Contemplative Bible Reading

Genesis 28:14 (New Living Translation)

And all the families of the earth will be blessed through you and your descendants.

God is speaking to Jacob. God is passing on the blessing and task to Abraham’s grandson as He did to Abraham and then to Isaac.

Wow, this is great, right? My family will bless the earth. Aren’t we special? All we have to do is cruise through life and everyone will look at us and cheer and thank us and…

Well, not so much. Carrying a blessing is a responsibility. It can be a chore. Others can be, uh, how shall we say it, jealous.

Today, all Christians carry the blessings. This means I carry the blessing. Am I up to the task? Do I act every day like I have a blessing to pass along to everyone I meet? Perhaps God will cut me some slack and let me drop the blessing now and then for a day or a year or two. This blessing carrying can be not-so-much-fun at times.

God, thank you for sending people and situations into my life daily that remind me of the blessing. Help me to always carry it with joy and freely share it.