Faith gives access to the blessing.

“For the promise, that he should be the heir of the world, was not to Abraham, or to his seed, through the law, but through the righteousness of faith.”   Romans 4:13(KJV).

From our opening scripture, I want you to observe that the promise that God made to Abraham and to his seed was not through the law, but through the righteousness of faith. This means that we are able to access that promise made to Abraham our father by our faith. In other words, what you have faith for is what you have a right to. So, if you will not believe for it you cannot get it. This is because in the kingdom of God, believing is receiving.

This is why the message translation puts Romans 4:13 this way, “That famous promise God gave Abraham--that he and his children would possess the earth--was not given because of something Abraham did or would do. It was based on God's decision to put everything together for him, which Abraham then entered when he believed.”
Therefore, if you don’t have faith for what God has said is already yours in His word, you are not going to get it. For instance, in Luke 1:6, the Bible tells us about Zechariah and his wife Elizabeth, “And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless.” But in verse 7, the Bible made us know that they were barren. Why? They had no faith.

When the angel Gabriel came and told Zachariah in Luke 1:13 that, “Fear not, Zacharias: for thy prayer is heard; and thy wife Elisabeth shall bear thee a son, and thou shalt call his name John.” When Zachariah heard this proving he did not have faith answered the angel and said in Luke 1:18, “Whereby shall I know this? for I am an old man, and my wife well stricken in years” Because of his unbelief the angel answered him in Luke 1:20 saying, “And, behold, thou shalt be dumb, and not able to speak, until the day that these things shall be performed, because thou believest not my words, which shall be fulfilled in their season.” 

So we see from the above that Zechariah had no faith but he was keeping the law and living right. Same thing today, there are many people who are living right but they are broke, they are living right but they are sick, they are living right but they are dying in car accidents because they have no faith in the blessing for their prosperity, protection and well  being.

PRAYER
Dear Father, I believe that I am the blessed of the Lord. I thank you Father for the blessing is working in my life and bringing about increase in my finances, restoration and soundness in my health, and protection from all evil in Jesus Name. Amen.

Luke 1:45, Luke 11:28, 2 Chronicles 20:20, John 11:40, John 20:29.

DOING THE WORD
Worship God and thank Him for you have received all that you have believed for.