During the lunar New Year, Chinese greet each other with words of blessing, wishing each other prosperity, health and happiness.  God wants to bless us, His children, bountifully from above too. There are many portions of the Scriptures telling us how bountiful are God’s blessings and today we shall study it from Proverbs 10:22. 

Blessings from God

A saying goes: Blessed are those who have peace. However, the world we live in today is filled with unfortunate news of every kind each day. It makes one wonder if there really is peace; and if there is, who can enjoy it? As children of God, how can we face such a world? Proverbs 10:22 says: The blessing of the LORD. True blessing is not of man but from God Himself and our God is the true and living God (Jer 10:10). Likewise, true peace must come from God. Jesus said “Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid” (John 14:27).  To enjoy the true blessings of peace, Jesus said “Abide in me” (John 15). 

Bountiful Life

One may assume that if one abides in the Lord, his life shall be rich and smooth sailing, but is that the case? Do you know of some one who is very rich but is dissatisfied with life? Or someone who is poor and is obsessed with striking it rich one day? Obviously these people are not happy. Sadly, there are believers who are also caught up in similar circumstances. Of course, there is nothing wrong in working hard for a better living, but the point here is: “The blessing of the LORD, it maketh rich.”  Every good gift comes from God; hence we must submit ourselves unto the Lord and learn to accept what God has bestowed on us. It could be plenty or it could be scarce, but take heed to the Lord’s exhortation: “Take heed, and beware of covetousness: for a man’s life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth” (Luke 12:15). 

No Sorrow

“The blessing of the LORD, it maketh rich, and he addeth no sorrow with it” (Prov 10:22).  The rich man frets over the security of his wealth. The poor man is anxious about his needs. Both the rich and the poor worry. A person may worry about his life, or the future. But the blessing of the Lord adds no sorrow. The Bible tells us not to be worried (Matt 6:25-34). It does not mean that we do not plan for the future, but it does mean that we stop worrying, and losing appetite and sleep over a problem. 

Dear brethren, if we believe in the true and living God, we shall have no worries. Remember Paul said “I know both how to be abased, and I know how to abound: every where and in all things I am instructed both to be full and to be hungry, both to abound and to suffer need.” (Phil 4:12).  The lesson we learn from the apostle Paul is to simply trust in the Lord, believe in Him and commit our lives unto Him. Pray that the Holy Spirit will help us to remember the true source of our blessings.

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