Are you the right recipient. We like to talk about how God will not put more on you than you can bear. He also will not bless you with what you cannot handle. Your blessing is not held up! When’s the last time you did something for someone else? Did you do it in secret or announce it to the world? We all love a good pat on the back. We find it hard to do good with no recognition whatsoever. We wonder when our day will come. Where’s the sunshine on my side of town? Where is my blessing? The question we need to be asking is, “What would I do if God truly blessed me with what I want?” Everybody wants to win the lottery, even the ones who don’t play. We think we will give more to charity and would do such great things for others. But that’s not true for all of us, and we know it. We try to convince ourselves and God that we would be a different person if we only had more to work with. That’s a lie. What you do with what you have is exactly what you would do with more. Money and success does not automatically make you a caring and giving person. Yes, you will probably give more to the church if you tithe. That’s doing what you have always done! The real test comes when you look at your checkbook and see a very little, but you give anyway.
We want the benefits and blessings of what we ask for, but we don’t want to do the work. You will only discover excellence on the other side of hard work. We don’t want to love as we should but we want others to love us. We don’t want to put in the extra effort of looking good but we want a good looking person to approach us. We are part-time lovers expecting full-time benefits. Stop wondering where your blessing is. Be the blessing and become the right recipient!