Greetings in the name of Jesus Christ! I just want to start by mentioning that many of us when we are praying to God, we always look forward to receiving positive blessings. The Bible in Psalm 106:15 says, "And he gave them their request; but sent leanness into their soul." The title of my message is: "Blessings which later bring unhappiness!"
A lot of people have gotten their finger burnt in the place of seeking an alternative to God’s promise. When God’s promise is seemingly delayed, some Christians do not have the strength of character to keep waiting on the Lord and holding on to His promise. ( Hebrews 10:23, Hebrews 6:10).
They therefore seek out and accept man’s alternative to God’s precious promises. Not only does man’s alternative take you off God’s course and provide you with quick fixes that cannot really fix anything. They also give you monetary joy that cannot absolve you of sorrow.
This was the experience of Sarah. In today’s Bible reading, after Sarah gave her maid, Hagar, to Abraham to raise children through her, she was happy and relieved that her problem of barrenness seemed solved. But her relief soon turned into grief as her happiness became sorrow. Genesis 16:4 says,
“And he went in unto Hagar, and she conceived: and when she saw that she had conceived, her mistress was despised in her eyes.”
“And he went in unto Hagar, and she conceived: and when she saw that she had conceived, her mistress was despised in her eyes.”
Sarah took good care of Hagar, in expectation of using her as a means to an end. For the purpose of child-bearing, she exempted her from the usual chores that her fellow maids would perform. However, the moment Hagar conceived, the tables turned against Sarah. Suddenly, all attention shifted to the new queen of the house. Everyone and everything had to be at her beck and call.
She no longer had regard for her mistress. Realizing she now had what Abraham earnestly wanted, she used her pregnancy as an excuse for gross misbehaviour. She took over Abraham’s attention and the poor man hardly even had time for Sarah anymore.
When she was disobedient and her mistress tried to correct her, she would simply tell her, “Madam, if you were ever pregnant, you would understand what I am going through. “That was the beginning of Sarah’s sorrow” Some blessings or gifts can become a curse to our lives.
Be careful of how you handle and fix somethings in life, as they may backfire and bring agony and pain in your life, like the case of Sarah and Hagar. Wait upon the Lord. ( Isaiah 40:31, Galatians 6:9-10). Don't assist God, let him act according to his will as you wait for the appointed time. ( Genesis 18:14, Genesis 21:1-6).
When you are tired of waiting for God’s will, plan or timing, and you decide to follow one of the alternatives that come your way, you will only be hurting yourself. May you not use your own hands to undo yourself!
When God blesses you, he removes every form of sorrow from it (Proverb 10:22). But whatever blessing you think you can derive from substituting God’s plan with an alternative will only be short-lived and will definitely come with sorrow.
Some people who knew and turned down God’s will in marriage, following the dictates of their flesh, ended up in sorrow. A good number of them are secretly weeping today. They cannot cry out because people warned them before venturing into such marriages, but their ears were deaf to those warnings.
In your own interest, take time to find out God’s will for every area of your life and apparently follow it. In years to come, you will understand why that was the best decision you ever made. It other cases people have prayed to God for blessings in the form of cars and business ventures, however after having been blessed, the tables turned against their families.
They are no longer sleeping in their own homes which they so cherished and valued in the past. The attention is now focused on the so called concubines ( small houses). The families no longer enjoy the blessings of cars and business project's profits, as they are now being enjoyed by strangers, instead of family members.
The scripture says " Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain: ye fight and war, yet ye have not, because ye ask not. Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts......" ( James 4:2-4).
Some blessings bring unhapiness and sorrow, instead of joy and happiness. I come against that spirit of negative and sorrowful blessings in the name of Jesus.
It is better not to be blessed, than to be blessed and have sorrow with it.
Blessings must always bring success and prosperity in people's lives, rather than sorrow and suffering all the time.
I declare you shall be blessed and enjoy the blessings together with your family, in the name of Jesus. (Jeremiah 29:11, Proverbs 16:1-3). You shall not labour in vain! ( Isaiah 65:22-24)
" The blessing of of the Lord brings (true) riches, And He adds no sorrow to it{for it comes as a blessing from God}" ( Proverbs10:22).
Once again I declare that your blessings shall bring happines, joy, peace, and not sorrow!
May God richly bless you with blessings that will last forever! Amen!
Evangelist Fanuel ,Masikati
Email:Divinerevelations7@gmail.com
Cell:26329778495363
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