{"id":18643,"date":"2026-04-01T18:47:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T17:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.42ndgenerationfoundation.com\/achieversfaithdigest\/?p=18643"},"modified":"2026-04-02T18:47:19","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T17:47:19","slug":"month-of-blessedness-blessed-are-you-if-you-can-believe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.42ndgenerationfoundation.com\/achieversfaithdigest\/month-of-blessedness-blessed-are-you-if-you-can-believe\/","title":{"rendered":"MONTH OF BLESSEDNESS\u00a0– “BLESSED ARE YOU – IF YOU CAN BELIEVE”"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

MONTH OF BLESSEDNESS\u00a0– “BLESSED ARE YOU – IF YOU CAN BELIEVE”\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

“Even as Abraham BELIEVED God, and it was ACCOUNTED to him for RIGHTEOUSNESS. 7. Know\u00a0ye therefore that they which ARE of FAITH, the same ARE the children of Abraham. 8 And the scripture, foreseeing that God would JUSTIFY the heathen through faith, PREACHED before the GOSPEL unto Abraham, saying,\u00a0In\u00a0thee\u00a0shall all nations be BLESSED. 9 So then they which BE of FAITH ARE BLESSED with FAITHFUL Abraham”\u00a0<\/i>Galatians 3:6-9.<\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The Month APRIL is the fourth month of the year of the Gregorian and Julian calendar.\u00a0It’s\u00a0the first of four months to have a length of\u00a030 days, and the second of five months to have a length of less than\u00a031 days. And\u00a0month of\u00a0April is associated with springtime\u00a0indicating\u00a0– BLESSEDNESS, NEW BEGINNINGS, and a time to BLOSSOM, REFRESH and REJUVENATE, REKINDLE and MORE.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

And as\u00a0Month April\u00a0indicates\u00a0the BLESSEDNESS of God, there’s the path to access and to have an entrance to the blessedness – which of cause, is a matter of BELIEVING – BECOMING A BELIEVING ONE;\u00a0and as month April is a month associated with BLESSEDNESS,\u00a0“BLESSED ARE YOU – IF YOU CAN BELIEVE”. And this is in conjunction with what Jesus Christ did, when He put forth a BELIEVING question before the one in need of God’s BLESSEDNESS from Him, while in humanity.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

“. . . Jesus said unto him, IF THOU CANST BELIEVE, ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE to him that BELIEVETH. 24 And straightway the father of the child cried out, and said with tears, Lord, I BELIEVE; help thou mine UNBELIEF . . .”<\/i>\u00a0Mark 9:23-24.<\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

For receiving God’s BLESSEDNESS is not by going to Church gathering services, being indoctrinated to a denominational creeds, bylaws, traditions and dogmas that ends up making the word of God of no effect – but it’s about our BELIEVE\/BELIEVING, and in this case – on SCRIPTURAL stand, and it’s irrespective, and it’s without prejudice, sentiments and dissimulation. For when you WRONGLY [UNSCRIPTURALLY] BELIEVE, you will also be WRONGLY [UNSCRIPTURALLY] ACTING in the name of FAITH and be held down there by the bondage of religion and religiosity at your own detriments.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

“And ye suffer him no more to do ought for his father or his mother; 13 making THE WORD of God of\u00a0NONE\u00a0EFFECT THROUGH YOUR TRADITION, which ye have DELIVERED: and MANY SUCH LIKE THINGS DO YE”<\/i>\u00a0Mark 7:12-13.<\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Most times,\u00a0it’s\u00a0not\u00a0a matter of\u00a0having faith or exercising FAITH,\u00a0but\u00a0it\u2019s\u00a0a matter of\u00a0– IF YOU\u00a0ACTUALLY and\u00a0GENUINELY BELIEVE on that which you ARE earnestly\u00a0desiring\u00a0of God.\u00a0And upon what SCRIPTURAL CONTEXT do you BELIEVE, to enable you to ACT upon by FAITH – wherein you can then please God and make Him cause His WORD to tangibly\u00a0manifest\u00a0your reality in Him.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

“But without FAITH it is impossible to PLEASE him: for he that cometh to God must BELIEVE that he is, and that he is a REWARDER of them that DILIGENTLY seek him”\u00a0<\/i>Hebrews 11:6.<\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

