The average person wants a free ride, especially the “Church”. Their prayer usually starts out with a petition to remove the pressure, stress, etc. “I need more money, more this, more that… I need a jubilee!” There is much time and energy devoted to finding the easy way out of past actions and decisions as long as it is the “easy” way. Over the years, the “faith” movement focused on the prosperity Scriptures to name it and claim it. It was always about “self”. Ministries were very accommodating to teach what the ego wanted to hear. People would “give to get” only to find they were worse off than before. Evangelists would boast about their fleet of planes and justify them because of their important schedules. Their mansions were supposed to be examples for the average person of what was awaiting him or her once an adequate faith level was achieved. At their meetings, people would wait in line for the doors to open and then run to the front hoping to get close enough for some of this faith to overtake them by osmosis.
In Deuteronomy 28 we find the Our Heavenly Father provides us with understanding about blessing and cursing. However, that word “if” seems to get in the way. There are conditions for blessing and we are called to make a choice.
1 "Now it shall come to pass, if you diligently obey the voice of the LORD your God, to observe carefully all His commandments which I command you today, that the LORD your God will set you high above all nations of the earth. 2 And all these blessings shall come upon you and overtake you, because you obey the voice of the LORD your God:
How do you carefully observe all HIS commandments? By Love! What is a great way to observe all HIS commandments? By being a blessing.
So often people strive to be a recipient of a blessing rather than be the giver of a blessing. People want to be jubilee’d out of their debt rather than believe that Our Heavenly Father could provide the funds to retire the debt. People constantly look for loopholes to get out of contracts they signed and agreed to. If things go their way then they want the contract enforced. But if things don’t work out, they look for ways to get out of the contract including litigation. Their god isn’t big enough to provide them the means to keep their word. For years in my neck of the woods, a man’s handshake was as good as a contract. Not these days. We measure a good contract based on the weight of the document. Loopholes must be closed yet sly attorneys continue to find ways around contracts.
Deut 28:12 The LORD will open to you His good treasure, the heavens, to give the rain to your land in its season, and to bless all the work of your hand. You shall lend to many nations, but you shall not borrow.
Do you think Our Heavenly Father would promote “lending” if the borrower’s plan was to default on every loan? Doesn’t righteous lending expect righteous borrowing? Did Jesus go borrow a bunch of money then default? We must repent of our fleshly attitudes and draw near unto Our Heavenly Father. It’s time for us to be a blessing to mankind and be an example of what Our Heavenly Father can do through us to bless all the families of the earth. Be an example of Love. Selah!