So, how do God’s blessings work? Or, maybe it could be worded, how does God work His blessings? How many are there? What is the supply like? How quickly or slowly are they disseminated? To transfer this to terms we might understand, what if God’s blessings were like a bank account?
What if God’s blessings were like “paycheck-to-paycheck” bank accounts? You know what I mean by that. It’s an account that looks good and padded some parts of the week (or month), and then gets really tight (and even empty) near the end of the week (or month). Sometimes you don’t know if you’ll have enough to make it to the next paycheck, and might even suffer late charges or overdraft fees. Make the application to God’s blessings. Aren’t you glad that quantity (or quality) of God’s blessings is not affected by the time of day, time of week, time of month or time of year? Aren’t you glad that God’s blessings can never get down to empty or overdrawn? Aren’t you glad that God’s blessings are abundant?
What if God’s blessings were like “save-it-but-don’t-spend-it” bank accounts? Have you heard of this? It’s an account that is nice and full and padded all the time (in fact, it just keeps multiplying itself over and over in value), but its owner absolutely refuses to spend or withdraw anything from it. “Just keep it all in there for a rainy day.” It’s almost overflowing in value, but the abundance is never enjoyed. Make the application to God’s blessings. Aren’t you glad that God’s blessings are not all stored up in a “heavenly bank,” from which He refuses to draw or dispense? Aren’t you glad that God is not interested in collecting or hording His blessings for Himself, but is eager to share them with you? Aren’t you glad our God is a gracious and generous God, whose blessings have no end?
What if God’s blessings were like “open-access” bank accounts? What if anyone, who wanted to, could access the account? What if anyone could profit from the wealth of benefits available? What if even the poorest and least deserving individual could have equal access to the abundance?
The “bank account” of God’s blessings is certainly “open access.” God tells us where every single one of His blessings is located—“in Christ” (Eph. 1:3). (It’s not a secret!) Then, He gives everyone (1 Tim. 2:4; Acts 10:34-35) the key to access this location—obedience through faith and baptism (Rom. 6:3-4, 17; Gal. 3:26-27). Then, with open access to His riches, “God is able to make all grace abound toward you, that you, always having all sufficiency in all things, may have an abundance for every good work” (2 Cor. 9:8). You can be rich!