We may wonder, how does one
block their blessings yet they don’t know what they are. The answer is, nobody
knows how God is going to bless them but the word of God tells us that, he (God)
alone knows the plans he has for you, plans to bring you good and not harm. Isn’t
that reassuring enough? But somewhere between knowing what’s wrong and right,
we loose ourselves and we start off by bringing ourselves down which later on
brings us harm. We attract and carry a weight that God lifted off our
shoulders, even though most Christians have surrendered their heavy weights, we
sometimes find ourselves picking it right back.
Now back to our blessings.
How do we block our own blessings? By, speaking death into our lives.
“The tongue has the power of life and death,
And
those who love it will eat its fruit.” Proverbs 18:22
The challenging part is that,
most of us (myself included) speak death into our lives without realizing we
are doing so because we have made such a big part of our lives and a very
casual conversation in our daily lives, for example,
A friend: Hey Karen, how is
everything at school going?
Karen: Girlll, am definitely
failing one class this semester. I can feel it already.
A friend: Really? What went
wrong?
Karen: Umm I don’t really
know per say but I just feel like I’ll fail.
See what Karen just did
there?
And so, it’s in this way we
speak death into our lives and find that things aren’t working in our favor and
we go on to nagging and depressing over our failures not even stopping for a
while and actually thinking about how we might have initiated/caused it. Most
of the time we speak death into their
future because there’s a sense of not deserving which is a lie we are told by
the devil. Thing about it this way, why would the devil whisper words of
encouragement to you and so if it’s negative it’s definitely from the devil right?
But as Christian who have learned and understood the spiritual life and how we
have to walk by the world of God, you need you have to CUT IT. If the devil’s
lies are starting to sound convincing in your life, you have to revisit your
relationship with God.
Let’s not limit God; speaking
death into our lives limits God’s work in our lives because God cannot manifest
himself in a low faith/spiritual life. We serve a faithful God; he is able and
ready to give us beyond and above all what we could ever ask for. Change your
mindset and let your faith bring you peace in knowing your dreams, ambitions
are in great hands. The great hands of our master and creator.
