Somewhere along the way, the word blessing got hijacked.
It started meaning things—cars, money, platforms, relationships, ease. And maybe those things are part of it sometimes. But when I look at Scripture… and when I look at my own life… I see something different. Something deeper. Something more intentional.
God doesn’t bless us so we can be comfortable.
He blesses us so we can be fruitful.
So we can multiply, replenish, subdue, and walk in dominion.
But before that…
He forms us.
“Let Us make man in Our image, after Our likeness… and let them have dominion.” (Genesis 1:26)
First the image. Then the dominion.
First the becoming. Then the blessing.
I used to think if I prayed hard enough, fasted long enough, shouted loud enough, danced, jumped, gave, served — then God would bless me. But I’ve seen Him do what He wants, when He wants, how He wants — not because I performed, but because He’s God.
And in the places I didn’t deserve it — where I was more like the prodigal than the older brother — He kept me.
He surrounded me.
He showed mercy… not because of what I did, but because of who He is.
When Joseph’s word finally came to pass, it says he named his son Manasseh:
“God has made me forget all my toil and all my father’s house.” (Genesis 41:51)
Yes — he was blessed.
But that wasn’t the beginning of the blessing.
That was the fruit of all God had done in the dark —
the process, the prison, the pit, the preparation.
Because before God placed him, He had to shape him.
He had to make him a man who wouldn’t use power for revenge…
but for restoration.
That’s what I believe blessing really is:
Being positioned by God to walk in what you were created for.
Sometimes it looks like promotion.
Sometimes it looks like peace in a storm.
Sometimes it looks like prison with purpose.
But always — it’s forming you. Into His image.
So when He blesses you, you’ll be ready to bear fruit, multiply, replenish, subdue, and reign.
"By this my Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit." (John 15:8)
The blessing is in the becoming.
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