Prayer and God’s Promises for the NationsSample

Beyond Borders: Blessed to Bless Others

God the Father blesses His children so they can be a conduit of His blessing to others. If the Father’s promised blessings had ended with Abraham—or even with Jesus’ followers two thousand years ago—it wouldn’t extend to the ends of the earth. But the Lord didn’t intend for His promises to stop at the boundary of Abraham’s life or location. 

God’s blessings to Abraham included the promise of a son and that God would use Abraham’s offspring to bless “all peoples [or families] on earth.” God the Father planned for His blessing to extend well beyond Abraham and his borders, so that one blessing would multiply as it spread far beyond what Abraham could see.

Paul writes centuries later to the Ephesians, reminding them that God the Father reigns beyond their extended families and neighborhoods to “every family in heaven and on earth” (Ephesians 3:14). That same Father, and His Son whose love “surpasses knowledge,” can do “more than all we ask or imagine” to fulfill God’s promises. 

Ask God to continue blessing the nations He loves as a Father, just as He promised to Abraham. Ask Him to use His workers to reach out and bless the peoples of the earth beyond your wildest dreams.