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\nGenesis 49:20\u00a0 <\/span>\u201cAsher’s food shall be rich, and he shall yield royal delicacies.<\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/span>Deuteronomy 33:24-25<\/b><\/span><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0And of Asher he said, \u201cMost blessed of sons be Asher; let him be the favorite of his brothers, and let him dip his foot in oil.\u00a0\u00a0Your bars shall be iron and bronze, and as your days, so shall your strength be.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
Asher should be a rich tribe. His inheritance bordered upon Carmel, which was fruitful. Asher shall have soil abounding in wheat and oil. He occupies the lowlands along the coast north of Carmel. Hence, the products of his country are fit to furnish the table of kings.<\/p>\n
As I read this blessing from Jacob to Asher I am mindful that this blessing does nothing if Asher is not willing to do the work it requires.\u00a0 <\/span>You can have the most fertile ground with plenty of water, but if you do not work it, tend to it, cultivate it, oversee and protect it, there will be nothing but weeds and sporadic harvests of little value for sustaining your life. The same can be said about the blessing of God\u2019s Word given to each of us. If it is not planted, watered, rooted, cultivated, and protected nothing but weeds will find their home in the soul of your heart. A stray seed may produce fruit for a season, but long-term sustenance and reserve will never occur. The Word of God is water and bread for our souls. It is easy to become anorexic and only nibble at God\u2019s Word. Why? I imagine it has to do with the value we put on the Word of God, where our eyes are focused, and how much influence the world and its problems and worries consume us and our time. If we don\u2019t take time for feasting on the Word of God then we are not hungering and thirsting for it.\u00a0 <\/span>What is it that you hunger and thirst for? What is occupying your time and energy? Paul said this to the people of Corinth; you are babes still drinking baby milk when you should be eating solid food. I get it, work and family can consume every last minute of our capacity if we don\u2019t see the urgency to spend time in God\u2019s Word. I can tell you this, When you spend time seeking and desiring the food of God\u2019s Word you will find you actually have more time for things that matter and you will be able to discern that which is profitable for the soul and that which is not.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Genesis 49:20\u00a0 \u201cAsher’s food shall be rich, and he shall yield royal delicacies. \u00a0Deuteronomy 33:24-25\u00a0\u00a0And of Asher he said, \u201cMost blessed of sons be Asher; let him be the favorite of his brothers, and let him dip his foot in oil.\u00a0\u00a0Your bars shall be iron and bronze, and as your days, so shall … Continue reading “39.y. Blessings that yield fruit”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[16106,81,16255,15950,32],"class_list":["post-157133","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-prayers","tag-asher","tag-blessed","tag-favorite","tag-royal","tag-strength"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157133","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=157133"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157133\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":157471,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157133\/revisions\/157471"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=157133"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=157133"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=157133"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}