申三十19 ……我将生命与死亡，祝福与咒诅，陈明在你面前，所以你要拣选生命，使你和你的后裔都得存活。

　　创一28　 神就赐福给他们；又对他们说，要繁衍增多，遍满地面，并制伏这地，也要管理……。

　　神赐福给人，使人繁衍增多，遍满地面，并且制伏这地（创一28）。……神是丰富的，神的福也是丰富的，但在人被造以先，还没有对象来完满地接受神的福。……按照创世记一章的记载，神乃是等到有生命之物被造出来的时候，才开始赐福（22）。但只有人的生命够得上水准接受神丰满的福。神创造人以后，祂在地上能看见一种有生命之物，有祂的形像并有祂的管治权，神就立刻把祂丰满的福赐给人（创世记生命读经，一三一页）。

　　Deut. 30:19 …I have set before you life and death, blessing and curse; therefore choose life that you and your seed may live.

　　Gen. 1:28 And God blessed them; and God said to them, Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth and subdue it, and have dominion…

　　God blessed man to be fruitful, multiply, fill the earth, and conquer it (Gen. 1:28)….God is rich and God is rich in blessing, but before the creation of man there was no object to receive His blessing in full….According to the record of Genesis 1, God did not begin to bless until the time when the living creatures came into being (Gen. 1:22). Yet, only the human life is up to the standard to receive God’s blessing in full. After God created man, He was able to see on earth a living creature bearing His image and having His dominion. Immediately God bestowed His full blessing upon man. (Life-study of Genesis, p. 105)

　　我们若要接受神的福，就必须合乎资格。那些资格，……就是形像和管治。在你的家里若有神的形像和神的管治，你就能确信在那里必定有神的福。……神的福总是随着祂的彰显和祂的代表。

　　神的福总是随同着祭司职任和君王职分。……祭司的职任是为着神的形像，君王的职分是为着神的管治权。只要我们运用祭司的职任接触神、观看神并返照荣耀的形像，我们就有君王的职分，神的福立刻就随之而来。

　　这福乃是结果子、扩增、繁增并遍满地面。……神按着自己的形像造人，并赐人权柄为全能者管治这地。这人已准备好来接受神的福。神的福使这人能繁衍增多。一成十，十成百，百成千，千成万，万成百万，百万成十亿，直到全地充满了美丽的脸，来彰显神并代表神。

　　神赐福我们有多少，是根据我们彰显祂并代表祂有多少。我们若充分地彰显祂并代表祂，就必定在繁衍并结果子上有祂丰满的福（创世记生命读经，一三二至一三三页）。

　　你们必须看见，主是不留下一样美物不给我们的。工作作不起来，弟兄姊妹的情形不好，得救的人数不加增的时候，我们不要推到环境上去，也不要推到别人身上，怪这个弟兄不好，怪那个弟兄不行。恐怕是因在我们身上有拦阻祝福的东西。主如果在我们身上走得通，神的祝福应当是“无处可容”才可以。神从前对以色列人说，“你们……以此试试我，是否为你们敞开天上的窗户，倾福与你们，甚至无处可容。”（玛三10）神今天还是说这话。祝福的生活，必须是基督徒经常的生活。蒙祝福的工作，必须是我们经常的工作。若有不蒙祝福的情形发生，你要说，“主，可能是我这里有难处。”（倪柝声文集第三辑第十册，二一二页）

　　从路得记中拿俄米的事例，我们也看见神赐福的原则。……她这样谦卑下来，服在神的审判之下，结果就带进神的祝福。……从她身上，我们再次看见，神的心要来赐福，但是人的光景有问题，所以神的手先行审判。……谁肯在神的审判之下自审，定罪自己，就必碰到神的恩典，得着神的祝福（活神与复活的神，六二至六三页）。

　　参读：创世记生命读经，第九篇；活神与复活的神，第六篇；倪柝声文集第三辑第十册，仰望神的祝福。

　　If we are to receive God’s blessing, we need to meet the qualifications…, [which] are image and dominion. If there is the image of God with God’s dominion in your home, you can be assured that the blessing of God will be there….God’s blessing always follows His expression and His representation.

　　God’s blessing is always with the priesthood and the kingship.…The priesthood is for God’s image; the kingship is for God’s dominion. As long as we exercise the priesthood to contact God, to behold God and to reflect the image of glory, we have the kingship. God’s blessing follows immediately.

　　The blessing is fruit-bearing, increase, multiplication, and the filling of the earth….God…created a man in His image, giving him authority to have dominion for the Almighty on earth. This man was ready for God’s blessing. God’s blessing was to enable this man to be fruitful. One would become ten, ten would become one hundred, one hundred would become a thousand, a thousand would become a hundred thousand, a hundred thousand would become a million, and a million would become a billion, until the whole earth was filled with beautiful faces expressing God and representing God.

　　How much God is able to bless us depends on how much we express Him and represent Him. If we express Him and represent Him in an adequate way, we will surely have His full blessing in multiplication and fruit-bearing. (Life-study of Genesis, pp. 105-107)

　　We must see that the Lord withholds no good thing from us. If the work is not going well, if the brothers and sisters are in a poor condition, or if the number of saved ones is not increasing, we should not use the environment or certain people as an excuse. We cannot blame the brothers. I am afraid that the real reason lies with our harboring of some frustrations to the blessing. If the Lord can get through in us, the Lord’s blessing will be greater than our capacity. Once God said to the Israelites, “Prove Me, if you will, by this,…whether I will open to you the windows of heaven and pour out blessing for you until there is no room for it” (Mal 3:10). God is still saying this today. The normal life of a Christian is a life of blessing, and the normal work of a Christian is a work of blessing. If we do not receive blessing, we should say, “Lord, perhaps I am the problem.” (Expecting the Lord’s Blessing (booklet), pp. 7-8)

　　The principle of God’s blessing is also seen in the case of Naomi in the book of Ruth….Since Naomi was humbled and subdued under God’s judging hand, God’s blessing was brought in….This case shows that God’s heart is to bless, but man’s questionable condition requires God’s judging hand first….Whoever is willing to judge and condemn himself under God’s judging will meet grace and receive blessing. (CWWL, 1957, vol. 3, “The Living God and the God of Resurrection,” pp. 46-47)

　　Further Reading: Life-study of Genesis, msg. 9; CWWL, 1957, vol. 3, “The Living God and the God of Resurrection,” ch. 6; CWWN, vol. 56, “Expecting the Lord’s Blessing,” pp. 435-446