Today is Thursday, June 10th, 2004; Karen's Korner #309

Psalms 34:1 says, "I will bless the Lord at all time; His praise shall continually be in my mouth."

 

Bless. I have been hearing that word a lot lately. But what does it mean? In my dictionary, there are many definitions for bless, blessed, blessing. Several of them are:  to ask for divine favor; to make happy or prosperous; to protect from evil, harm, etc.

 

I have a Bible concordance listing Bible verses using those same three words. And it fills six columns in some of the smallest print possible. At the same time, many other words take up only a line or two; maybe a short paragraph.

 

When I ask God to "bless" someone, I am asking for God to divinely do a favor such as protecting them, making them happy or prosperous, or giving them some other divine gift.

 

But why does this Psalm ask me to "bless God". He already has all of this stuff?

 

I think there is a lot about God and what He wants from me.....from all of us...that I don't understand. From what I do understand and know from life experiences:  While God wants our blessings, God doesn't need our blessings. Instead WE need to bless God, so that WE have peace of mind, peace of heart, freedom from some of our inner turmoil, confusion, or whatever might be confronting us at the moment. God always knows how it works, even if we can't always understand it!  WE need to bless others and God will see to it that we receive so many blessings from Him in return.

 

Bless and blessing must be pretty important. I think I need to learn more about it.....

 

Dear God, This morning I would like to bless You for Your wisdom, Your understanding, Your care, Your many gifts to each one of us. Bless each reader this morning with Your protection and prosperity; give each one of us hope for today as we go about our daily tasks. Amen.


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