h1>Laying the foundation for a life of blessings
I know this blog post has been a long time coming, but I admit, I hadn’t finished disecting the subject and only a few days ago after having written a letter to someone whom I respect, did Chris enlighten me with what he’d learnt on Quick Study that morning.
Today I’m only going to lay some foundations for what’s going to come on this whole issue of Generational Curses, because not only am I really going to go into depth on this subject – although not all at once, it is more than likely that I’ll add some audio in the future since there is so much to say, although in my view, relatively little to observe!
In other words, I want to tear up some mindset thinking and make you understand how you can ensure that as the Psalmist says "surely goodness and mercy shall follow you all the days of your life."
Right now, it seems that everyone is talking about generational curses and I admit, I was certainly one of the proponents of generational curses unitl about 4 months ago when God started enlightening me with the truth about blessings and curses.
I was actually reading a book I’d already read on the subject and I was following some instructions and confessing my own sins as well as those of my ancestors, and I suddenly stopped and said "Trish, what are you doing?"
In that moment, my thoughts went back to what Paul said in the book of Galatians, which I had been studying at that time…
O Foolish Galatians! Who has bewitched you that you should not obey the truth, before whose eyes Jesus Christ was clearly portrayed among you as crucified?
This only I want to learn from you: Did you receive the Spirit by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith? Are you so foolish? Having begun in the Spirit, are you now being made perfect by the flesh? Have you suffered so many things in vain – if indeed it was in vain. Galatians 3: 1-4 NKJVFor as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse; for it is written "Cursed is everyone who does not continue in all things which are written in the book of the law to do them."
But that no one man is justified by the law in the sight of God is evident, for "the just shall live by faith."
Yet the law is not of faith, but "the man who does them, shall live by them."
Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us (for it is written, "Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree."), that the blessing of Abraham might come upon the Gentiles in Christ Jesus that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith. Galatians 3: 10-14 NKJV
Now, I’m not saying I reeled that scripture off in its entirety, but my mind was analyzing the concept of what Paul was saying here.
The problem I had with what I was doing was for me it felt like a ritual… asking God to forgive the sins of my dead ancestors… whatever next!! I certainly don’t know all of them and the only thing I had to go by was results! What do I mean by results?
We live in a world of cause and effect and all too often we focus on either one or the other - depending upon who you listen to. But on the occasion that I was praying for my dead ancestor’s sins, I was focusing on the effects – i.e. why certain blessings seemed absent from my life – but I was still no closer to knowing the cause. And the net effect is… NOTHING CHANGES!
Let me explain before I lose you…
Creflo Dollar in one of his video series spoke about Job, and the huge losses he’d experienced. And Creflo Dollar said something I’ve never heard any other preacher teach on before. He talked about how Job would rise up early in the morning and offer burnt offerings for all of his children after they’d had one of their feasts together… just in case "that my sons have sinned and cursed God in their hearts." This Job did continuously the Bible tells us.
So what has this to do with blessings and curses? Job was continually worrying about something that he had no idea about whether or not it would happen and he took his worry a step further by sanctifying his children after their "banquets" and then offering burnt offerings for them.
I’m not sure what the exact percentage is but it’s apparent that we spend a large proportion of our lives worrying about things that will never happen, but the truth is, we can think things into being and this is what Job did. We then read in Job 3:25 where Job says "For the thing which I greatly feared is come upon me, and that which I was afraid of is come unto me."
Job saw his destruction before it ever materialised because he spent so much time "thinking" about it and then it became real.
So let me ask you a frank question… Do you have a curse on your life or have you spent years worrying about "the thing that has now come upon you?" In other words, do you have to revoke the curse, or renew your mind?
Ponder this thought until next time. I’m going to give you an instance where I fell into my own "worry" trap and not only were there to be consequences, I didn’t even fully understand what had happened until years later.
