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“The truth is, the blessings of God will complicate your life!”

A thought by Mark Batterson, (2015-10-06) from his book, If: Trading Your If Only Regrets for God's What If Possibilities (Kindle Location 3411). Baker Publishing Group. Kindle Edition. (Click on the title to go to Amazon.com to buy the book.)

That doesn’t make sense, does it?  I mean only good will come from a blessing, won’t it?

Here is what Mark says about it, “Just as sin complicates our lives in negative ways, the blessings of God complicate our lives in positive ways.”

Look at this verse in Deuteronomy 28: 2 NKJV.  It says, “All these blessings shall come upon you and overtake you.”

He then says, “Like every promise, this one comes with the conditional clause: if. You have to meet the condition, which in this case is to ‘diligently obey the voice of the LORD.’ (Deuteronomy 28: 1 NKJV) But if you meet the condition, it comes with a what if warranty, and there is no expiration date!”

He later says, “When you meet the conditional clause of God’s promises, you better buckle your seat belt. Crazy stuff happens. You never know how or when or where His blessings will overtake you. But not unlike His mercy and goodness, which follow us all the days of our lives, the blessings of God are tracking you down like a heat-seeking missile. They’re hot on your trail. And someday, one day, they’re going to overtake you.”

But he then says, “Now please hear my heart. God doesn’t bless us so we can raise our standard of living. God blesses us so we can raise our standard of giving. The greatest blessing of a blessing is the ability to bless others because of it.”


But that is a great complication isn’t?

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