February 1, 2019 WWJWMTD by Steve, the son of John

The Just Person Is a Blessed Person

Series: The Ethical Christian

God not only wants to bless you but is joyful in blessing us. There are over 600 different and significant blessings from God. I can see God laughing and full of joy when He blesses His people. With God, one can receive any one of a multitude of blessings for every need, trial, and circumstance life brings our way.

A just person finds such blessings. They are given liberally in Christ. There are blessings for each type of ‘just behavior’ we exhibit. It is impossible not to be blessed when you are just. Ethical behavior carries with it a reward and that reward is blessings you cannot contain. A life the overflows with blessings.

A good definition of being blessed or have blessings means to have favor, happiness, and good fortune. To be blessed from God brings with it a sense of surprise and righteous. When we are blessed we have peace and consolation; we enjoy God’s favor and protection.

Want to be blessed? Become that just person. Psalms chapter one is a good example of a just person becoming blessed and the rewards of being blessed. “Blessed is the man that walks not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of the scornful. But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law does he meditate day and night. And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that brings forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither, and whatever he does shall prosper” verses 1-4. When a person is just, a person is blessed. The laws of God guide his behavior and that person becomes prosperous in everything he or she does.

To be a just person is a choice. That person is not guided by what they want but by laws that guide one’s actions, thought, and motives. Every time you act upon doing ‘just deeds’ there is an immediate blessing.

Often we do not look for or expect a blessing to follow us, but in God’s realm, He gives blessings freely. We must only accept His blessing. Blessings come to us when we are just people. We must have the blessings of God when we do right and proper things. It is the blessings of God that move us along and promotes us to do more and greater deeds of ethical behavior. Christian ethical behavior does bring us a ‘blessed life’.

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Dr. Steven J. Wentland www.wwjwmtd.com

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