HIS CONDITIONAL BLESSINGS!
“and the younger of them said to his father, Father, give me the portion of goods that falleth to me. And he divided unto them his living. Luke 15:8.” The younger son received his portion from his father. This portion could be compared to a blessing from the Lord. As long he is with his father, he enjoyed the fruits thereof. Soon after, he is away from his father, he lost his portion. Your portion (blessings) will never stay with you if you forsake Him.
Most of the times, after receiving the blessings from the Lord, we depart from Him. Your spiritual gifts talents, riches everything is from the Lord. As long as you are with him all these work for your benefit. The blessings given to you work conditionally. The condition is that you must be with him. If you leave him, everything goes wrong. If you forget this, you will see loss.
And the woman bare a son, and called his name Samson: and the child grew, and the Lord blessed him. Judges13:24. Samson was blessed by the Lord. He was filled with the spirit of the Lord and did many mighty things. His strength was from the Lord. But he moved away from the Lord like the younger son to a far country. His desire for the women made him to go away from the Lord. His blessing to do mighty works was not from his mortal body but from the spirit of the Lord. Sin is a slow poison that will not allow you to recognize at its initial stages.
Samson’s lost his strength. He did not recognize it. And she said, The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And he awoke out of his sleep, and said, I will go out as at other times before, and shake myself. And he wist not that the Lord was departed from him. But the Philistines took him, and put out his eyes… Judges 16:20-21. The blessings from the Lord work with conditions. They are with you as long as you are with Him. Samson not only lost the presence of the Lord but also lost his eyes (represent earthly blessing) too. Loosing spiritual blessings may also cause you to lose your earthly blessing too. As an alternative, you may think that spiritual blessings will add you with earthly blessings.
Consider this verse –Then Isaac sowed in that land, and received in the same year a hundredfold : and the Lord blessed him. And the man waxed great, and went forward, and grew until he became very great :for he had possession of flocks, and possession of herds, and great store of servants : and the Philistines envied him. Genesis 26:12-14. . This earthly blessing came to Isaac is from the Lord. No farmer in this world can reap hundred folds like Isaac. This yielding is neither the knowledge of Isaac nor the strength of the land. This blessing is purely His grace. Through His grace all things work for us. He used to meditate every evening in the field. Isaac was with the Lord. And Isaac went out to meditate in the field at the eventide . Genesis 24:63. This could be a reason for his blessing.
Therefore, remember your blessings from the Lord are with a condition. You must be with Him. Your blessings exist with you as long as you are with him. As our Lord said- I am the vine, ye are the branches. He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit ; for without me ye can do nothing. John 15:5.