Justice—the virtue that requires us to give to each person his due—requires us to offer our sacrifice of thanksgiving to God in return for his many blessings.
So the kind of blessing we are called upon to offer to God is fundamentally different from the kind of blessing God bestows on us. We use the same word to refer to two distinct but related actions. God blesses first, and our blessing of thanksgiving and adoration is always a response. This back-and-forth of blessing is the shape of our life of prayer.
Prayer is a dialogue. God initiates the conversation and invites us to enter into it. The gift of God and our acceptance of that gift come together in the living and dynamic conversation of prayer. And in thanksgiving for his blessing, bless the Lord and offer him your adoration and surrender.
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The Lord is glorified when His people bless, praise, and acknowledge Him. Such acknowledgment is what humanity was created for. No man can bless the Lord unless they have been made right with God through Christ alone. Only as God has blessed sinners in the heavenly realms Ephesians can they bless the Lord in a manner that pleases Him. In Psalm and Psalm , the Lord desires people to bless and worship Him.
From the earliest biblical accounts, the Lord calls people to honor Him through worship in every phase of life. Moses instructed people to worship the Lord, and the Psalms Psalm ; Psalm are filled with such instruction.
In the Bible, the blessing the Lord is the:. The word for blessing comes from the Hebrew noun barakah , which is used to explain the covenant favor and goodness of the Lord. As we consider both words, they are both similar in that they mean a blessing and a benediction from God Numbers In doxology, we exalt the Lord for His blessing Psalm Benediction though begets doxology. The granting of divine blessing points to an intimate relationship between a benevolent benefactor and his unworthy recipients.
A generous benefactor gives and graces while the unworthy recipient receives and rejoices with the blessing as a bond between them. The Lord richly blesses His people, and His people, in turn, bless Him for the blessing He confers on them. Every blessing of the Lord, which is all undeserved, should result in the worship of the Lord. The word blessing is linked to four biblical principles in the Scripture:. We were made to bless him and others by the actions and sacrifices in our lives.
To bless God is essentially a thank you. We already articulate that to our friends and loved ones, right? We say it at work, school and in our lives on a daily basis. We give thanks every November. Let us take a moment to bless God and recognize his greatness, strength and offerings to us individually — and as a nation — so as to show our gratitude for everything we receive and experience.
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