The Commanded Blessing

Sunday 11 June
READ: Psa. 133: 1 - 3
MORE LESSON: Jam. 3: 16

It is good that brethren live in one accord; doing things together and working together in the house of the Lord. David in the book of Psalms talks about the oil that flows from the head of Aaron, to his beard and then to the hem of his skirt. It is in the place of unity that the blessing of God on one person flows to everyone. David calls it the place of the commanded blessing.
In the place of unity, we forget our differences and focus on who God is and what He has done for us. We should unite and serve God with all our energy, knowing that God's work is to be done by all coming together. Individuality, age and ethnicity should be put aside; one thing that matters is to come together and serve the Lord with gladness. It is in such atmosphere of unity of purpose and service that God commands His blessing on everyone.
Psalm 133:3 says, As the dew of Hermon, and as the dew that descended upon the mountains of Zion: for there the Lord commanded the blessing, even life for evermore. There is life forever more in the place of unity. Therefore, unity is the biblical key to longevity. Long life is not purchased by drugs, the place of unity is a place of long life. This applies to an organisation, nation, church or family. When there is no unity, everything soon crumbles and gets destroyed. God has commanded His blessing on the place of unity and one of such blessings is life forever more. A practical example of how unity leads to long life and dissention leads to 'short life' is seen in the polygamous home.
The polygamous home is not a place of long life; they fight, frustrate and kill one another. There is no unity in a polygamous home; no matter the façade and pretence that is presented outside; acrimony, fighting and death is what is found in the polygamous home. This is why God's prescription for marriage is one man one wife. Let your family be a place of unity so that the blessing of God can be upon it. Any family where the husband or wife has an extra marital affair is a place of struggles and curses even if they hide it so well that the partner doesn't know. It is not foremost about the spouse knowing; it is about the breach of defence that qualifies that home to be under a curse. The blessing of God is on the oneness. Make your home a place where everyone is united, serving the Lord.

Prayer/Action
* Lord bind us together and let us be one in unity as a (mention) church, family etc, in the name of Jesus.
* I curse every spirit of disunity in my life, home and church, in Jesus’ name.

TODAY'S PROPHETIC PRAYER
I am a planting of the Lord, I carry the fire of God on my life, no demon from the pit ofhell can overshadow me, in the mighty name of Jesus.