How Blessed You Are

Scripture:

Deuteronomy 33:29 "How blessed you are, O Israel! Who else is like you, a people saved by the Lord? He is your protecting shield and your triumphant sword! Your enemies will cringe before you, and you will stomp on their backs!"

Observation:

In the New Covenant, we are spiritual Israel. When we see the blessing given to Israel in the Old, we can claim them for ourselves as we have been grafted into the tree. Here we see Moses speaking of God's blessings on Israel. He says, "How blessed You are". He goes on the talk about how God defeats the enemies of Israel. I love the words, "How blessed you are!"

Application:

Sometimes when things aren't going like we want them to, we feel discouraged and even feel like God doesn't like us any more. We need to constantly remember "how blessed we are". Jesus gave His life for us, we have access to the Father, He has fogiven our sins and healed our bodies. We are blessed! If He never did another thing for us, we are blessed! We need to be better at realizing how blessed we are instead of complaining about what we do't have at the given time.

Prayer:

Lord, let me never forget how blessed I am. I never want to take You for granted. I want to serve You out of a heart of thanksgiving for all You have done for me. You truly are the best!

Jeff