When we are born again we enter into a blessed life. Full stop. Period. End of discussion. However we often have trouble believing that we live a blessed life 100% of the time, because things don't always go our way. That's because we believe blessing involves some sort of exchange; blessing is good FROM God that I get when I am good FOR God. However, this idea means our behavior is dictating God's blessing on our lives. This would be true except it overlooks the fact that in Christ we have been made new. Being made new means we have been taken all the way back to the same kind of relationship that Adam and Eve knew with God before sin entered in. According to Genesis 1:28 God blessed them simply because they were His creation and they lived in relationship with Him. This is the life God designed for us to experience; blessing and favor every day of our lives, regardless of the circumstances that come our way. This is the good life and anything less is settling for less than God created for us to experience.
