Genesis 14:19:
Blessed be Abram of God Most High, the possessor of heaven and earth.
As a believer, and because you are a descendant of Abraham by faith, you are also blessed of the Most High God! Who is this Most High God? The Bible says He is the possessor of heaven and earth! In the New Testament, Ephesians 1:3 says 'in Christ, you are blessed with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places'.
To start with, let's look at the word 'bless'. It is ‘barak’ in Hebrew, which means ‘to kneel before God (an act of adoration)’. In Greek, it is ‘eulogeo’ which comes from ‘eu’ (means ‘well, good’) and ‘logeo’ (means ‘speak, say’). So, ‘eulogeo’ means ‘to speak well of’. It can also mean ‘to invoke a benediction (blessings) upon’. To 'invoke' is to 'call on God (for help)'. So when you say “God bless you” to someone, you are actually ‘calling on God to bless that person, i.e for him/her to be blessed with blessings of the Most High God’.
The word ‘blessings’ in Hebrew is ‘barakah’ which means 'having all the goodness/benefit from Him’. The word 'blessed’ therefore means ‘all the goodness/benefit of the Lord be on the person’. So when Genesis 14:19 says 'Abraham is blessed of the Most High God', he was indeed 'blessed with all the goodness/benefit of the Most High God'! Beloved, the good news is you are too!
Let's now look at the word ‘barakah’ again. As mentioned, it means ‘blessings’, but interestingly, it can also mean ‘a place at which camels kneel as a resting place, a pool’ (refer Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible). This ‘resting place (pool)’ is a 'picture' of ‘we resting in Christ’s finished work on the cross'. He has carried all your curse (Isaiah 53:3-5) and what you have now is only 'blessings' ('barakah'). Note the opposite of 'curse' is 'blessings'. In fact, Jesus has also carried all your sorrows, pains, and sicknesses on the cross, so now you can have joy, comfort, and good health. The Bible also says, 'the chastisement (punishment) for our peace was upon Him'. He even suffered violence, so now you can have shalom peace. Jesus' finished work on the cross some 2,000 years ago made all the difference!
But why are there still so many Christians living in defeat today? They simply do not believe (& receive) this simple truth! Beloved, never miss His every blessing (Ephesians 1:3) for your life. Start seeing yourself 'blessed of the Most High God' today. It's yours, and it's meant to be yours! Believe & receive.
