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Have you ever wondered, “Why would the Almighty, Powerful and Holy God choose to Bless a poor miserable and wretched sinner like me?” I think most of us have, some of us still do, we don't feel worthy of God’s love, mainly because (face it and get over yourself) we aren't! Some worry the roof will cave in if they ever walk into a Church, or they will be struck by lightening, from the all-seeing, great Judge on High. Then remember Moses and Paul were murderers! God knows who you are, and what you have done and HE loves you ANYWAY!
Once you get to know Jesus, you get it, and you are very very grateful. We owe him everything! But still some ask “Why does He bless us?” The answer is in a song, Psalm 67.
God is a music lover, he drew near to David when he played his harp, when people praise Him most they do so in song. Many of us share our emotions much more easily in song, speaking things we could never express otherwise. Music helps us focus on the Lord and shut out the things of the world more easily. Psalm 67 is to be sung to the music of stringed instruments. Like a guitar played in a prayer meeting or the worship team in a church.
The most important and ultimate blessing, every Jew would recognize, it is spoken by the High Priest over the people and we include it in Sabbath on Friday and Saturday. It is called the Aaronic Blessing and it comes from Numbers 6:22-27 (See Terce and sung at Sext) every Jew hearing the first verse of Psalm 67 would have recognized it and then there is a strange pause in the middle, the ‘Selah” and instead of finishing the Aaronic Blessing, he answers the question as to “Why God Blesses Us” and is telling them the blessing is not just for an individual, not just for the Jewish people, who consider themselves God’s only people, ‘The children of the Book.’ It is to be shared, it is for us all.
God blesses us SO THAT WE CAN THEN BLESS OTHERS! So who can you bless today?
