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Blessed to Be a Blessing
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“Well, Brother Copeland, it’s true that God will meet our
basic physical needs. But we really shouldn’t expect much more
than that.”
If we believe the Bible we should! Those verses we just read
don’t promise us some kind of pitiful little just-barely-get-by
kind of blessings. They say God wants to bless us coming and
going. He wants to bless us every time we move! Can you imagine
that?
Probably not. Satan has had the Church in a poverty mentality
so long that it’s tough for us to grasp just how greatly
God really does desire to prosper us, even though He’s demonstrated
that desire again and again.
Take Abraham, for example. God made him an extremely
wealthy man. Genesis 13:2 says he was rich in cattle, in silver
and in gold. Just to give you an idea of his assets, the Bible records
he had over 300 servants who were trained warriors. (No
telling how many untrained servants he had.)
Then, of course, there was Solomon. The Bible says he surpassed
all the kings of the Earth in riches and wisdom. He sat
on a throne of ivory, had a gold footstool, and counted among
his assets 4,000 stalls for horses and chariots, and 12,000 horsemen.
Second Chronicles 9:27 says Solomon brought so much
money into Jerusalem that silver became like common stones.
A silver dump!
God’s servant Job possessed 7,000 sheep, 3,000 camels, 500
female donkeys and such a great body of servants that he was
called the greatest of all the men of the East. That was before
Satan put him through the wringer. Afterward God gave him
twice what he had before.
The list could go on and on and include others such as Isaac,
Jacob, Joseph and King David. Every one of those men had staggering
resources. And they all got them from the same Source.