August 18, 2025 WWJWMTD by Steve, the son of John (2SoJ)
The Series, God’s Love…one cannot love God unless…
You cannot fully love God until you are blessed. Love is a ‘two-way relationship’ that requires character on the part of both parties. God is love and loves all the time. We, on the other hand, struggle to love not just ourselves but loving others as well. We are not able to love God until God begins to bless us; He does this once we respond to and accept His blessings. You are unable to love God without His blessings. Why do you think the Bible says, “Blessed are…”, because the blessing of God gives you the power, strength, and motivation to love God. It is time to be BLESSED!
You cannot love God or abide in His love without His help—that is why Jesus came and died for us. Too many Christians think they do a good job at loving God, but I differ, we do not have the means or ability to love God and our fellow humans without God’s blessings, which comes to us once we respond to His love (faith) in the same likeness of His love to us.
Jesus said this is the whole duty, sole purpose, and our total calling to "Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: Love your neighbor as yourself" (Matthew 22:37-40 NIV). That is not easy to do. There are Christians who love God with only a part of their heart, or love God with their soul and mind but not their heart, or maybe with their soul but with nothing else. There are many scenarios to loving God, but with all your heart, soul, and mind—that can be very difficult to do.
We all need help to love God and being blessed is how we do this, as Jesus stated in His sermon in Matthew chapter 5. He begins with the eight beatitudes: Matthew 3:5-11:
- “Blessed are the poor in spirit, (always in a state of repentance)
- Blessed are those who mourn, (pray for those who cannot pray)
- Blessed are the meek, (always humble not matter the circumstances)
- Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, (always hungry for more and more of God)
- Blessed are the merciful, (always forgiving, never judging)
- Blessed are the pure in heart, (keeping one’s heart free from the evil of this world)
- Blessed are the peacemakers, (striving for unity and justice in the Spirit)
- Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness,” (accepting that following Christ means accepting persecution).
When we accept these principles of being a disciple of Christ we make ‘decisions of faith’ in these eight areas of our lifestyle. These ‘choices of faithfulness’ opens the doors to being blessed—as Jesus stated in His preface in the Sermon on the Mount. This preface defines the purpose and scope to what it means to follow Christ.
Once you do any of these things no matter how small or great God offers His blessing, but you must accept the blessings and being willing to allow the blessing of God to bring fruit in your life. You must accept, be thankful, and acknowledge the blessings once they come into your life. You must be looking for them and fighting to receive them, just as Jacob had to struggle to receive his blessing from the angel.
I get up each day and say, “God bless me, and God do not allow Satan to take any of your blessing from me.” If there is one thing Satan wants from you, it is the blessings of God. It is with the blessings of God that gives me the means/abilities/authority to love God and hate evil.
So, when you do anything that is God’s will or any of God’s purposes, do not forget about receiving the blessings Jesus promised you. YOU WERE MEANT TO BE BLESSED!
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