Every Spiritual Blessing

“Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed you and I in Christ with EVERY SPIRITUAL BLESSING in the heavens, as He chose you and I in Him, before the foundation of the world, to be holy and without blemish before Him. In love, He destined you and I for adoption to Himself through Christ Jesus." Ephesians 1:3-5

There are many legendary misers. Hetty Green was called "Americas Greatest Miser" because her stinginess was legendary. She wore one old black dress and had only the dirty hem washed. She ate cheap pies and cold oatmeal because she hated spending for heating it. Even if she had millions from her success in real estate and investments, when he son broke his leg as a child, she tried to get him treated in a free clinic. Because of delay and years of poor treatment, his leg had to be amputated. When she died in 1916, she left an estate of $100 million. 

Then there’s Jemmy Wood, a wealthy banker who would scrounge around the docks in his raggedy clothes to snatch pieces of coal that fell to the ground which he would then use to build a fire to warm himself. The American billionaire J. Paul Getty was so stingy he had a pay phone installed in his mansion so his guests wouldn’t use his phone. Then there’s Daniel K. Ludwig, a shipping magnate, who fired a captain of one of his tankers for using a paper clip on a two page letter! Another well known miser was Daniel Dancer, an Englishman who inherited his wealth from his father. He made his sister his housekeeper and forced her to cook partially decomposed animals he found in the wild. When she got sick, he wouldn’t pay the doctor and she died. 

We don't want to be like them, do we? So let's not be misers with OUR riches. And let us not wait to discover how rich we are! God has blessed us with EVERY spiritual blessing! That's more valuable than any earthy blessing! More valuable than $100 milllion or 200! God’s spiritual blessings are to be shared, not kept for ourselves. That is the only way it will increase, and we can be fruitful. And the best part is, He chose us to be adopted into His family! So exciting!