There are moments when you can feel it—blessing lifts.
Not because God is fickle. But because something shifted in you.
Deuteronomy 28 lays it out plainly: blessings for obedience, curses for disobedience.
This isn’t transactional. It’s covenantal. Blessing flows when you’re aligned with God. And when you step outside that alignment, you step outside the flow.
Pride does it.
James 4:6 says God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.
When you stop needing God—when you start believing the lie that you’ve got this on your own—blessing doesn’t force itself on you. It waits.
Psalm 84:11 says no good thing is withheld from those who walk uprightly. Which means if you’re not walking uprightly, you’re blocking your own access.
Injustice does it.
Malachi 3 talks about robbing God in tithes and offerings. But it’s not just about money. It’s about withholding what belongs to Him—your time, your obedience, your heart.
Isaiah 1 says God refuses to hear prayers when justice is ignored. When you’re living with unrepentant sin, your hands full of the wrong things, the connection weakens.
Broken relationships do it.
1 Peter 3:7 says if you mistreat your wife, your prayers are hindered.
Your relationship with God and your relationship with others aren’t separate. How you treat people—especially those closest to you—affects your fellowship with Him.
Matthew 5 says if you’re bringing a gift to the altar and remember someone has something against you, leave the gift. Go reconcile first. Then come back.
Blessing doesn’t bypass brokenness.
But here’s the thing about seasons of testing.
Job lost everything. Not because of sin, but because God trusted him with the weight of it.
John 15 says God prunes what He’s growing. Cutting back isn’t punishment. It’s preparation for more fruit.
Sometimes what feels like the removal of blessing is actually God making room for something deeper.
So here’s the key distinction:
Blessing is tied to God’s covenant faithfulness, not human approval.
A spouse cannot revoke God’s blessing. A boss can’t. A friend can’t.
But sin can hinder your fellowship with God. Pride can. Unrepentant patterns can. Broken relationships can.
And when fellowship is hindered, blessing feels distant—not because God pulled back, but because you did.
The path back isn’t complicated.
Humble yourself. Confess honestly. Reconcile where you can. Obey in the small things. Root yourself in God’s Word.
Blessing doesn’t have to stay lifted.
But it won’t return on autopilot.
You have to walk the path.