Blessed

Abram is blessed by God Most High,
Creator of heaven and earth,
and blessed be God Most High
who has handed over your enemies to you. (19-20)

A couple of days ago, I talked about how we as Christians are the spiritual descendants of Abraham and inheritors of God’s blessing. (Galatians 3:8-9).

And as I saw this verse, I couldn’t help but reflect on that truth some more.

As inheritors of God’s blessing, try reading the blessing of Melchizedek with your own name in there.

“<Your name> is blessed by God Most High,
Creator of heaven and earth.”

We are blessed in so many ways. We have received so many spiritual blessings from God. (Ephesians 1:3-14)

More, through Jesus, we have the ultimate victory over our final enemy: death. (I Corinthians 15:26, 50-57)

The amazing thing about it, though, is that the God of all creation would care enough about us to bless us in this way.

Stop and think about that for a moment. Mediate on that truth.

And as we do, let us sing with David:

When I observe your heavens,
the work of your fingers,
the moon and the stars,
which you set in place,
what is a human being that you remember him,
a son of man that you look after him?
You made him little less than God,
and crowned him with glory and honor. (Psalm 8:3-5)