Hard to Bless

Genesis 33:11 says, “Take, I pray thee, my blessing that is brought to thee; because God hath dealt graciously with me, and because I have all I need.”

In dealing with the wants and needs of this life, have you ever felt like you were hard to bless?  It's one thing to be hard to please. Hard to please speaks to man's inability to satisfy you. Hard to bless would mean that you put God in a position that could possibly lead Him to feel that even He - the omnipotent controller of our universe, cannot satisfy you.

Acknowledging my truth, last week, I had a 'hard to bless moment'.  A few months ago, I was actively seeking a 'new-to-me' used car to replace my (then) current vehicle. I knew exactly what I wanted, but every place I went told me that they couldn't finance a self-employed individual without 2 years of tax returns or a co-signer, regardless of credit and blah blah blah.  Confident in God's promises I knew that something would work out, and if it didn't, I was accepting God's will that it wasn't the right time for me to purchase a vehicle. It wasn't the right time.

So, for 2 months I stopped looking, then awakened last Monday morning set for a renewed search. I went online, found the used SUV I wanted and decided that no matter what, even if I had to pay cash, I was going to get that vehicle. That afternoon I walked into the dealership and when the man asked what I was looking for, I was very specific in my desires. He accommodated my requests but informed me that a new car would be a more “economical purchase”.  I was certain that the same woman who couldn't be financed at all just months previous would not qualify for a brand new 2013 SUV. Especially without all the tax returns and blah blah, right?  WRONG!!

I picked out my truck, presented my down payment, and after acquiring insurance and a loan from the very same bank that had turned me down months earlier, last Wednesday,  I drove away in a brand new 2013 SUV.

This is why this is significant - not just, because a woman who months earlier couldn't be financed was now driving away in a brand new car, but because I spent an entire day hunting down a used SUV. I fought tooth and nail not to get the new one! Nevertheless, God blocked every outside possibility.  He made what everyone else seemed to recognize as the right choice...my ONLY choice.  I was having a hard to bless moment.

I was determined not to buy a new car until I was forced into a position where the used one either couldn’t get insured or turned out to be more expensive than the brand new one.  While everyone else said to get the new car & accept the blessing, I didn't feel I needed a new car and instead considered used cars that all turned out to be more expensive options.

So what's the point?

Don't let life and the circumstances you view through human eyes distract you from the presence and acknowledgement of spiritual circumstance. Getting what you deserve does not always equate to accepting less than what you want, sometimes it's about greater blessings that we have never thought to consider.

Jesus said, "I came that you might have life, and that more abundantly". God's ability to bless abounds beyond human view or circumstance.  A previously owned SUV may have been all I needed, but God decided that it was less than what I deserved.

Don't make yourself hard to bless!  God wants the very best for you, and you're worth it because He says you're worth it!

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- @RevealingRuth