3 Steps of Highly Blessed People - Intro part 2

If we define blessed as

• divinely or supremely favored; fortunate

 then we can easily begin to identify people to which this applies. The young King David, Daniel, Paul, the apostles, and many others. Perhaps there are people in your life that you could identify as being blessed because they fit this definition. They seem to fall into blessings that it takes you time and effort to attain. They don't have to look for God to do in their life, He just does. Many times we ask ourselves, "Lord, why not me? How can I get into that kind of favor with you?" Its a fair question, and one that you can ask without violating the commandment of coveting. The secret to their blessed life, is the part of their life that you may not see as much of, but it is certainly there. And you must understand that the favor they receive now, did not come without proving that God is in control of their lives.

Before we get into what it takes to be a highly blessed individual, lets do something else with that definition that I gave you earlier. If we can use it to define blessed people, guess what else we can do with it? That's right, use it to determine who is NOT so blessed. Why is this important? You are trying to provide direction about becoming something that you may not be right now and although you may know what it is you are aiming for, you may not be clear on the path. If you can identify that you are headed in the wrong direction, it will make it easier for you to right yourself and your situation. And becoming a highly blessed person doesn't mean that you can not loose your way at some point and time. Take King David for example, a man after God's own heart and a warrior for God all his life. Overcome with infatuation and lust, he begins a deathly decent into the abyss of selfishness that causes him to become out of step with God and consequently out of the favor of God. This series of events shows us that even at the height of our existence with God, we must still dedicate ourselves to the relationship of God that has brought us to this point.

So knowing that you are headed in the right direction sometimes is knowing that you are not going in the wrong direction. Finding yourself out of favor with God will cause you to stop, take inventory of where you are, and make the needed corrections to what and why you are doing. It is here that we earn and use the greatest favor that God can provide. Favor can present itself in many forms, but one of it most common forms is forgiveness. He has forgiven you, so you have a chance to improve, a chance to change, a chance to do better.

So whats next? Step 1, prayer.