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These blessings include provision, health, victory, fertility, favor, establishment, and God’s presence (Deuteronomy 28:1-14). This pattern of seven blessings recurs throughout Scripture and serves as a framework for understanding God’s abundant promises to His people.
Statements of blessing are a wish for God to restore His favor on others or a declaration of His inherent goodness. The ultimate blessing that God has given is the new life and forgiveness that comes through faith in His Son, Jesus Christ.
The blessings of God can fill our lives with joy and meaning if we open our hearts to receive them. God’s blessings come in countless forms, shaping who we are and guiding our path. In this article, we’ll explore the diverse blessings God bestows and how to fully embrace them.
The terminology arises as a response to the blessings bestowed by God: "Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits" ( Psalm 103:2; KJV ). These occurrences of "bless" are usually translated "praise" or "extol" in modern versions.
Scripture shows that blessing is anything God gives that makes us fully satisfied in him. Anything that draws us closer to Jesus. Anything that helps us relinquish the temporal and hold on more tightly to the eternal.
In the common vernacular, the word is used to indicate a wish of good fortune upon the one receiving the blessing. Perhaps the meaning of the word blessing can be most accurately understood when these three etymological meanings—blood consecration, praise, and good fortune—are taken in concert.
In the New Testament, it usually carries the meaning of being “blessed by God.” Mary, the mother of Jesus, was “blessed among women” (Luke 1:42–45, 48), it was the Lord God who had blessed and favored her.
We all want to be under God’s blessing. The common understanding of what it means to be blessed by God is that He gives us good things. In this respect, we can say that God’s blessing is on everyone, believers and unbelievers alike.
God has chosen to make us holy and blameless, and all because of His love, His good pleasure, and His grace (verses 5–6). What a blessing, that “even when we were dead in sins” (Ephesians 2:5), God chose to extend His grace to us and offer us salvation.
We are to make known the availability of God’s blessing upon people’s lives. God is rich in love, steadfast in mercy, and relentlessly forgiving. As Christians, we are called to be a force of love, grace, forgiveness, and healing in the world.