“Blessed shall be your basket and your kneading bowl.
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In
Bible times, reapers carried baskets on their backs to collect the
harvest from the fields. They had to ensure that their baskets were
strong and sturdy, so that what they collected would not fall out. The
women of that day used kneading bowls to knead dough for making bread.
If they used poor-quality bowls which broke easily, they would not be
able to make bread.
So
baskets and kneading bowls in those days represented the means by which
one got his tangible blessings. Beloved, your Father in heaven does not
want you to worry about the means by which you get your blessings.
Because of the sacrifice of Christ, He says to you, “Blessed shall be
your basket and your kneading bowl.”
This
means that if you are a cab driver, your cab will not break down on
your rounds because God says to you, “Blessed shall be your cab.” If you
are a businessman, your capital investment will not fail you because
God says to you, “Blessed shall be your capital investment.” And if you
are a salesman, your products will be looked upon favorably because God
says to you, “Blessed shall be your products.”
These blessings are yours because Jesus paid for them with His death and He enforced them with His resurrection.
On
one occasion, Jesus told Peter to throw his nets into the water. When
Peter threw one net down, he caught so much fish that the net “was breaking”.
To save the bumper haul, the other disciples quickly filled their boats
with the fish, lest the net gave way completely. (Luke 5:4–7)
After
Jesus rose from the dead, a similar incident took place. Once again,
Jesus asked His disciples to cast their net out. They caught a multitude
of fish. But “although there were so many, the net was not broken”.
(John 21:11) Notice that in the first case, the net was breaking. In
the second case, it was not! Something supernatural happened to their
nets after Jesus rose from the dead!
Beloved,
because of the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ, not only are you
blessed (Ephesians 1:3), but your nets, baskets and kneading bowls—the
means by which you obtain your blessings—are also blessed!
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