LIVING STREAMS DEVOTIONAL
By Pst. Ezekiel Atang
MARCH 2025
WHY WERE YOU BORN?
(John 18:37 KJV)
Monday 10th March
DONT MAKE GOD CURSE YOUR BLESSING
(Malachi 2:2 KJV)
If ye will not hear, and if ye will not lay it to heart, to give glory unto my name, saith the Lord of hosts, I will even send a curse upon you, and I will curse your blessings: yea, I have cursed them already, because ye do not lay it to heart.
God’s ways are not our ways, and the entire bible is an exhaustive compilation of the ways of God. Both the New and the Old Testaments contain wisdom for what ought to be the ways of God. Never come to the point where you use the Old Testament to excuse yourself of wrong doing. Because we have seen and heard people do things and say “we are in the New Testament”.
What was once a blessing to you can become a curse because you fail to give God the glory in it and with it. A blessing can turn to a cures in the New Testament, that is why God allowed scriptures such as this to be included in the bible. God wants to take glory from every thing He gives to you.
Giving glory to God is using your blessing for His glory; it is using it to do good that will make men give glory to God. Remember Jesus said “let your light so shine before men that they may see your good works and give glory to your father in heaven.” God’s blessing in your life is not to make you more carnal, and insensitive to God, it is not an opportunity to do all the outlandish things you could not do previously. Yes it should make you live better, but most importantly, it would make you a better blessing to people.
Use it for the service of God’s kingdom. God’s work is the number one reason why God blesses you. To eat or enjoy the blessing without it impacting the kingdom of God is to deny God of His glory, and it could cause it to be cursed by God. When your blessing is cursed it begins to cause you troubles, it begins to add sorrows to you. Whereas the blessings of God are meant to make you rich and add no sorrow to it.
Your blessings shall not be cursed in Jesus Name.
Action Points/Prayer
i. Determine today to put God first in all you do, say and have. And pray accordingly in Jesus Name.
ii. Ask the Lord to uproot all forms of greed and covetousness from your life in Jesus Name.
iii. Ask the Lord to give you a heart for Him, His work and for people in Jesus Name.
Nugget
What was once a blessing to you can become a curse because you fail to give God the glory in it and with it.
For Further Reading and Meditation
MORNING
Micah 3; Revelations 3
EVENING
Psalms 118
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