"Born To Be Blessed"

"Born To Be Blessed"

"And she sat over against him, and lift up her voice and wept.  And God heard the voice of the lad; and the angel of God called to Hagar out of heaven, and said unto her, What aileth thee Hagar?  Fear not, for God hath heard the voice of the lad where he is."  (Genesis 21:16-17)  God heard the cry of the lad, not the cries of Hagar; why?  The lad was Abraham's son, the heir of daddy's dowry of blessing, the DNA of promise, the recipient of relative endowment, the promise perpetuated; he was "Born To Be Blessed!"

Hagar and Ishmael cast out!



 The "Blessed" of God have inherited favor!  They didn't earn it; they did nothing to merit it; they exist to receive it; they are walkin' talkin' bloodline bearers of omnipotent oaths  ...  they are blessed simply because they were born!  "Unfair!," you say.  The affairs of God are cords that run deep in the word "beget."  It matters to God who you came from, and it bears record for us to take heed of God's ordained promise to the father of the family.  

Hagar and Ishmael

Imagine what Hagar must have felt.  After all, she was somewhat innocent in all of this.  It was Sarah's orders that she bear a child with Abraham, and then when Isaac, the chosen son, came along; Hagar and her son were discarded, sent out into the desert.  After the water was depleted, she put her son under a shrub "to die," she thought.  But, the echo of a Blessing promised whispered through the sere winds of the lonely desert, and the angel appeared and said, "Arise, lift up the lad, and hold him in thy hand; for I will make him a great nation."            (Genesis 21:18)  

Abraham, the Lord and two Angels!



God was with Abraham!  Remember when the three approached Abraham's tent, coming on a mission to destroy Sodom and Gomorrah, but Abraham pleaded with the Lord again and again asking Him to spare them if He could find 50 righteous there, forty righteous, thirty, twenty, and finally asked the Lord to spare the cities if He found at least ten righteous there.  He agreed, and we know the story; there were not even ten righteous people found in Sodom and Gomorrah and it was destroyed.  Sodom and Gomorrah lies under the Dead Sea; nothing lives in the Dead Sea, so great was the judgment upon those cities!  But, Abraham was a friend of God; we see his character regarding Sodom and Gomorrah.  Would we plead with God to save people we don't know?  We should, every day on our knees, for the Nations.  Oh, that we have a heart like Abraham; he was blessed and the "Blessed" should no one touch, for they are surrounded by God.

Abraham and Angels

You say, "Well, that's fine for Abraham and his sons, but what about me?"  Good question!  You are not left out in the cold, as they say.  "He redeemed us in order that the blessing given to Abraham might come to the Gentiles through Christ Jesus, so that by faith we might receive the promise of the Spirit."  Hallelujah and Amen!  It's best to hang out with the Blessed, and if you can't do that; the next best thing is to "know" personally the Blesser!  That would be Jesus Christ our Lord! 

The Lord's blessings are new every morning, but you have to be in the "family."  How do you get in the family?  Accept Him as your Savior; be filled with the Holy Ghost, His Spirit, and speak in tongues as He gives the utterance, and be baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ for the remission of sins.  Then, you're in line for the Blessings of the Father, and you are "born again!"  

What does "born again" mean?  You are born of the water and of the Spirit; you are then "Born To Be Blessed," and that's just two hands away from Your Blessing!  

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PromiseLand Church, Austin, Texas, Pastor Kenneth Phillips)