Reaping the Rewards of Blessing
posted in Words |Recently several people have asked me about the specific ways I choose to bless instead of curse. I have trained myself to bless people and things that are important to me every day. Some days I am a little less focused than others, but I try to make blessing a natural part of my daily life.
(In regards to blessing other drivers (especially when they irritate me) see my post titled Blessing Road Rage.)
One of the many areas I’ve reaped the rewards of blessing is in my finances. As I’ve shared before, my husband and I had a successful consulting business several years back. Due to a joint venture that went bad, we lost everything – our business, our money, our home. As a direct result, we ended up with enormous debt in the form of back taxes and credit cards.
For several years there seemed to be no way out of the huge financial hole we were in. We were effectively unemployed for three years and once we did obtain employment we were living, like most people, paycheck to paycheck. There was nothing “extra” to save or put towards our debt.
About a year ago I decided to change my outlook on our finances. Instead of looking at our income as barely meeting our needs, I decided to bless our income and rejoice that our needs were being met. So, I began declaring blessing over our finances. Each day I verbally repeat something similar to this …
I bless our finances. I bless our desire to get out of debt and our ability to do so. I bless our desire to be disciplined with our spending and our ability to make the best choices. I also bless our jobs that provide for our needs. In regards to our finances, I claim God’s promise to do immeasurably more than I ask or imagine. I bless our ability to generate enough income to give to those around us who are in need and therefore, be a blessing in their lives.
After I bless our finances, I go on to bless many other things, our relationships, our neighborhood, the specifics of our jobs, our daughters’ relationships and their school days, our friends and their families … anything that comes to mind.
And besides adjusting my attitude and setting the stage for a great day, I’ve seen amazing rewards come from my blessings. Relationships have been formed and strengthened, obstacles overcome and business deals come to fruition.
But, one of the most tangible results has been in the area of our finances. We still have back taxes we are paying off, but over the next few weeks we will have paid off all our credit debt and my husband’s car! Remember, we had so much debt that I couldn’t see how it could be paid off in our lifetime. So, having the ability to pay off all our credit cards and the car is truly amazing and I am incredibly thankful.
I need to be clear. I am not saying that just by repeating a blessing your problems will disappear. But, I am confident that God has given us the authority to speak with power. When we do, we can claim victory in our situations and lives
Choose a Better Life by choosing to speak powerful blessings over your life and those you care for. As a result you will be, need I say, blessed.