The Blessing.

So....Pastor Gary, my husband has rolled out the vision God gave him to unite the body of Christ and win our cities.  One voice, speaking one thing, "BLESSING".  I AM is the great blesser.  The one who pronounced blessing over the Israelites and the one who gave the biggest blessing of all, Jesus Christ.

Proverbs 11:11 (NKJV)
11 By the blessing of the upright the city is exalted, But it is overthrown by the mouth of the wicked.

As I was studying this morning I ran across something I found very interesting.  In Israel there is a Valley of Blessing.  Valley of Beracah, which means valley of blessing.  It was here that
after the victory of Jehoshaphat and his people over their enemies they went to the Valley of Blessing.  "On the fourth day they assembled themselves in the valley of Beracah; for there they blessed Yahweh."   2 Chron 20:26

 

It made me think about this valley that we live in.  The Inland Empire is what  I most often hear it called, though I know it is called many other things (not nice I might add).  Crime is through the roof here, it is in a depression if you gauge that by the unemployment numbers, cities are bankrupt, people are desperate, food lines long, hope is low and morality is even lower.  Our cities, our valley needs to be exalted and it will only happen in the supernatural realm.  The wicked have a loud voice but the voice of the Lord is within each of us.  United our voice sings out over the battlefield and the victory is taken. 

Joel 2:11 (NKJV) ¹¹ The LORD gives voice before His army, For His camp is very great; For strong is the One who executes His word. For the day of the LORD is great and very terrible; Who can endure it?

Aren't we His army?  If we are blessing others than aren't we executing His Word? 

Joel 3:16 (ASV) ¹⁶ And Jehovah will roar from Zion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem; and the heavens and the earth shall shake: but Jehovah will be a refuge unto his people, and a stronghold to the children of Israel.

When we become a roaring mighty voice in unison, the heavens and the earth will shake for Jesus. Then we will see many run into the refuge of the Allmighty!
Revelation 19:1 (ASV) ¹ After these things I heard as it were a great voice of a great multitude in heaven, saying, Hallelujah; Salvation, and glory, and power, belong to our God:

One voice came from the great multitude...Jesus prayed, on earth as it is in heaven, we can be that one voice coming from a great multitude!

What if we truly all take the call to heart, to be the blessing.   With one voice we begin blessing not just our city, cities and our valley but what if in the midst of that we blessed Yahweh, proclaiming what we cannot see in faith as if it is already done.  After all, it is already done. 

 

This is our city, our valley and it is a Valley of Blessing!