Tag: Blessing God

I exalt you, my God the King,
and bless your name forever and ever.

I will bless you every day;
I will praise your name forever and ever. (Psalm 145:1-2)

Those words struck a chord with me this morning, particularly verse 2,

I will bless you every day.

The word translated “bless” is very interesting. Usually, it’s used in the sense of God blessing us. And in this psalm we see many examples of this (8-9, 14-16, 18-20).

But there is a sense in which we bless God. The way we bless God, though, is different from how he blesses us.

When God blesses us, he fills a need that we ourselves can’t fill.

But with God, he has no needs. He doesn’t need our worship. He doesn’t need our love.

And yet because he created us and loves us so much, he takes great pleasure in our worship and our love. In that sense he is blessed by us.

So may our prayers not always be, “Lord, bless me.”

Rather from a heart of love and gratitude, may we say each day, “Lord, as you see me today, as you hear my words, see my thoughts, and see my actions, be blessed.”