Published On:Thursday, August 26, 2010

By MATTHEW ALLEN

THERE ARE lots of teaching, preaching and other materials circulating within today's church about the blessings of Abraham.

While it is Yahweh's will to prosper and bless His people, many won't walk in the realm of material blessing as Abraham did due to their distorted view and purpose of being the recipient of such blessing.

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Here's the primary purpose of Abraham's blessing - Genesis 12:2: "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."

The last six words of the above scripture are, "and thou shalt be a blessing."

He (God) will get the blessing to you if He can get it through you.

This is where the wheels fall off the chart or refuse to spin for many who are teaching and preaching, and those who are expecting to be recipients of God's blessing that was upon Abraham.

The blessing upon one's life serves to benefit every family that comes in contact with the person endowed by God (Genesis 12:3).

A pure heart and the proper disseminating of God' blessing by a leader will always bring honour to the name of the Lord and has the ability to draw even kings and queens that will come asking questions.

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* King James Version, 1 Kings 10:1: "And when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon concerning the name of the Lord, she came to prove him with hard questions."

* New Living Translation 1 Kings 10:1. "When the queen of Sheba heard of Solomon's reputation, which brought honour to the name of the Lord, she came to test him with hard questions."

The Queen of Sheba not only saw all that she heard concerning King Solomon, but when she saw the affects of the blessing even upon Solomon's servants, she fainted.

King James Version, 1 Kings 10: 4: "And when the queen of Sheba had seen all Solomon's wisdom, and the house that he had built.

(10: 5) "And the meat of his table, and the sitting of his servants, and the attendance of his ministers, and their apparel, and his cup-bearers, and his ascent by which he went up unto the house of the Lord; there was no more spirit in her.

New Living Translation, 1 Kings 10: 4: "When the queen of Sheba realised how wise Solomon was, and when she saw the palace he had built, (10:5) she was breathless. She was also amazed at the food on his tables, the organisation of his officials and their splendid clothing, the cup-bearers and their robes, and the burnt offerings Solomon made at the Temple of the Lord.

Whenever leaders - political and religious - put the interest of the people that they're leading ahead of their own it catches God's attention and causes Him to get involved in the process.

King Solomon is a prime example of this fact as he had a working knowledge of the same.

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1 Kings 3:7: "And now, O Lord my God, thou hast made thy servant king instead of David my father: and I am but a little child: I know not how to go out or come in.

(10: 8) "And thy servant is in the midst of thy people which thou hast chosen, a great people, that cannot be numbered nor counted for multitude.

(10: 9) "Give therefore thy servant an understanding heart to judge thy people, that I may discern between good and bad: for who is able to judge this thy so great a people?

(10: 10) "And the speech pleased the Lord, that Solomon had asked this thing.

(10: 11) "And God said unto him, Because thou hast asked this thing, and hast not asked for thyself long life; neither hast asked riches for thyself, nor hast asked the life of thine enemies; but hast asked for thyself understanding to discern judgment;

(10: 12) "Behold, I have done according to thy words: lo, I have given thee a wise and an understanding heart; so that there was none like thee before thee, neither after thee shall any arise like unto thee.

(10: 13) "And I have also given thee that which thou hast not asked, both riches, and honour: so that there shall not be any among the kings like unto thee all thy days.

We're under a far better covenant, the New Testament, which was established upon the blood of Yeshua Messiah, and not the blood of bulls, sheep and goats as that of the Old Testament.

Yet the saints of the Old Testament walked in a much greater level of material blessing that the saints today.

Why is this? It's because the Old Testament saints understood the principles of "and thou shalt be a blessing" and not as we do today in hoarding whatever we receive.

Many leaders, political and religious, have failed God's test of being blessed, as they've put their needs and concerns before that of the people. Therefore, they're constantly in a begging/manipulating mode or trying to secure deals for provisions for themselves and families.

God blesses a man or a woman so that they can in turn be a blessing to others.

People, if you've been faithfully walking with your leaders for a number of years, and you're in lack of material substances whiles your leaders are in abundance, your leaders don't understand the purpose of the blessing.

He'll get it to you, if He can get it through you.

* For questions or comments contact us via e-mails at pastormallen@yahoo.com or kmfci@live.com or telephone number 1-242-441-2021

Pastors Matthew and Brendalee Allen

Kingdom Minded Fellowship Centre International