I’m convinced that nobody wants to live under a curse. The world seeks happiness. The Bible prefers another term: Blessed. The word shows up 42 times in Genesis, beginning in the very first chapter. God takes the initiative in blessing us, but we also have to receive it. There are ways we can contribute to the blessing and ways we can complicate it. Furthermore, as is seen in Abram’s life (Genesis 12), we aren’t intended to hog the blessings – we are to be instruments of God to “bless” the entire world. I love how Luke’s Gospel ends, too (24:50-53).