- Luke 11:28 (recite only the core verse) “Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and obey it.”
Hallelujah! I bid you the love of the eternal God and the peace of the Holy Son. As people live their lives, they receive small and big blessings and also receive small and big misfortunes. Everyone wants to receive blessings and avoid misfortunes. What is blessing? To put it simply, blessing is ‘to receive what you want.’ Conversely, misfortune would be ‘to receive what you don’t want,’ right? If that is the case, then from where and from whom do blessings come and from where and from whom do misfortunes come?
People commonly think that they receive ‘blessings’ when other people give it to them or when they are lucky. They also think that they receive ‘misfortunes’ when other people give it to them. Of course there are [misfortunes or blessings] that come from other people. However, they are fewer than we think. Both blessings and misfortunes are in ‘your hands.’ Since you, yourself are living your own life, there are more small and big blessings or misfortunes that come each day as a result of you, yourself [than from others].
‘Misfortunes’ befall you as a result of your own thoughts and actions and at times they come as a result of other people’s mistakes or forceful or unlawful actions even though you do not want them. Even if misfortunes befall you as a result of other people’s mistakes or their forceful or unlawful actions, in the end, the outcome is determined by ‘your own thoughts and actions.’ Some people think negative thoughts and give up on everything because they suffered misfortunes unjustly due to other people. At times like that you should let the other people be rewarded according to their deeds by telling God about them while you, yourself, hurry up and do the things that you should do. Only then will it not end as misfortune but instead, end as blessing. Even if they are blessings and misfortunes caused by others, the outcome is determined by ‘your own thoughts and actions.’ Therefore, I hope that you will know this and take action till the end.
Avoiding all the misfortunes as a person lives his life and exercises his life of faith is not an easy task. Even if you live your life well, you can still suffer misfortunes because of other people, even if you think you are doing things perfectly, you can still suffer misfortunes by mistake, and even if you live your life of faith well, you can still suffer physical problems, financial hardships, or family difficulties as you live your life. Even flowing water is a loss for you if it leaks drop by drop. So you take continual measures to keep even a single drop from leaking out. In the same way, as you live your life and as you exercise your faith, you have to pray and take actions so that you can control and avoid misfortunes. God protects even more those who obey His Word and take action on it, those who live according to His Will, those whom He loves, and those who love Him.
As for blessings, there are ‘blessings for the body’ and ‘eternal blessings.’ ‘The blessings for the body’ are sometimes given to you by God, the Holy Spirit, and the Holy Son and sometimes you receive them according to your own deeds. ‘Eternal blessings’ are also determined by God, the Holy Spirit, and the Holy Son and they come as a result of your own deeds. A majority of misfortunes also are suffered as a result of your own thoughts and actions. Therefore, you have to control your own thoughts and actions and be thorough about it. Commonly, as a result of people failing to control ‘their own thoughts and actions,’ their bodies live ‘the life of hell on earth’ and their spirits also go to ‘eternal hell.’
People wait for blessings to just roll in from somewhere. If you just wait for blessings to come from somewhere, you will end without receiving blessings. ‘Blessings’ come from your own body and thoughts. If you live keeping the Word of the Almighty God, the Holy Spirit, and the Holy Son with your body, heart, and thoughts, you will receive blessings Heaven gives you, However, if you take action toward the world with your body, heart, and thoughts, by God’s law of being rewarded according to your deeds, you will receive blessings of the earth. You have to live receiving blessings by taking action on the things of the body too. However, more fundamentally, you have to take action on the things of the spirit and thus live receiving the blessing of the rapture, the eternal blessing, and the blessing that Heaven gives you.
You, yourself are ‘a bundle of blessing’ and you, yourself are ‘a bundle of misfortune.’ That is why I tell you that blessings come from you and misfortunes also come from you. Even if you have the material called the body and thoughts through which you can receive blessings, you will receive blessings only if you make yourself and take action. Even if you have the ingredients to make a delicious dish,
you cannot gain delicious food unless you cook the food, right? In the same way, even if you possess the body and thoughts, which are materials for receiving blessings, you cannot gain blessings unless you make yourself and take action. You gain blessings by taking action on each one. ‘Blessings’ are things that you gain by taking action yourself.
You, yourself and your own spirit also become bundles of blessings as much as you raise and complete them by learning well and taking action well. No matter who you are, you will gain only if you take action! You will do well as much as you do within God’s Will and you will do well according to what you have done [within God’s Will].
You gain ‘blessings’ by making and transforming yourself with the materials of your thoughts and actions. If God is with you, you can do even things that are 100 times or 1000 times bigger. Therefore, I hope that you will think “I can do it too!” and make and transform yourself by taking action according to God’s Word! You have the skill to make yourself and the materials. However, you have to take action. Only then will the skill come forth and the material also be visible. You will gain when you take action continually and repeatedly! It is not that only special people can do big things. It is not that only special people can make themselves and thus enjoy blessings. Everyone who takes action according to the Word for God’s Will can do it! If you take action, you will end up doing ‘great things that you never expected.’
The Word is God, the Holy Spirit, the Holy Son. Therefore, even if it is hard, even if you lose strength, even if you are facing hardships, do not keep the Word far but instead, keep it close, pray every day. Only then will the desire to take action keep springing up, gain the reason to take action, gain the power and strength to take action with, and keep growing, and since you have grown you will take action more powerfully. As a result of that, you will gain more. And now that you have gained something, you will have greater hope and take action even more.