Break the Curse

One may be cursed and the curse may turn into a promise of blessing for the other. Some of them may turn into years of promise for the generations to come. That's when the new generation is willingly to rise up to break the curse.

The mistake of Adam has burdened his children with a curse. God said to Adam, "Curse is the ground for your sake; in toil you shall eat of it all the days of your life." His children were bounded to that curse. But ten generations later, Lamech had a son who was prophetically named Noah. Lamech said, "This one will comfort us concerning our work and the toil of our hands, because of the ground which the Lord has cursed." Noah found a favor in God's eyes that God sent him to build the ark so that God could clean up the mess. After the flood, the clean up, God said in His heart, "I will never again curse the ground for man's sake." Now Noah and his sons, Shem, Japheth and Ham, had a new beginning!

Unfortunately, Ham chose to mock Noah's nakedness after being drunk. When Noah learned about this, he decided to curse Ham for his wickedness, "Cursed be Canaan [Ham's son]; a servant of servants he shall be to his brethen. Blessed be the Lord, the God of Shem, and may Canaan be his servant." Why did Noah decided to curse Canaan instead of Ham? I don't know why, but Noah created a promise that was shown to Abraham, the tenth generation after Noah through Shem his son. God promised to Abraham, "the land of Canaan shall be given to your descendants after being a stranger in the land."

How do we position ourselves to be the curse breaker like Noah and Abraham? They both are the source of the promised blessings in days to come.

Noah lived for 500 years before he begot three sons. He might have spend a lot of time with God as his great grandfather, Enoch, did. Out of obedience, Noah built an ark, knowing that God will destroy the flesh. Out of obedience, Abraham left all of his family and country to go where God wanted him to go. Interestingly, they both left their families to go into the new land with full of promises.