Do you remember the story of King Midas and his golden touch? He made a wish that everything he touched would turn into gold, and his wish came to pass. He touched his food, the trees in his garden and his palace, and they all turned into gold! Then, he hugged his daughter whom he loved very much and she immediately turned into a gold statue!
God’s way is better and it has no side effects. He wants to bless everything you touch. The Bible says, “The Lord will command the blessing on you…and in all to which you set your hand.” This means that whatever you touch, whatever you set your hands to, God will command the blessing upon it, be it a person, thing or business. So if you touch your child, he is blessed. If you touch your guitar, anointed music flows forth. If you touch your business, it prospers. When you touch a sick person, he gets healed. When you touch someone who is facing lack, his needs are met.
In the Bible, everything that Jesus touched prospered. He touched the eyes of two blind men and their eyes were opened (see Matthew 9:28–30). He touched the open coffin of a widow’s son, and the young man sat up and began to speak (see Luke 7:12–15). He touched the leper and the leprosy departed (see Mark 1:40–42). Under the old covenant laws, no one was supposed to touch a leper as lepers were considered unclean. If you touched the unclean, you became unclean. But Jesus touched the leper and the unclean became clean!
Everyone whom Jesus touched received a blessing. And because Jesus lives in you by His Spirit, what you touch will be blessed too. He paid the price for you to have this blessing. His loving hands which imparted blessings to so many were nailed to the cross so that today, God can command His blessing on all to which you set your hands!
"I'M HERE TO TELL YOU" EDITOR'S NOTE
What the Bible actually says in the Old Testament is ... "if you obey the commandments of the Lord your God, which I command you today, there will be a blessing, then the Lord will command a blessing (on you)". God is all about obedience. He gave His laws to His people for His people to follow. To write on their hears and keep on their lips and follow to the letter of the law. If they kept His law perfectly, they would be blessed. That's what they asked for and that's what God gave them through Moses. As you know, that didn't work. There was nothing wrong with the law, God's law is perfect, there was something wrong with the people. They couldn't keep the law. They broke God's law and broke God's heart. But God being a loving Father had another plan. A new and living way, a new covenant He made between Himself and His people. This time He would send His Son to pay the price for the people's disobedience and He would keep the law perfectly. God sent Jesus to be our sacrifice and savior and High Priest and King and thus make all things right. It's through Jesus, not Moses that we are truly blessed and truly God's children. Perfect in His eyes. Today, thank God almighty for His new covenant and His Son. It's through Jesus and Him alone that we can become blessed in all we do and touch and it's through Jesus and Jesus alone that we can become successful.
