Pastor Cheri
Welcome to service today. If there's anyone participating with you welcome him or her.
We will be rounding up the book "When God Visits You" today.
Turn to Chapter 6.
Chapter 6
He Commands His
Blessings
“Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity! It is like the precious ointment upon the head, that ran down upon the beard, even Aaron's beard: that went down to the skirts of his garments; As the dew of Hermon, and as the dew that descended upon the mountains of Zion: for there the Lord commanded the blessing, even life for evermore.” (Psalm 133:1-3)
When you take a closer look at verse 3, you would notice David was
talking about the anointing of the Holy Ghost. David referred to the anointing ‘as the dew of Hermon.’ Mount Zion and Mount Hermon, according to the Bible, are one and the same.
“And they possessed his land, and the land of Og king of Bashan, two kings of the Amorites, which were on this side Jordan toward the sunrising; From Aroer, which is by the bank of the river Arnon, even unto mount Sion, which is Hermon,” (Deuteronomy 4:47-48)
When I studied more about Mount Hermon, I discovered that it always had dew on it; morning, noon and night. And this dew makes the mountain wet every time.
When you come to the mountain in the morning, you’ll discover that it’s
wet as though there had been a heavy downpour the previous night, while in actual fact there was no rain. The continual dew on it kept it constantly wet.
Now the Bible says in Psalm 133 that the anointing comes down upon us like ‘the dew of Hermon,’ as the dew that descended upon the mountains of
Zion. The scripture further says, ‘for there God commanded the blessings, even life for evermore.’
The Effect Of The Blessing
When God blesses a man there’s really no word to describe it. I’ll call it
the supernatural elixir. Everything you do just turns out right; everything you touch turns to success. When that blessing is on you, favour will come to you and you can’t help but succeed in everything you do. This starts up in your life when God visits you. Now you can understand something of the force field we talked about earlier.
Everybody desires to be successful in whatever they do; and this is perhaps why some people look for charms to help them. Some go to the extent of traveling to other countries to get these charms. Everybody wants that supernatural ‘thing’ that can open up doors everywhere.
* Has someone ever asked you, "What charm are you using?". Your Charm is the Holy Ghost. Everything you do turns out successful because of this Charm. Hallelujah! You become a blessing everywhere you go. *
When the anointing settles on you, as the dew of Hermon, its effects are beyond human description. Everything you touch starts prospering as that
anointing keeps working. When God gives the word for your blessing, it settles on you like dew, and prospers you in every way. This comes from the Presence of the Lord.
When Hannah prayed, she got that force field set up all around her. It was at this point that the priest of God blessed her, saying, “…Go in peace: and the God of Israel grant thee thy petition that thou hast asked of him.” (1 Samuel 1:17); the force field around her attracted the blessing of God.
The dew of God came upon her and she was blessed. She had a son, and she called him Samuel, but she didn’t stop there; she fulfilled her vow to God by bringing the child to the house of God. She went back home and had more children, though she had been called barren. Glory to God!
Barrenness could touch your life, your business, your body, your
education, even your home, and it could touch you in so many ways. But when God visits you, it doesn’t matter how many people don’t like your face, they just don’t have an option, but to see you go up the ladder of success and victory because God has commanded His blessing upon you.
It’s A Cloud Of The Holy Ghost
God’s blessing could also be described as His cloud that settles over you when He moves upon your life. This cloud goes everywhere and anywhere with you. It creates a conducive atmosphere for whatever you’re doing. Remember the cloud that followed the children of Israel when they left Egypt?
“And the Lord went before them by day in a pillar of a cloud, to lead them the way; and by night in a pillar of fire, to give them light; to go by day and night:” (Exodus 13:21)
“Moreover, brethren, I would not that ye should be ignorant, how that all our fathers were under the cloud, and all passed through the sea; And were all baptized unto Moses in the cloud and in the sea;” (1 Corinthians 10:1-2),
That same cloud goes with you today. God doesn’t want you alone.
I learnt the secret of what I’m sharing with you a long time ago. I knew it would work for everything and in every situation. It will work in your finances; it will work in your family and it will work in your health and every area of your life. All you have to do is stay under the cloud of God. Everything you’re involved in just has to prosper. Let the blessing of God rest upon you today. Let that force field of the Spirit be set up strong in your life.
Irrevocable Blessing
Another very important point you need to note is that this blessing is not reversible. Once God blesses you, He neither desires to reverse it nor stop it; you are indeed blessed forever. I love what Isaac said to Esau after Jacob had deceived him and taken the blessing.