“And BLESSED is she that BELIEVED: for there shall be a PERFORMANCE of those things which were told her from the Lord”<\/i>\u00a0Luke 1:45.<\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Often, Jesus Christ\u00a0would\u00a0ask those looking up to Him for answers to their life questions\u00a0–\u00a0be it\u00a0Health, sickness, family, relationship, peace, security, prosperity, career, business, marriage,\u00a0etc.\u00a0He wants to ensure\u00a0their own assurance,\u00a0so they\u00a0won\u2019t\u00a0be confused and deceived by others afterwards\u00a0about\u00a0their BLESSEDNESS.\u00a0Sometimes\u00a0He asks\u00a0– IF THEY DO BELIEVE TO OWN WHAT THEY BELIEVE HE CAN DO – especially on the request they are asking of Him.\u00a0This\u00a0checks if they are seeking\u00a0answers\u00a0out\u00a0of their desperation for an immediate solution; then disappear and appear again when\u00a0there’s\u00a0another life\u00a0challenges\u00a0without a steadfast believing stand in the faith. For many just wants solution to their life problems and hurdles and not necessarily because they BELIEVE in the services of God in scriptural context. For many WALKED AWAY from Christ Jesus in His humanity ministerial cause for human redemption, especially when matters of their BELIEVING of Him was challenged by the necessary scriptural context He put out before them.\u00a0[Kindly read in full –\u00a0John 6:1-71].<\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

“. . . 26 Jesus answered them and said, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Ye SEEK me, not because ye SAW [BELIEVE] the miracles, but because ye did EAT of the loaves, and were FILLED . . . 29 Jesus answered and said unto them, This is the work of God, that ye BELIEVE on him whom he hath sent . . . 47 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that BELIEVETH on me hath everlasting life . . . 64 But there are some of you that BELIEVE NOT. For Jesus knew from the beginning who THEY WERE THAT BELIEVED NOT, and who should betray him . . . 66 From that time MANY OF HIS DISCIPLES WENT\u00a0BACK, AND\u00a0WALKED NO MORE WITH HIM. 67 Then said Jesus unto the twelve, Will ye also go away? 68 Then Simon Peter answered him, Lord, to whom shall we go? thou hast the words of eternal life. 69 And we BELIEVE AND ARE SURE that thou art that Christ, the Son of the living God”<\/i>\u00a0John 6:1-71. [Read it all in full]<\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

For without believe or believing,\u00a0it’s\u00a0impossible to\u00a0actualise\u00a0the enabling faith upon the grace of God that brings about answers to human questions not only for the moment of needs but for the sustainability upon the scriptures.\u00a0They’re\u00a0many today who DO NOT BELIEVE in the\u00a0genuity\u00a0of Christ Jesus to have come in the flesh and even the fulness of our redemption by God in Christ Jesus.\u00a0Hence,\u00a0Scripture\u00a0informs us\u00a0to mark and note these\u00a0sectarian\u00a0people and\u00a0earnestly contend to stay\u00a0secured\u00a0on the FAITH we stand upon, against their UNBELIEF.\u00a0Their\u00a0repercussions\u00a0result\u00a0from their WRONG [UNSCRIPTURAL] BELIEVE and BELIEVING foundation.\u00a0[1 John 4:1-3; Jude 1:3-4; Galatians 1:6-9; Philippians 1:15-18; 1 Peter 5:8-10].<\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

For\u00a0to BELIEVE\u00a0is PASSIVE and to have FAITH is ACTIVE. Believe is like the default that ought to be there before the activation of\u00a0faith for\u00a0results to manifest or reveal tangibly. For FAITH is acting upon what you BELIEVE of God accordingly, to the scriptural context in used. For BLESSED is the one that BELIEVE first, then go to act upon as an act of FAITH, upon that scriptural context of believe – therein God will certainly do His will in His WORD – meaning, God will then perform His promise to them that BELIEVES on His possibility promise.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

“But Jesus beheld them, and said unto them,\u00a0With\u00a0men this is impossible; but with God ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE”<\/i>\u00a0Mark 10:27 [Matthew 19:26].<\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

