DON’T DIVERT YOUR BLESSING

One of the basic instruments that hinder our blessings from God is our disobedient to Gods word and that one of the greatest weapon which the devil uses to attack us. If we really want to receive a full blessing from God without any hindrances of his sons and daughters, we must be ready to obey him and to totally commit ourselves to do his wills, live holy and pure life, stop anything that will contaminate us, anything that will make us to be ashamed before our God. And you will discover that sin makes someone to lose his Devine protection from God thereby exposing the person to all sorts of attacks by the evil ones. Again; its leads to over struggle, working too hard to regain what you have lost to the devil, it also leads to problems to the people and the society where you live instead of blessings to them
Remember that it was because of sin that lead to the dismiss of Adam and eve were from the garden of Edem which marked the beginning of their suffering, which means that if we want to suffer, struggle then we have to go on sinning against God but if we want God to bless us then we have to stop sinning against God and do that which is good so that devil will not have anything to hold against us.
It’s just like this:
The devil uses our sin as soldiers that stand as a commander to command our blessings to park. You can now see that if we did not sin, there will be no commander to stop our blessings on the way. Therefore we have to understand who we are; we cannot try to be others but be who we are because God has already blessed us and has made us to be blessings to our generation through the covenant which God made with Abraham who is our father by faith. Therefore if we be believed that we are Abraham’s seed; then we have to work towards it by maintaining who we are and not to disobey God in any way just like others do
Again, as Joshua did, we have to serve only the true God who is the Almighty. We don’t have to serve other gods as others may because that one of our major hindrances to our progress/success in life. Remember that God is a jealous God who does want to share his glory with any other person or gods. There is no way where you will be worshipping other gods instead of worshipping only one true God who is “I AM WHO I AM”
There are three things that God want from man which are; to have fellowship with man, for man to serve only one true God and for man to be committed to God.

WHAT IS BLESSING?

The act of declaring, or wishing, God's favor and goodness upon others. The blessing is not only the good effect of words; it also has the power to bring them to pass. In the Bible, important persons blessed those with less power or influence. The patriarchs pronounced benefits upon their children, often near their own deaths (Gen 49:1-28). Even if spoken by mistake, once a blessing was given it could not be taken back (Gen 27).

Leaders often blessed people, especially when getting ready to leave them. These included Moses (Deut 33), Joshua (22:6-7), and Jesus (Luke 24:50). Equals could bless each other by being friendly (Gen 12:3). One can also bless God, showing gratitude to Him (Deut 8:10) in songs of praise (Ps 103:1-2).
God also blesses people by giving life, riches, fruitfulness, or plenty (Gen 1:22,28). His greatest blessing is turning us from evil (Acts 3:25-26) and forgiving our sins (Rom 4:7-8).

Cases of the opposite of blessing, or cursing, are often cited in the Bible (Deut 27:11-26). Although the natural reaction to a curse is to curse back, Christians are called to bless-to ask for the person's benefit (Matt 5:44).


THE ACT OF BLESSING:

There are three or four points of view in which acts of blessing may be considered

1. When God Is Said To Bless His People

Without doubt the inferior is blessed by the superior. When} God blesses, he bestows that virtue, that efficacy, which' renders his blessing effectual, and which his blessing expresses. His blessings are either temporal or spiritual, bodily or mental; but in every thing they are productive of that which they import. God's blessings extend into the future life, as his people are made partakers of that blessedness which, in infinite fullness, dwells in himself (Gen 1:22; 24:35; Job 42:12; Ps 45:2; 104:24,28; Luke 11:9-13; James 1:17).

2. When Men Are Said To Bless God, as in Ps 103:1, 2; 145:1-3.

We are not, then, to suppose the divine Being, who is over all, and in himself blessed forevermore, is capable of receiving any augmentation of his happiness from any of the creatures which he has made: such a supposition, as it would imply something of imperfection in the divine nature, must ever be rejected with abhorrence; and therefore, when creatures bless the adorable Creator, they only ascribe to him that praise and dominion, and honor, and glory, and blessing which it is equally the duty and joy of his creatures to render. So that blessing on the part of man is an act of thanksgiving to God for his mercies, or rather for that special mercy which, at the time, occasions the act of blessing; as for food, for which thanks are rendered to God, or for any other good.

3. Men Are Said To Bless Their Fellow-creatures

when, as in ancient times, in the spirit of prophecy they predicted blessings to come upon them. From the time that God entered into covenant with Abraham, and promised extraordinary blessings to his posterity, it appears to have been customary for the father of each family, in the direct line, or line of promise, immediately previous to his death, to call his children around him, and to inform them, according to the knowledge which it had pleased God to give him, how and in what manner the Divine blessing conferred upon Abraham was to descend among them. Upon these occasions the patriarchs enjoyed a Divine illumination, and under its influence their benediction was deemed a prophetic oracle, foretelling events with the utmost certainty, and extending to the remotest period of time (see Bush, Notes on Genesis in loc.). Thus Jacob blessed his sons (Gen 49:1-28; Heb 11:21), and Moses the children of Israel (Deut 23:1-29). The blessings of men were also good wishes, personal or official, and, as it were, a peculiar kind of prayer to the Author of all good for the welfare of the subject of them; thus Melchisedek blessed Abraham (Gen 14:19; Heb 7:1,6,7). The form of blessing prescribed in the Hebrew ritual (Num 6:23-27) which Jehovah commanded Moses to instruct Aaron and his descendants to bless the congregation, is admirably simple and sublime: "The Lord bless thee, and keep thee: the Lord make his face to shine upon thee, and be gracious unto thee: the Lord lift up his countenance upon thee, and give thee peace" (Haner, De benedictione sacerd. Jen. 1712). It was pronounced standing, with a loud voice, and with the hands raised toward heaven (Luke 24:50). National blessings and cursings were some-. Times pronounced (Deut 27:12-26; 28:1, 68).

4. David says, “I will take the cup of salvation, and call upon the name of the Lord" (Ps 116:13).

The phrase appears to be taken from the custom of the Jews in their thank-offerings, in which a feast was made of the remainder of their sacrifices, when, among other rites, the master of the feast took a cup of wine in his hand, and solemnly blessed God for it, and for the mercies which were then acknowledged, and gave it to all the guests, every one of whom drank in his turn. See CUP. To this custom it is supposed our Lord alludes in the institution of the cup, which is also called "the cup of blessing" (1 Cor 10:16). See PASSOVER. At the family feasts also, and especially that of the Passover, both wine and bread were in this solemn and religious manner distributed, and God was blessed, and his mercies acknowledged. They blessed God for their present refreshment, for their deliverance out of Egypt, for the covenant of circumcision, and for the law given by Moses; they prayed that God would be merciful to his people Israel, that he would send the prophet Elijah, and that he would render them worthy of the kingdom of the Messiah. In the Mosaic Law, the manner of blessing was appointed by the lifting up of hands, and we see that our Lord lifted up his hands and blessed his disciples.