“And Isaac trembled very exceedingly, and said, Who? where is he that hath taken venison, and brought it me, and I have eaten of all before thou camest, and have blessed him? yea, and he shall be blessed.”(Genesis 27:33)
The Living Bible translation puts it better this way: “…I have already eaten it (the venison) and blessed him with irrevocable blessing?” Isaac said he couldn’t change it because the word had gone forth, and nobody, could alter it. It was impossible to reverse it, and the Bible records that Esau wept bitterly, and found no place of repentance.
King Balak of the Moabites was afraid of an invasion from the children of Israel, who had been invincible in war. He knew that there was an unseen force propelling and prospering them, and he knew they had to be cursed for him to defeat them. So he sent for a well-known prophet, Balaam, to curse the Israelites. By the time Balaam got to where the children of Israel were, blessings came out of his mouth instead of curses. After trying several times, he finally said,
“Behold, I have received commandment to bless: and he hath blessed; and I cannot reverse it... Surely there is no enchantment against Jacob, neither is there any divination against Israel...”(Numbers 23:20,23).
Every curse in your life was reversed into a blessing the day God stepped into your life. Anyone that tries to put any curse on you now endangers himself, because
“... ye are thereunto called, that ye should inherit a blessing.” (1 Peter 3:9)
“No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord, and their righteousness is of me, saith the Lord.” (Isaiah 54:17)
Any attempt to destroy you is an attempt in futility. Don’t allow anyone to deceive you, because you are the blessed of God.
Let's go to Chapter 7.
Chapter 7
You Become A Blessing
When God commands His blessing on you, that blessing follows you and
makes you a blessing to your world. Everyone and everything that is associated with you will be blessed as well.
You must understand that God sponsors no flops. It’s no longer possible
for you to fail; the very fact that you’re present in a place causes God’s blessing to come upon everything in that place. You’re a package of power, a parcel of blessing. Your words are no longer ordinary; they have been empowered to bring forth; to produce result.
God called Abraham one day and instructed him to leave his native country. He said to him,
“And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing: And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.” (Genesis 12:2-3)
This is most inspiring! God doesn’t stop at blessing you alone. The
influence of the cloud will be so much that everyone and everything around you will partake of Jehovah’s provision, protection and all contained in the blessing.
Abraham prospered wherever he was, and prevailed over every
circumstance he faced. It was the same blessing he passed on to his son, Isaac, who prospered enormously in the midst of famine (Genesis 26:2-30) and bitter opposition. It was the same blessing that Jacob, the younger of Isaac’s two sons, earnestly coveted and received.
When Jacob became an old man, just before his death, he called his
children and grandchildren to him and blessed each of them (Genesis 49:1-33). He had learnt by experience the importance of the blessing of Abraham and so he declared the blessing upon their lives. Jacob proclaimed the blessing of Abraham on his children and grandchildren. And many generations after, this blessing is still working on the seed of Abraham.
Now, words of blessing spoken forth from the lips of a child of God; the
seed of Abraham, are very important. These words stick on, until they are completely fulfilled. When you say to someone, “God bless you!” you must realize that it’s neither a cliché nor a slogan because there is power in your words, it would definitely work in that person’s life. That’s why you need to consider what you say to other people very carefully; you might just make or mar their day.
When the blessing of God comes upon you, your life will be on the winning track. Have a strong desire for the things of God, for the Word of God. Set yourself to pray like you’ve never done before and let revelation knowledge leap out of the Word of God to you as you study.
* When the blessing of God is on you, it affects everything about you.
I waved at someone one day and whispered a good morning to her, and she got a miracle. Before I did that, she wasn't looking bright. She later came to me to testify.
Everything about you and that you do carries God’s anointing and blessing! Your good morning or God bless you, can change someone's life.
Take cognizance today, of this blessing effect in your life. Praise God!
When you get back, study the last Chapter, Chapter 8.
Praise God!
Were you blessed. Take out time to spread God’s blessings on people's lives as you win souls each day. Hallelujah!
Speak in tongues now! *
Scriptures For This Week, Monday - Sunday
Mon 15th - 2 Timothy 2:15
Tues 16th - Psalm 1:1-3
Wed 17th - Job 22 :29
Thurs 18th - 2 Corinthians 3:18
Fri 19th - 1 John 1:1
Sat 20th - John 6:63
Sun 21st - 2 Peter 1:4
