Luke 19: 37-38, 41- 44, Ephesians 1:3, 1 Peter 3:9, Matthew 13:54-57, Numbers 33:32, Matthew 5:3-12

Men and brethren, everyone has a time of visitation. The reason Jesus wept over the city of Jerusalem in Luke 19: 37-38, 41-44 was because the city did not know their time of visitation. If the city had known and received Jesus then the account on verse 43, would not have happened. Jerusalem’s lack of faith and rejection of the Messiah, however, leads to its devastation and destruction. Let us remember that all this happened because the city did not know the time of its visitation. Therefore, anything the Lord is trying to get us to do, is for our benefit and for the benefit of His kingdom. Let’s not miss or neglect our times of visitations in life. The reason is that when God visits his people he comes to establish peace and justice by rooting out our enemies – sin and Satan who enslave us to fear and pride, rebellion and hatred, poverty and sickness, envy and covetousness, strife and violence, and every form of evil.

Right where you are, Heaven has declared us partakers of the inheritance of the saints in the Kingdom. We have been made to share and participate in the blessings and benefits of the Kingdom-life reserved for all God’s children. This is evident when you become born again; you were born with an inheritance. You don’t have to try to “obey” the law for God to bless you; you were born blessed. Ephesians 1:3, 1 Peter 3:9

Many people have been asking and waiting on God for something, and we think God never answered. What if He did answer? What if we did not recognize the package? How many gifts we sent away because of the package? In the home town of Jesus, people did the same thing. In Matthew 13:54-57 “Jesus went to his hometown and taught the people in the synagogue in a way that amazed them. People were asking, “Where did this man get this wisdom and the power to do these miracles? Isn’t this the carpenter’s son? Isn’t his mother’s name Mary? Aren’t his brothers’ names James, Joseph, Simon, and Judas? And aren’t all his sisters here with us? Where, then, did this man get all this?” So they took offense at him.

Like today’s world, they were busy checking out the master’s background, checking his credentials and they miss the opportunity to receive the Messiah. The Bible says, Jesus could not do any wonders in His home town. They closed their hearts, and they could not receive anything.

Your blessings can come in any form. Just be ready, don’t let it pass you by because it is not the way you expected it. The problem is that, we are not curious enough. We throw the towel the moment the package is not familiar. We need to find out if there is anything good about the package. Yes, the situation may be unpleasant, then we need to look pass the unpleasantness to see the blessing.

The same thing happened during the days of Moses, some of the Israelites focused on the bad news and the giants that were in the land, they could not see how fertile the land was. Numbers 33:32 “The land, through which we have gone, in spying it out, is a land that devours its inhabitants; and all the people whom we saw in it are men of great size”. They had to look pass the men of great size to see their promise land. Take a second look at what you are about to throw away as not what you want, and think about your story. May be this is what you waited for, but it is in an unfamiliar package. Let me declare that, Blessings don’t always come right away. Sometimes we have to work for them and once in a while, that work means a trial of our faith.

Our blessings require obedience and all obedience to commandments and admonitions come with blessings; but not always right away. It’s the same when we kneel and pray for certain blessings. Occasionally, as people of faith, we learn some doctrine that is new to us. It may ignite us with a burning desire to obey. It also may not. We may struggle with the truth and even have a wrestle with God over it. Either way, obedience is necessary and whether we accept right away or take time to ponder and question, in the end, we will be blessed for our faithfulness to it.

The blessing God had chosen for Mary carried a high price tag. It threatened her reputation and drove her from the town where she had grown up. It forced her to flee to Egypt, a foreign land of bitter memories where few Hebrews would choose to live, even 1,500 years after the Exodus. In later years that blessing made her vulnerable to severe criticism as the mother of a “religious fanatic” – a “blasphemer” who dared to equate Himself with the Almighty with pronouncements such as. “You have heard it said of old…, but I say unto you…” Ultimately, that blessing heralded by the angel broke Mary’s heart as she witnessed the horrible execution of her beloved Son. And even after the worst had happened, unbelievers would have continued to regard her as an outcast because of the things He had said and who He had claimed to be. But, there is a rest of the story. Mary’s blessing does not stop with the death of Jesus, nor with the end of her own earthly life. Nor did the story really begin with her life. The blessing that changed Mary’s life has its beginning in eternity past and with God, who foreknew her willingness to be a pure vessel in His divine plan of redemption. Real blessing from God is not just a here-and-now happening. It is a forever thing. Hallelujah

From the moment the angel appeared to her, she was willing to sacrifice all she was and had for the excellence of her heavenly calling. God has given us the most precious gift of all – His dear Son, our Savior, Jesus. In return He asks for our hearts and our obedience. If He calls us to serve Him in some difficult way if He summons us to some difficult task that we consider humanly impossible – we can refuse, or we can be like Mary. As we submit to God’s call, we will learn that with Him all things are possible, even “impossible” miracles. And as we yield to what God asks of us, however difficult, we too may glimpse the distant gleam of a higher blessing with divine packages.

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