We have to bless Him (Part 6)
Verse of the day: Genesis 27:4 “Prepare me the kind of tasty food I like and bring it to me to eat, so that I may give you my blessing before I die”
The verse of the day tells us about Isaac who before dying informed his son Esau that the time to bless him has come and he was clear about the condition before blessing him; He asked him to bring him food before blessing him. It doesn’t mean that Isaac didn’t have food to eat because he was normally served by his wife or his servants according to his culture, but he demanded to be served by his son in order to bless him back. This verse clearly manifests God’s character. He wants to bless us but requires a simple condition: “Bless me first so that I may bless you back”
If you read this teaching from the beginning, you understood that we can bless the Lord in many ways but this time we will discover that he doesn’t only wants to be blessed but he prefers to be blessed before blessing us. At this point, you understand that if you can always bless the Lord, you will naturally always be blessed by him.
Before closing, let’s talk about King David. He blessed the Lord a lot and took advantage of his power as a king to influence all the assembly to bless the Lord. Let’s study the following verse “Then David said to the whole assembly, “Then David said to all the assembly, “Now bless the Lord your God.” So all the assembly blessed the Lord God of their fathers, and bowed their heads and prostrated themselves before the Lord and the king” (1 Chr 29:20). David asked all the community to bless their God. The verse shows us how they blessed the Lord. They bowed down, prostrating themselves before the Lord. By this we understand that bowing down and prostrating before the Lord is an act of worship that blesses Him.
In fact, what matters is not bowing down or prostrating, but it’s all about the spirit we do it with. God wants us to bow down in our hearts to bless him. He wants us to reach the level where we can say like Jesus: “Father, not my will, but Yours” (Luke 22:42). I insist on this because our will is not necessary God’s will but we should develop an attitude in which our will must die in order to give in to God’s will. We will never be able to always bless the Lord as long as we cling on our own position. If you want to bless the Lord, you must learn to give up something in order to receive from Him.
I bless you all in the name of Jesus
Chris Ndikumana
