The Blessed Life 蒙福人生
Author: Rev Eng Keng
Translate: Sis Charis Ong
“You will be blessed if you obey the commands of the LORD your God that I am giving you today.”
When we mention “blessings”, hardly will anyone reject it. If there was any surefire way to get “blessings”, I believe everyone will strive to get it! The desire to receive “blessings” is perfectly human and acceptable!
ECF’s theme for year 2021 is “The Blessed Life”, based on Deuteronomy 11:27. Let us receive from God the heavenly blessings He has prepared for us in this coming new year!
(1) The Source of Blessings:
Firstly, we must know who is the one showering us with blessings. The Bible clearly informs us that “Yahweh” is the source of blessings. And He is the “Creator of Heaven and Earth” (Deu. 10:14); He is the “God of gods and Lord of lords, the great, the mighty and the awesome God” (Deu. 10:17).
Today, we can come before God to receive His blessings, yet it is not because we have done something good. It is wholly due to His love and grace that we can freely receive the blessing from Him.
(2) The Way to Blessings:
“Obeying His commandments” is the way to blessings! To be blessed by God, not only do we have to “hear” God; more importantly, we have to “follow”. Just having head knowledge is not enough. We must apply what we have learnt in our family life, our workplace, when we are serving and when we relate to others in our daily lives.
Dear brothers and sisters, in this coming new year, we want to lead all of us back to the foundation of our faith, beginning with “Obeying His commandments”. Let us, through our daily devotions and reading of His Word, get to know God and His heart, so that we may follow Him in His way. This is the start of receiving God’s blessings!
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“如果你们听从耶和华你们的神的诫命，就是我今日吩咐你们的，你们就必蒙赐福；”
谈起“福”，似乎没有一个人不喜欢。若有什么方法可以得到“福”，深信每一个人都会争着去夺取！人有这种向往得到“福”的心愿，是无可厚非，也是人之常情！
“蒙福人生”是教会2021年的主题。经文取自申命记11:27节。让我们在这新的一年里，从神那里，领取祂所为我们预备，那属天的“福”！
㈠ 赐福的源头：
首先，我们必须知道谁是那位赐福的主。经文很确定的让我们知道“耶和华”就是那位赐福者。而且祂是:“天地的创造者”（申10:14）；是“万神之神、万主之主、伟大有力和可谓的神”（申10:17）。
今天，我们之所以能够来到祂面前，领受祂所要赐予我们的“福”，不是因为我们作了什么，乃是因为祂的爱与恩典，以至于我们能够白白的，得着从祂而来的福气。
㈡ 蒙福的途径：
“听从祂的诫命”就是我们蒙福的途径！我们要蒙受神的赐福，除了“听”之外，更重要的乃是“从”。若只是头脑的知道，那是不足够的，我们还必须将所领受的教导，在我们的家庭、工作、事奉、人际关系中实践出来。
亲爱的弟兄姐妹，在这新的一年里，我们要带领大家回到信仰的基础，就是从“听从神的诫命”开始。藉着每日的灵修与读神的话，让我们更认识祂、更明白祂的心意，以至我们能够行祂所要我们行的。这是我们蒙神赐福的起点！