LESSON
36
The Commanded Blessing
Deut. 28:8 The Lord shall command the blessing upon thee in thy storehouses, and in all that thou settest thine hand unto; and He
will bless thee in the land which the Lord thy God giveth
thee.
The blessings of God are
tied to being under authority. You don't
have the right of authority until you are under authority. Why is it, that when God speaks, things
happen? This must mean that God is under
authority. We know that Jesus was under
authority; as well as the Holy Spirit and the apostles. Who or what is the Father under authority to?
Psa. 138:2 I will worship toward thy holy temple, and praise thy name
for thy lovingkindness and for thy truth: for thou
hast magnified thy word above all thy name.
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The word ‘name’ here is
translated authority. It speaks of who a
person is, not just what they are called.
It speaks of their authority and their honor.
The Father has submitted
Himself to the Word of truth. Because
the Father bound Himself to the Word of truth, He has the right of authority so
that when He speaks it must come to pass.
When we bind ourselves to truth; we have the right that when we speak,
it must come to pass.
The devil is a
liar. He has been ripping people off in
the church by getting them to come out from under their authority. This is why many homes are falling
apart. Wives have pulled themselves out
from under the authority of their husbands.
As a result they have lost their authority, their husbands, their jobs,
and many have gone on welfare. When
children stopped submitting to their parents, they lost their right to freedom
and to peace. Now they are killing each
other and dying by the millions.
After the episodes with
Jim Bakker and Jimmy Swaggert,
many of the Christians stopped trusting their pastors, pulled back their
financial gifts and began spending it on themselves. Every other television ministry lost at least
40% of their income. In the early
1980's,
When the church operates
under the authority of God, they become fruitful, multiply, replenish, subdue,
and have dominion. Because we pulled
back from authority in the early 1980's, ungodliness became rampant in
God is speaking to us to
fear not. He isn’t asking us to trust in
man, but to trust in Him. God is big
enough to speak to your authority on your behalf.
When we say that we
don’t trust our pastor, we are really saying that we do not trust God’s ability
to speak to our pastor on our behalf. We
don’t think He is a big enough God to get through to our pastor despite any
flaws he may have. We are not trusting
God!
Rom. 8:28 And we know that all things work together for good
to them that love God , to them
who are called according to [His] purpose.
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The devil has attacked
the relationship between the members of the church and their pastors through
some rare examples, such as Jimmy Jones and David Koresh.
When you submit to your
authority, it enables your authority to fight on your behalf. God will speak to your authority about you
and give him insight into your situation.
God commands us to
"fear not" 365 times in the Bible.
One command for every day of the year. Declare a war on fear. The commanded blessing only comes to those
who have submitted to authority. We have
not come to do our will, but the will of Him who sent me.
John
We will not always feel
led when our pastor sends us to do things.
That doesn’t matter. It matters
that we are being sent.
Sometimes we may feel
led to do something, but we still must submit it to our pastor, then he can
send us. We are not to just go out and
do it. We need to be sent.
God is positioning us to
receive the commanded blessing. It is
from the point of being under authority and being sent, that we are positioned
to receive God’s commanded blessing.
Some of us need to start
giving like we really believe God is going to bless us. The tithe is not an offering. It belongs to God. It opens the windows of heaven.
When we complain about
not being able to pay our bills if we tithe, we are saying that God’s plan
isn’t good enough for us. We believe
that if we do it God’s way, it won’t work.
We try to go another way, our way.
We begin to operate in fear.
Some of us don’t even
give offerings. We need to get our
priorities straight. Not giving
offerings is the second robbery. It is
the thing from which our blessings are measured back to us. The tithe opens the windows of heaven. The offering releases the blessing.
Some of us are going to
begin to give larger offerings above and beyond the tithe. Some will begin giving an extra 10% to 20%
without being wrapped up in keeping track of how it is being spent. It is not a gift if you try to dictate how it
is spent. That is an investment.
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We need to live in the
place where we stop tipping God and give real offerings. We need to give no matter what our
circumstances say. God requires us to
give even when finances are tight. We
need to trust God and not our circumstances.
God desires to bless
us. He wants us to be blessed so that we
may be a blessing to others. To receive
this blessing we must set aside fear, come under our proper authority, and be
obedient in our giving.
As we are submitted to
God’s authority, we have the right to command the blessings of God to
come. We have the right to the best
deals. We have the right to the best
interest rates. We have the right to
speak to our bank accounts and command them to be fruitful and to
multiply. We have the right to speak to
our circumstances and to command them to change and line up with the promises of
God.
With our hands lifted,
let’s pray together.
Father, in the name of
Jesus, we believe that it is your season for the commanded blessing to be
released in our lives, in our church, in our cities, and in our region. Father, we understand that we don’t have the
right of the authority of the blessing, until we are under authority. We choose to come under the authority of the
pastor that You have set us under. You gave them to us, to perfect and equip
us. Speak to our pastors with
visions. Father, we choose now to come not to do our
own will, but the will of the house that sends us. Father forgive us
for our selfish squandering of your gifts.
We submit them to You and Your authority. As we come under authority, we know we will
have the right to exercise authority, and the wealth of the world belongs to
the church. Your Word says it. Your Word declares it. I have a right to the commanded blessings of
God as I submit, and I choose to submit to the will of the house You have placed me in, to be fed, in Jesus Name.
Begin to pray in other
tongues and begin to die to your own will and submit to the will of your church
and your pastor. Lift your hands and
receive the commanded blessing.
In Review:
1. Who
are your blessings from God tied to?
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2. When
do you have the right of authority?
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3. To
what or whom is the Father bound Himself to giving Him the right of authority?
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4. What
does the word “name” literally mean?
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5. Who
do the commanded blessings belong to?
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