Deuteronomy 28:5
5“Blessed shall be your basket and your kneading bowl.
In Bible times, reapers carried baskets on their backs to collect the harvest from the fields. They had to ensure that their baskets were strong and sturdy, so that what they collected would not fall out. The women of that day used kneading bowls to knead dough for making bread. If they used poor-quality bowls which broke easily, they would not be able to make bread.
So baskets and kneading bowls in those days represented the means by which one got his tangible blessings. Beloved, your Father in heaven does not want you to worry about the means by which you get your blessings. Because of the sacrifice of Christ, He says to you, “Blessed shall be your basket and your kneading bowl.”
This means that if you are a cab driver, your cab will not break down on your rounds because God says to you, “Blessed shall be your cab.” If you are a businessman, your capital investment will not fail you because God says to you, “Blessed shall be your capital investment.” And if you are a salesman, your products will be looked upon favorably because God says to you, “Blessed shall be your products.”
These blessings are yours because Jesus paid for them with His death and He enforced them with His resurrection.
On one occasion, Jesus told Peter to throw his nets into the water. When Peter threw one net down, he caught so much fish that the net “was breaking”. To save the bumper haul, the other disciples quickly filled their boats with the fish, lest the net gave way completely. (Luke 5:4–7)
After Jesus rose from the dead, a similar incident took place. Once again, Jesus asked His disciples to cast their net out. They caught a multitude of fish. But “although there were so many, the net was not broken”. (John 21:11) Notice that in the first case, the net was breaking. In the second case, it was not! Something supernatural happened to their nets after Jesus rose from the dead!
Beloved, because of the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ, not only are you blessed (Ephesians 1:3), but your nets, baskets and kneading bowls — the means by which you obtain your blessings — are also blessed!
© Copyright Joseph Prince, 2006. All rights reserved.
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You know, after reading these, my Spirit was lifted and I got the assurances that my baskets and kneading bowls are indeed blessed!
Early this week, I'm short of RM 1768.30 worth of sales for NUTREN DIABETES and short of RM 826 worth of sales for NUTREN OPTIMUM/NUTREN JUNIOR to hit my this month's target. And I only have one pathetic new user (i have 8 new users last month). Earthly people like ourselves would see it as a lack, as something negative and we'll be discouraged and we would have given up (since there are only a few days left to this month's closing).
But to heavenly realm, He shows me that all these are never lacks but opportunities. Opportunities to meet more people, to perform and to impress every doctor and medical professionals that I meet. When I was worshipping in Church last Sunday, I had 2 missed calls from my doctor and I was blessed with a RM 978 worth of sales in my church itself! Yes, in the midst of worship when I was still holding my bass guitar with me! How awesome's that. And that's another new user btw.
And today (Tuesday), I got another 3 new users and instead of the shortfalls of sales figure, now they became surplus. Today I was blessed with RM 1189.30 worth of sales for Nutren Diabetes and RM 858 worth of sales for Nutren Optimum/Junior. So in total, I was blessed with RM 2047.30 worth of sales and that's with a surplus of RM 433.
Oh, did I mention that these also means that I've hit my November's target? Yes, with 5 new users. HALLELUJAH! I seriously couldn't not thank Him enough. Thank You, Jesus!
