How many of you realize
the difference, in blessing something, take your food as an example, and
praying over it? I never really did think about it, until last Sunday at
church. Brother John Kilpatrick preached at our church the Sunday before last,
and preached a sermon on blessing. He himself stated that he never realized
there is a difference until the Lord revealed it to him, so don’t feel bad if
you didn’t either.
He went to the book of
First Peter, to get the Biblical text, for this teaching sermon.
1Peter 3:8-9 Finally, be ye all of one mind,
having compassion one of another, love as brethren, be pitiful, be
courteous: 9 Not rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing: but
contrariwise blessing; knowing that ye are thereunto called, that ye should
inherit a blessing.
Bro. Kilpatrick
seemed to use this verse in a dual way. The first being how we should act,
especially toward one another. Even in the world that we live in the Christian
folks can tend to get sideways at times. Sometimes, we allow the cares of this
world, to take our like-mindness, and toss it into the garbage can. We can live
in a pretty pitiful way toward each other, not like this verse says to live.
I want to get right
into the part, about blessing the things, in our lives. We can bless our loved
ones. We can bless our homes, and other inanimate objects, that we use in our
lives. We can bless our food, and this is where I want to hang out for a few
words.
I have had several
body dysfunctions, over the years like high blood pressure. I have also had two
strokes, and a heart attack. Although, these calamities, in my life didn’t slow
down my addiction to nicotine one bit, it did change the way, which I pray over
my food. This was a typical prayer for me no matter what the occasion. It could
have been Christmas dinner, or a fruit salad. It really didn’t matter.
“Father, in Jesus name, I come to you humbly, thanking you, and
praising you for another day of life, and all the good things that you have
given me. Thank you for this food, and I ask you to bless this food to the
nourishment of my body. Father, if there be any part of this food that you
simply can’t bless to my body, I ask you to not let it hurt me. In Jesus name,
these things I do pray. Amen.”
Most folks found
this to be quite humorous at pig roast!! I always thought that this was
blessing my food that is until last Sunday. The way that you bless a thing is
that you place the object, whether it is a person, object, or food in front of
you. It is better if you can place your hands upon whatever it is. I know that
most folks don’t want anybody touching their food, that they are about to eat,
so touching the table will suffice. Once that is done, you start to speak a
blessing, over the object.
This is what I
found really cool in God’s world that I live in. I eat a lot of fruit. I love
fresh fruit, and really don’t care too much for the stuff in the cans. It is
not nearly the same thing. I was eating a banana the other day, when I was
fairly new at the blessing deal. I took the banana into my hand, and started to
peel the banana. While I was peeling the layers back I began to speak to the
fruit.
This is what I said;
“In the name of Jesus I bless you banana. To fulfill the course
of life in which you were made to do. I bless you banana to be a blessing to
the nourishment of my body. Give me the energy, and the strength to fulfill the
will of the good Lord in my life today.”
This is the way
that Pastor taught us to bless our food. Although, I really got a shock when I
did this in this manner. Holy Spirit went to talking to me, and He always knows
what He is saying, and the effect that it will have on me. He asks me a
question. “Where do you think that this banana was grown?” Not sure was my reply, probably Guatemala,
Peru, Columbia, Venezuela, or some other country in South America. Did you realize that, this particular banana
was grown, that far away from you, with the intention of nourishing your
body? That was the sole purpose of that
banana’s existence. That banana was meant for you, as soon, as that tree
started to grow.
Ok, y’all should
know by now, that I strongly believe, that nothing happens by accident in God’s
world. I thought that was one of the best examples, of how the Lord takes care,
of His children. Pastor John did go into detail of some of the effects, that
blessing had in his life when he blesses things. He talked about objects, his home,
and his family. I can’t go into the details that he did. However, you can go to
the church website, and watch the video for yourself.
Actually, if you
have never heard Brother John Kilpatrick preach I would recommend that either
you go to my church’s website, or go to YouTube. He is on there preaching
several different sermons. He is really a great preacher, and makes what he is
talking about clear and understandable.
As Christian people
I believe that we need to learn how to add blessing to our life. The best way
that I know how to do this is to be a blessing to others. Please watch this
sermon to figure out how to do this. He finished up that night, and I wasn’t
there, and I have not seen the video yet myself. I need to get to the library
where I can see the night service. I have been plagued by several problems this
week. There is nothing that Jesus, and me can’t fix!! Ain’t God good?
….Much Love
No comments:
Post a Comment