Who Is a Blessed Child? Here Are 3 Important Traits
Is money the prerequisite to becoming a blessed child? Nowadays, it’s easy to associate “blessings” with material wealth, such as money, cars, good jobs, and the like. But is blessing truly synonymous with material wealth? Or is a child without the world’s riches a cursed child? What exactly qualifies one to be a blessed child?
The definition
A blessed child is a person who has a perfect connection with Jesus—someone who fears Jesus and does God’s will.
In other words, anyone can be a blessed child. It does not matter if you are small, big, or of age—you only have to fear God and love your neighbors to be a blessed child. (Deuteronomy 5:29)
The characteristics
Here are three important traits of a blessed child:
Trait 1: A blessed child resists temptations
In Genesis chapter 3, a serpent slithered up to Eve, asking her a question that had lasting consequences.
The serpent asked Eve: “Has God said you should not eat from every tree of the garden?” At that point, the serpent knew he grabbed Eve’s attention because she was puzzled. God had earlier instructed Adam and Eve not to eat of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.
In the beginning, God’s plan for us was that we should not know good and evil. God only wanted us to know HIM and live joyfully in the Garden of Eden. However, Satan tempted Eve to eat from the forbidden tree.
A blessed child would resist the devil’s temptation because (s)he knows it is not of God. For example, when the devil tempted Jesus to turn stone into bread, Jesus resisted the devil’s temptation (Matthew 4:1-11). So likewise, tempters will know that the Holy Spirit dwells in a blessed child because (s)he will always resist temptations.
Trait 2: A blessed child does God’s will
Adam and Eve were not the only people to sin. While the first human sin was disobedience to God, another was murder—which Cain committed when he killed his brother out of envy (Genesis 4:8).
After Cain killed his brother, God asked Cain, “Where is Abel your brother?” Instead of telling the truth, Cain chose to lie.
God replied, saying, “What have you done? The voice of your brother’s blood cries unto me from the ground.” And God placed Cain under a curse—which is what happens when we refuse to do God’s will; when we disobey God; when we do not love God and love our neighbors as ourselves. There will be consequences.
Trait 3: A blessed child lives content
Having dreams, goals, and achievements is good—after all, as blessed children, we should stretch our faith, not decrease it. We should increase our love for our neighbors, not extend our hatred. The key is that we should not be discontent as we wait for things in our lives to change.
For instance, Job was not discontent during the miserable period of his life. Even when his friends did not want to hang out with him because he had unhealthy things growing out of his skin, Job was not discontent in Jesus (Job 2:6-8).
Even when his wife told him to “curse God and die,” Job replied, “You speak as one of the foolish women speaks. What? Shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil? (Job 2:9-10)” This response proves that Job was devoted to Jesus. He didn’t care if his beloved ones were gone or if he forfeited his possessions. Instead, Job only cared about worshiping Jesus.
Amidst all the adverse events happening around him, Job still wasn’t discontent because a blessed child knows that being discontent dishonors God. It is not trusting God’s timing. (Job 14:14)
Are you a blessed child?
Job’s story teaches that blessed children are content in Christ. They always trust God’s timing—knowing that God is working in and behind the scenes of their lives. And they have absolute faith in everything HE is doing for them. (Daniel 3)
Being blessed has nothing to do with the magnitude of your financial buoyancy. It also has no correlation with the splendor of your worldly possessions.
You are a blessed child if you reflect Christ’s lifestyle (1 Corinthians 13), knowing that your home is in heaven: an abode lightened by God’s glory, where the Lamb is the light (Revelation 21).
Therefore, be a blessed child by not setting your heart on earthly gratifications. Instead, prepare for God’s kingdom by always maintaining a perfect connection with Christ Jesus. (John 15)
Credit: This article was written initially by Oluwatosin Uhnene Averehi.