to thee: cursed be every one that curseth thee, and blessed be he that blesseth thee.

God give thee.

The blessing was for GOD to give Jacob the things that only God can give to a person.

We believe that we can give so much to each other but it is truly God who gives. Our pride has us believing we orchestrate so much, and Satan would have us believe that we do. Satan wants us to believe we have control over so much. Our pride gets us into so much trouble. We try to manipulate things an we are allowed to do so but only because God allows.  God is in CONTROL.

God BLESSES.

Through FAITH we believe in God's blessings.

By Faith Jacob believed God would bless those he blessed.

We all have to pray by FAITH, don't we?

When we pray we are talking to God. We, through FAITH, are speaking to God. 

FAITH.

A real belief.

Why would you talk to someone that you don't believe is really there?
Why would Isaac and Jacob ask blessings for their own if their was NO ONE to fulfill that blessing? They HAD FAITH.  They BELIEVED.

Today  we question God so much of the time.  We dare to question His reality, why because it makes us feel superior somehow to do that, to believe that there is NO ONE to rule over us, NO ONE created us, NO ONE has the power over us or anything we do.  We put ourselves FIRST and yet SO MUCH is out of our control completely. You'd think those things would give us a clue, wouldn't you? The fact that we control NOT even the breath we breathe, NOT the beat of our heart,  OUR own stature and on and on and on the list goes. And if you think because a doctor can prolong a life- restart a heart, artificially breathe for someone, that they are in control - think again.   God allows those hearts to be restarted and allows that breath to keep going. How do I know this? Because people do NOT live forever on heart and breathing machines- if they did we'd have storage for them wouldn't we? There'd be bodies of people well in to their hundreds now and there aren't. People love to imagine they have so much control, but they really don't. They make choices but who gives them the choices to make? The choices don't exist on their own. 

People will go to great lengths to deny GOD, but in the end they have NO answers. God IS THE ANSWER.

Through FAITH great men of God asked God to bless those they loved.  They believed GOD would give that blessing.

Do we believe God gives blessings?
Do we have the faith we need?

We need GOD to give us the FAITH. We believe and we NEED HELP for our UNBELIEF!



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