"God's blessing makes life rich; nothing we do can improve on God." Proverbs 10:22
It is now two days after the election. Some people are disappointed in the results. Perhaps you aren't. As I consider the events of the past few days, I can't help but be amazed at what America is becoming. People are losing their sense of right, justice, and well being, all for the sake of comfort. Unbelievable, but undoubtably a typical fallen-nature human move. Well, at least typical in the lives of myself and my bothers. :)
The purpose of my post is not to talk about the candidates, who won, or anything else like that. The past, even though only two days past, is the past. Nothing we say or do will change that. What I do know is what God tells us:
"God's blessing makes life rich; nothing we do can improve on God." Proverbs 10:22
No matter what we see going on, God is ultimately the one who we should be turning towards. Not our presidents, or the people. What we should be most consumed with getting is God's blessing. Nothing in this world can improve on God. Not our presidents, or our senators, or our congressmen. We are to be consumed with searching for God/wisdom, "I love those who love me, and those who seek me diligently find me." (Proverbs 8:17)
If we are to be consumed with this search, how do we find God? How do we find His blessing? The simple answer is, we can't. God's love, and blessing does not revolve around us. We can't "find" it. It revolves around who God is, and He "gives" it. John tells us. "So we have come to know and to believe the love that God has for us. *God is love*, and whoever abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him." (1 John 4:16) Notice the language. We come to know God's love. God abides in him. God is love. His love is shown based on Himself. Not us. We simply reflect. We can't earn or deserve His love. So we get God's love only by who He is, not who we are.
When we trust Christ with our life, we become God's child. God has accepted Christ's work, sacrifice, and has blessed His son. Multiple times in the Gospel's God says words along these lines, "and the Holy Spirit descended on him in bodily form, like a dove; and a voice came from heaven, *"You are my beloved Son; with you I am well pleased."* (Luke 3:22) God is pleased with His son. When we accept the free gift of salvation, we become God's children:
For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father. The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God: And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together. (Romans 8:15-17)
God was pleased with Christ. He also gave His blessing to Christ. Wen we are born again, we become joint heirs with Christ, the Spirit bearing witness. Thus, getting God's blessing.
Back to our starter verse, "God's blessing makes life rich; nothing we do can improve on God." (Proverbs 10:22) How do we find this blessing that leads to life that nothing can improve on? By trust in Christ. Despite what happens with our country, as believers, we can rest in the fact that God's way of life is beyond everything in this world. We don't need to fear. We need to rest.
Rest.
It is now two days after the election. Some people are disappointed in the results. Perhaps you aren't. As I consider the events of the past few days, I can't help but be amazed at what America is becoming. People are losing their sense of right, justice, and well being, all for the sake of comfort. Unbelievable, but undoubtably a typical fallen-nature human move. Well, at least typical in the lives of myself and my bothers. :)
The purpose of my post is not to talk about the candidates, who won, or anything else like that. The past, even though only two days past, is the past. Nothing we say or do will change that. What I do know is what God tells us:
"God's blessing makes life rich; nothing we do can improve on God." Proverbs 10:22
No matter what we see going on, God is ultimately the one who we should be turning towards. Not our presidents, or the people. What we should be most consumed with getting is God's blessing. Nothing in this world can improve on God. Not our presidents, or our senators, or our congressmen. We are to be consumed with searching for God/wisdom, "I love those who love me, and those who seek me diligently find me." (Proverbs 8:17)
If we are to be consumed with this search, how do we find God? How do we find His blessing? The simple answer is, we can't. God's love, and blessing does not revolve around us. We can't "find" it. It revolves around who God is, and He "gives" it. John tells us. "So we have come to know and to believe the love that God has for us. *God is love*, and whoever abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him." (1 John 4:16) Notice the language. We come to know God's love. God abides in him. God is love. His love is shown based on Himself. Not us. We simply reflect. We can't earn or deserve His love. So we get God's love only by who He is, not who we are.
When we trust Christ with our life, we become God's child. God has accepted Christ's work, sacrifice, and has blessed His son. Multiple times in the Gospel's God says words along these lines, "and the Holy Spirit descended on him in bodily form, like a dove; and a voice came from heaven, *"You are my beloved Son; with you I am well pleased."* (Luke 3:22) God is pleased with His son. When we accept the free gift of salvation, we become God's children:
For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father. The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God: And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together. (Romans 8:15-17)
God was pleased with Christ. He also gave His blessing to Christ. Wen we are born again, we become joint heirs with Christ, the Spirit bearing witness. Thus, getting God's blessing.
Back to our starter verse, "God's blessing makes life rich; nothing we do can improve on God." (Proverbs 10:22) How do we find this blessing that leads to life that nothing can improve on? By trust in Christ. Despite what happens with our country, as believers, we can rest in the fact that God's way of life is beyond everything in this world. We don't need to fear. We need to rest.
Rest.
Great Post Jacob! It is wonderful to rest in these truths! It is good to see you thinking through these issues and bringing them back into view through the lens of scripture!
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