“Jesus said unto him, IF THOU CANST BELIEVE, ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE to him that BELIEVETH”<\/i>\u00a0Mark 9:23.<\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

“For with God NOTHING SHALL BE IMPOSSIBLE . . . 45 And BLESSED is she that BELIEVED: for there shall be a PERFORMANCE of those things which were told her from the Lord”<\/i>\u00a0<\/i><\/b>Luke 1:37, 45.<\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

So, that question or matters of life that you are bothered about and want an answer from God in Christ Jesus, do you actually BELIEVE that God can sort it out for you without you\u00a0having other plan B’s and second consideration thoughts and alternatives – knowing that God searches the reins, hearts and thoughts of man\u00a0[Jeremiah 17:10; Revelation 2:23; Romans 8:27]<\/b>, can you take a believing stand to the end, especially if it’s a matter that requires faith and patience to make it a reality? Can you be\u00a0patient\u00a0to wait, and will you wait through patience\u00a0untill\u00a0God’s promise comes to your reality for you?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

“For God is not UNRIGHTEOUS [UNFAITHFUL, UNGRATEFUL] to forget your work and\u00a0labour\u00a0of love, which ye have shewed toward his name, in that ye have ministered to the saints, and do minister. 11 And we desire that every one of you DO SHEW THE SAME DILIGENCE TO THE FULL ASSURANCE OF HOPE UNTO THE END: 12 that ye be not SLOTHFUL [SLUGGISH, SLUGGARD], but FOLLOWERS of them who through FAITH and PATIENCE INHERIT the PROMISES”<\/i>\u00a0Hebrews 6:10-12.<\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

POSSIBILITY and IMPOSSIBILITY is possible with God if you can BELIEVE. God knows how to make all things [good and bad,\u00a0possible\u00a0and impossible] to become possible – come to fruition in fulfilling His eternal plan,\u00a0purpose\u00a0and pursuit for you both in the now and tomorrow.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

“And we know [with great confidence] that God [who is deeply concerned about us] CAUSES ALL THINGS TO WORK TOGETHER [as a plan] for GOOD for those who love God, to those who are called according to His PLAN and PURPOSE”<\/i>\u00a0Romans 8:28\/AMP.<\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

“For I know the PLANS and THOUGHTS that I have for you,\u2019 says the Lord, \u2018PLANS FOR PEACE and WELL-BEING and not for disaster, to give you a FUTURE and a HOPE”<\/i>\u00a0Jeremiah 29:11\/AMP.<\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Just know that\u00a0to BELIEVE\u00a0is personal, and\u00a0it’s\u00a0first\u00a0to –\u00a0ACKNOWLEDGE, OWN,\u00a0be CONVINCED and such like, thereby ensuring the enabling and needed scriptural context of FAITH to become activated for the reality and\u00a0realisation\u00a0of one’s\u00a0desires in essence.\u00a0And\u00a0it’s\u00a0in this context of acknowledging, owning and being personally convinced, that God\u00a0can\u00a0act, and to make all things both possible and impossible, to be all possible accordingly.\u00a0[Hebrews 11:6; Mark 9:23-24].<\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

And you must also\u00a0realise\u00a0that\u00a0BELIEVING\u00a0ON Him and BELIEVING\u00a0IN Him\u00a0aren\u2019t\u00a0the\u00a0same,\u00a0but\u00a0are important in our redemption in Christ Jesus stead. Amen.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

It’s\u00a0my earnest PRAYER, that in this Month of BLESSEDNESS, you can believe God in Christ Jesus to be BLESSED accordingly.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

SCRIPTURAL THOUGHTS WORTH PONDERING IN CONTEXT:\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

“. . . Jesus said unto him, IF THOU CANST BELIEVE, all things are possible to him that BELIEVETH. 24 And straightway the father of the child cried out, and said with tears, Lord, I BELIEVE; help thou mine unbelief . . .”<\/i>\u00a0Mark 9:23-24.<\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

