Prospering in Pandemonium
Prospering in Pandemonium || Day 3
Genesis 12:1-5 NKJV
Now the Lord had said to Abram: “Get out of your country, From your family And from your father’s house, To a land that I will show you. I will make you a great nation; I will bless you And make your name great; And you shall be a blessing. I will bless those who bless you, And I will curse him who curses you; And in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed.” So Abram departed as the Lord had spoken to him, and Lot went with him. And Abram was seventy-five years old when he departed from Haran. Then Abram took Sarai his wife and Lot his brother’s son, and all their possessions that they had gathered, and the people whom they had acquired in Haran, and they departed to go to the land of Canaan. So they came to the land of Canaan.
Malachi 3:10-12 NKJV
“Bring all the tithes into the storehouse, That there may be food in My house, And try Me now in this,” Says the Lord of hosts, “If I will not open for you the windows of heaven And pour out for you such blessing That there will not be room enough to receive it. “And I will rebuke the devourer for your sakes, So that he will not destroy the fruit of your ground, Nor shall the vine fail to bear fruit for you in the field,” Says the Lord of hosts; “And all nations will call you blessed, For you will be a delightful land,” Says the Lord of hosts.
The Purpose of Position
God wants to bless His people, but first, He needs us to be positioned correctly. What do I mean by position? I’ll explain.
In Malachi 3:10-12, God commands the Israelites to bring all tithes into the storehouse. Then, He states the floodgates of heaven (depending on the translation you read) will pour out so much blessing that there won’t be room to store it. God wants to bless them beyond their means, but He first desires obedience. Before the Israelites can receive this abundance, they must position themselves for obedience.
We too, must position ourselves. We too, must obey the Lord before we expect blessing from Him. Whatever He commands of us.
In Genesis 12, we see the purpose and importance of position once again. God tells Abraham (at this time Abram) to leave his country to a new land He will show him. Following this command, He tells Abram that He will make him into a great nation and bless him abundantly. It is important to note that this promise came after His command to gather his family and leave. God needed Abram to obey Him and go to the correct position before he received the blessing.