PEACEFUL
BLESSING
Joshua 7:16-26
Devotional:- “When I saw
among the spoils a beautiful Babylonian garment, two hundred shekels of silver,
and a wedge of gold weighing fifty shekels, I coveted them and took them. And
there they are, hidden in the earth in the midst of my tent, with the silver
under it” (V.21) NKJV
God demonstrated
His mighty power and delivered
the children of Israel from the hands of the Egyptians, and He brought them to
their promised land. But as soon as they took over the promised land, a small
nation defeated them in battle and they were embarrassed. They didn’t know that
one man had just wrongly acquired wealth among them which set God against them.
Then God allowed their enemies to defeat them. When an inquiry was made, Achan
was discovered to have taken and hidden what God said they should not touch. He
wanted to be smart enough to get rich quickly, not knowing that it was the way
of destruction.
Today, the blessing
some people are gathering is the one they have used “boldface” to get. They
terrorize others to get wealth. People seem to have taken evil blessings to be
good ones since they don’t understand the way to wealth. Not many want to
labour genuinely to make it. Dangerous people devise ways of defrauding others
for what they have laboured for.
A family or nation
that plans to steal from others cannot be great. It is only a family or nation
that is diligent that can enjoy the blessings of God. God’s blessing comes with
peace and prosperity. You don’t need to fight anyone to get it. God’s blessing will
come when you get involved in a genuine business that brings a peaceful
blessing (Proverb 10:22). Achan ended up in destruction. Don’t follow such a path,
face your business with godly wisdom and heaven will prosper you.
PRAYER: LORD,
DELIVER ME FROM SINFUL AND DEADLY BLESSING.
“ENERGY
INVESTED IN EVIL BLESSING WILL KILL ITS VICTIM. WATCH OUT”
