Genesis 26:12 Isaac planted crops in that land and the same year reaped a hundredfold, because the Lord blessed him.
The expression “I am so blessed” really bothers me. I think the reason it does is that we are all blessed, daily, lavishly, in a multitude of ways, yet it is so very easy to overlook those blessings when we are focused on disappointments, heartaches, hopes for the future. Sometimes we overlook what’s right under our noses. I know I do.
Genesis 26:13-14 The man became rich, and his wealth continued to grow until he became very wealthy. He had so many flocks and herds and servants that the Philistines envied him.
I guess instead of spouting off about “blessings,” I feel like what I should be doing is showing my gratitude, showing my thankfulness to the Giver of all blessings. I woke up this morning. Thank You, Jesus. I can move without significant pain. Thank You, Jesus. I have a beautiful family whom I love dearly (even when they pluck my last nerve…because they are human as I am). Thank You, Jesus.
Genesis 26:15 So all the wells that his father’s servants had dug in the time of his father Abraham, the Philistines stopped up, filling them with earth.
Precious Savior, Thank You for the multitude of blessings that You lavish on me daily. Forgive me when I get so focused on wants and hopes and disappointments that I fail to see the blessings that You provide. Help me, daily, to count those blessings, to give You praise and glory, to show my gratitude, my thankfulness. I’m not worthy, Lord. I can never be worthy. Thank You for loving me fiercely and completely anyway. Amen.
Genesis 26:16 Then Abimelek said to Isaac, “Move away from us; you have become too powerful for us.”
Have a blessed day.