"Now it shall come to pass, if you diligently obey the voice of the Lord your God, to observe carefully all His commandments which I command you today, that the Lord your God will set you high above all nations of the earth. And all these blessings shall come upon you and overtake you, because you obey the voice of the Lord your God” (Deut. 28:1, 2 NKJV).

What a precious promise! The natural exchange for blessings is diligent obedience to God. Now that seems easy. There are so many benefits from obeying God, and then He grants bonus blessings because we have obeyed!

When we pause to count our blessings it is true, in the words of our text, that the blessings will “overtake you.” In other words, God pours out blessings in such abundance there is “not room enough to receive them.”

I am actually writing this article on the first anniversary of my cancer surgery. Jackie and I are sitting under palm trees at the South Queensland Camp Meeting outside Brisbane, Australia. Can you put up with me listing my blessings here? I think how blessed I am to have a wonderful, dedicated wife. Think of being helpless and vulnerable with a wife you have not built a good relationship with. Fortunately, we do have a beautiful relationship, and I reaped the blessings.

My children came from across country, one by one, to minister to me and relieve Jackie. Trusted friends served our every need, and went beyond the expected to do extraordinary things for us. My officer corps and staff stepped in to take up the slack and kept our offices running smoothly at the Lake Union.

The local conference presidents, officers, and you wonderful saints showered us with prayers and well-wishes that truly seemed to “overtake us.” And then the Lord raised me up and allowed me to return to the work I love with adequate energy and enthusiasm. His name be praised!

These are tremendous blessings, and I haven’t even mentioned God’s provision, protection, grace, mercy, patience, love, redemption, and salvation. And add the awesome privilege of working in His vineyard for the salvation of men, and you see that my blessings are truly more than I have room enough to receive.

Pause my brother, my sister, and count your blessings. If you are discouraged or sad, it will be a healing for your attitude.