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49. I AM BLESSED
If I think I am insignificant and worthless, and poor in spirit, Jesus rebukes me and reminds me this is the time when I am actually most spiritually prosperous, and that I have all of life’s joy at my beck an call and the kingdom of heaven is mine!
If I find myself grieving over a loved one who has died and gone to heaven, as I mourn, Jesus tells me I am at that time in my life to be most envied because then, I have in my spirit a happiness that is there because God’s personal favor and conditioning are lovingly soothing me with its matchless grace!
If I feel meek, or weak, or fearful, that’s when Jesus scolds me and tells that my spirit is actually blithesome, joyous and filled with the joy of life and satisfaction because, regardless of my outward condition, he says I’ve been chosen by God to be the one who will inherit the earth!
If I hunger to be in harmony with God, if I yearn to please him and always do what is right in his eyes, then Jesus encourages me in my quest by telling me in my spirit that my hunger will be satisfied and my thirst for right standing will, without a doubt, be completely satisfied!
If I am the kind of person who has compassion for those less fortunate, less blessed and weaker than me, Jesus says I am being merciful to them in my spirit and no matter what my outward, physical, fleshly, human condition might be, he will see to it that I, in my spirit shall obtain mercy!
If I look deep within my heart, if there is a conscious effort by my spirit to change my heart from being hard and stiff to soft, pliable, moldable and forgiving, then Jesus tells me I will have a happiness, a blessing that is produced when I experience God’s favor as he reveals to my spirit his awesome grace, whereupon, he can then give m a pure heart – then, glory be, I will see God! Happy fortunate and to be envied am I in my spirit because you see – I am blessed.
(See: Matthew 5:1-8, Amplified Bible)
By: Terry Weber
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