Thursday October 2, 2008 HE SAVES THE BEST FOR LAST!
When Job prayed for his friends, the LORD restored his fortunes. In fact, the LORD gave him twice as much as before! Then all his brothers, sisters, and former friends came and feasted with him in his home. And they consoled him and comforted him because of all the trials the LORD had brought against him. And each of them brought him a gift of money and a gold ring. So the LORD blessed Job in the second half of his life even more than in the beginning. Job 42:10-12a Are you ready for God to bless you just as He blessed Job? I am ready for the second half of my life to be more blessed than the first! However, there is a key here that we discussed yesterday - confession, repentance, and submission! Job recognized that he was a little out of bounds. He confessed that truth and then he began praying for the people he loved. God answered Job's prayer. Then, the people in Job's life began giving him gifts. They apparently recognized the importance of planting seeds in fertile ground and I believe Job was definitely fertile; even at his age he had more children! (I'm not sure if that was a blessing or not.) Another aspect of helping hurting people get past their pain and into God's purpose for their life is reaching the point of forgiveness. If we are going to walk in the anointing and favor of God we have to reach this point and even go beyond. Job asked God to bless those who had hurt him! Early on in my walk with the Lord a wise woman taught me that I must bless people who had wronged me. She taught me to pray for them and ask God to bless them. She also taught me that when I do that I am receiving a blessing as well. What passes through my mouth also comes to me. Remember me teaching a while back that when we curse our parents it boomerangs? The same is true with blessing. When we bless others that too boomerangs on us! Now, isn't it more blessed to give than to receive? Oh, it works both ways - how quickly we forget! Father, we confess that we haven't blessed those who curse us yet. We apologize and want to right those wrongs. We recognize that whether it is a blessing or a curse, all things coming into our lives must first pass your "okay." So, we purposely forgive those people who have hurt or wronged us and ask that You bless them indeed, give them all that they need. We also recognize that when You bless us we are responsible to pass those blessings on to anyone You place in our lives. We are ready. We stand at the door of opportunity and wait on You! Well, that's it for Job, I think I'm going to pull from an election year now. ******************************************* O. Addison Gethers e-mail address : [EMAIL PROTECTED] or [EMAIL PROTECTED] window live messenger: [EMAIL PROTECTED] aim: durangoadd64 skype: cowboys62 yahoo messenger: OADDISONGETHERS --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Deaf-Blind Inspirational Life Group" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/DBILG?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
