“Let them shout for joy, and be glad, that favour my righteous cause: yea, let them say continually, Let the LORD be magnified, which hath pleasure in the prosperity of his servant” (Ps. 35:27 KJV).
Everybody loves a great success story. But, success in God doesn’t happen overnight.
I have been blessed because I obeyed God all the years that I have been in ministry. Reading Deuteronomy 28 is actually reading what has happened to me. But it was not easy.
In fact, as soon as my wife and I left Bible School and went into ministry, we were wronged. My first engagement was a two-week meeting where I began on the subjects of the authority of the believer, understanding our rights in Christ, and having joy in the midst of trials.
Amazingly, those who invited me closed it down after three days because they didn’t like the subject matter.
Because I was booked for two weeks, there were no other engagements and no way to support my young family! Yet God found a way to provide as I continued to obey Him.
I have obeyed God from then until now. Today, I am a successful pastor of several churches in Detroit, Atlanta, and Phoenix.
Young preachers can preach this message because it’s in the Word of God. But I can preach this message because it’s in the Word of God and I have lived it.
I am blessed in the city and blessed in the suburb. I am blessed in the fruit of my body. All of my kids are born again, filled with the Holy Ghost, and ministers of the gospel. I’m blessed in every way all the time! It doesn’t matter where I go, I am blessed coming in and going out all the time!
When you obey God, blessed shall you be in your store. Blessed shall you be when you come in and when you go out. Your enemies that rise up against you will be smitten before your face.
The Lord shall command the blessing upon you in your storehouses (you need more than one account!) All that you set your hand to will be blessed. The Lord will bless you in the land, which He’s given you.
In other words, whatever the Lord has spoken to you to do, that is the land He’s given you. And you shall be blessed in it.
Scripture References: Deut. 28:1-14; John 2:5
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Keith Butler has been an ordained minister since 1974. He is a graduate of the University of Michigan and holds diplomas from Canada Christian College and Rhema Bible Training Center.
He serves in ministry with the support of his lovely wife, Pastor Deborah L. Butler, and their children: Pastor Andre Butler (granddaughters Alexis, Angela, and April), Pastor MiChelle Ferguson and husband Pastor Lee (grandson Lucas), and Minister Kristina Jenkins and husband Pastor Joel (grandsons Andrew and Austin, and granddaughter Alyssa).