“Jesus saith unto him, Have I been so long time with you, and yet hast thou not known me, Philip?\u00a0He\u00a0that hath seen me hath seen the Father; and how sayest thou then, Shew us the Father? 10 BELIEVEST thou not that I am in the\u00a0Father, and the\u00a0Father\u00a0in me? the words that I speak unto you I speak not of myself: but the\u00a0Father\u00a0that dwelleth in me, he doeth the works. 11 BELIEVE me that I am in the\u00a0Father, and the\u00a0Father\u00a0in me: or else BELIEVE me for the very\u00a0works\u2019\u00a0sake. 12 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that BELIEVETH on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father. 13 And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son”<\/i>\u00a0John 14:9-13.<\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

“For God so LOVED the world, that he GAVE his only begotten Son, that whosoever BELIEVETH in him should NOT PERISH, but have EVERLASTING LIFE. 17 For God sent not his Son into the world to CONDEMN the world; but that the world through him might be saved. 18 He that BELIEVETH on him is NOT CONDEMNED: but he that BELIEVETH NOT is CONDEMNED ALREADY, because he hath not BELIEVED in the name of the only begotten Son of God<\/i>“<\/i><\/b>\u00a0John 3:16-18.<\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

“And the scripture was FULFILLED which saith, Abraham BELIEVED God, and it was imputed unto him for RIGHTEOUSNESS: and he was called the FRIEND of God”<\/i>\u00a0James 2:23.<\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

“Even as Abraham BELIEVED God, and it was ACCOUNTED to him for RIGHTEOUSNESS. 7. Know\u00a0ye therefore that they which are of faith, the same ARE the children of Abraham. 8 And the scripture, foreseeing that God would JUSTIFY the heathen through faith, PREACHED before the GOSPEL unto Abraham, saying,\u00a0In\u00a0thee\u00a0shall all nations be BLESSED. 9 So then they which BE OF FAITH ARE BLESSED with FAITHFUL Abraham . . . 13 Christ hath REDEEMED us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that\u00a0hangeth\u00a0on a tree: 14 that the BLESSING of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Jesus Christ; that we might receive the PROMISE of the Spirit through faith . . . 26 For ye ARE all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus. 27 For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ. 28 There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye ARE all one in Christ Jesus. 29 And if ye be Christ\u2019s, then ARE ye Abraham\u2019s seed, and heirs according to the PROMISE”\u00a0<\/i>Galatians 3:6-9, 13-14, 26-29.<\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

“And Jesus answering saith unto them, Have faith in God. 23 For verily I say unto you, That whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall BELIEVE that those things which he saith shall come to pass; he shall have whatsoever he saith. 24 Therefore I say unto you,\u00a0what\u00a0things soever ye desire, when ye pray, BELIEVE that ye receive them, and ye shall have them”<\/i>\u00a0Mark 11:22-24.<\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

“But what saith it? The word is nigh thee, even in thy mouth, and in thy heart: that is, THE WORD OF FAITH, which we PREACH; 9 that if thou shalt CONFESS with thy MOUTH the Lord Jesus, and shalt BELIEVE in thine HEART that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. 10 For with the HEART man BELIEVETH unto righteousness; and with the MOUTH CONFESSION is made unto salvation”<\/i>\u00a0Romans 10:8-10.<\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

“For what saith the scripture? Abraham BELIEVED God, and it was COUNTED unto him for RIGHTEOUSNESS . . . 6 Even as David also\u00a0describeth\u00a0the BLESSEDNESS of the man, unto whom God\u00a0imputeth\u00a0RIGHTEOUSNESS without works, 7 saying, BLESSED are they whose iniquities are FORGIVEN, and whose sins are COVERED. 8 BLESSED is the man to whom the Lord will not impute sin. 9. Cometh\u00a0this BLESSEDNESS then upon the circumcision only, or upon the uncircumcision also? for we say that FAITH was RECKONED to Abraham for RIGHTEOUSNESS”<\/i>\u00a0Romans 4:3, 6-9.<\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Further\u00a0Scriptural\u00a0Reading\u00a0Text:\u00a0Romans 4:1-25<\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

SUMMARY:<\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The message\u00a0emphasises\u00a0the importance of BELIEVING in God’s promises and Word, highlighting that BLESSEDNESS is accessible through genuine BELIEVE.\u00a0April is\u00a0a month\u00a0associated\u00a0with\u00a0BLESSEDNESS, “BLESSED ARE YOU – IF YOU CAN BELIEVE”.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Key Points<\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n