…thou art now the blessed of the LORD. – Genesis 26:29

“Thou art now the blessed of the Lord.” “Now.” Beloved, do labour to get a hold of a present blessing. If you are indeed saved, do not be always thinking of what you are to enjoy in heaven; but seek to be the blessed of the Lord now. Why not have two heavens, a heaven here and a heaven there? What is the difference between a believer’s life here and a believer’s life there? Only this: here Christ is with us, and there we are with Christ. If we live up to our privileges this is the only difference we need to know. Try to be “now the blessed of the Lord.” I have heard of a traveller who was followed by a beggar, in Ireland, who very importunately asked for alms. As long as there seemed a chance of getting anything, the old woman kept saying, “May the blessing of God follow your honour all through your life!” but when all hope of a gift was vanished, she bitterly added, “and never overtake you.” But the blessings which God has for His chosen are not of that slow-footed kind which never catch us up. It is written, “All these blessings shall come on thee, and overtake thee, if thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the Lord thy God.” I beseech you, then, to lay hold of this overtaking blessing. Let it not pass unheeded…Be very grateful that you are in this position of grace. You might have been in the drink-shop, you might have been speaking infidelity, you might have been in prison, you might have been in hell. But “thou art now the blessed of the Lord.” Wherefore, praise the Lord, whose mercy endureth for ever. If you do not lift up your voice, yet lift up your heart, and bless him for the grace which hath made you to differ from other people. ~ C.H. Spurgeon

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