Did you bless the Lord? (Part 2)
Verse of the day: Colossians 3:2 “Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things”
Like I said in the first part, only those who set their minds on things above are able to bless the Lord and bless Him every day.
Many people (including Christians) prefer to give thanks to God for the earthly blessings like houses, money, a good job, children, a good wife, a good husband…and it’s good to give thanks because all those good things truly come from God but they are not a strong foundation to guarantee a constant praise. A person who’s rich today may be in need next year and the good social situation that pushes you to bless God can change according circumstances. If then earthly blessings are the source of your motivation to bless the Lord, today you would bless Him and tomorrow you will be complaining at the point that you would already have forgotten what He has already done in your life.
The only way you can always bless the Lord is to set your mind on things above which means spiritual things. To set your mind on spiritual things means taking time to meditate on God’s goodness and greatness in considering His daily work for us that occurs in the spiritual world.
Thinking that there is an angel that follows me wherever I go to protect me is a good reason for me to bless the Lord every day. If the Lord could open your spiritual eyes for just five minutes to show you how powerful is the spiritual fight in your favor, you would thank Him 24 hours a day. While your earthly eyes are showing you that all is finished for you, your spiritual eyes can show you that the solution is on the way because God is in control and He is your Father. As a matter of fact, He cannot forsake you because of his great love. That’s why a sacrifice of praise should come out of you. A Christian is supposed to praise God as long as he remembers that Jesus defeated the devil and He is seated on the right hand of the Father.
Spiritual eyes are always inspired by the word of God which is our sword (Ephesians 6:17). They show us the source of everything we see in the physical world because everything starts from the spiritual world. These are the kind of meditations that would push you to say like David: “I will bless the Lord at all times; his praise shall continually be in my mouth” (Psalms 34:1)
Let’s pray in asking the Holy-Spirit to make us a source of blessings and not a source of complaining.
In the third part, I will talk about our body as an instrument to bless the Lord
Chris Ndikumana
