Blessed?

Read Romans 4:1-8

Do you consider yourself blessed?  If so, why?  What would you say was the basis of thinking and believing you are blessed?  Would it be material things?  Relationships?  Fianancial blessings?  Health?  All of these?

Take a look at Romans 4:1-8 and see that Paul talks about a different kind of blessing.  He's using the examples of Abraham and David and how by faith they were justified, made right with God and in relationship with Him not by anything they had done but by the forgiveness they had received by accepting the work that Jesus had done on the cross by paying for their sins.

Listen, verses 7 and 8 tell us that if your sins are forgiven and covered, if the Lord will never count your sins against you because you've accepted His work on the cross then you are BLESSED.

Blessed beyond comparison because there is nothing that compares with knowing everything we've done wrong, all our sins will never be counted against us because we have a saviour who justifies by faith.  So whenever you think of whether or not you are blessed, always remember if you've placed your faith in Jesus for the forgiveness of your sins you are indeed blessed.  Praise God for this blessing!