Gen 12:2 …I will bless you…, so that you will be a blessing.
Throughout my life, I’ve been prone to bouts of what I always called “the blue funk,” times when everything just felt wrong, off, bad. Always during those times, the antidote was to count my blessings. I would start with the basics—breath in my lungs, a roof over my head—and keep counting until I was in a better mental space. In that space especially, desperately trying to cling to the good in my life, I can see His abundant blessings everywhere.
Luke 6:38 “Give, and it will be given to you…. For with the measure you use it will be measured back to you.”
God makes no secret about the fact that we are His deeply loved children. And it is absolutely His right to bless us simply because He wishes. But His purpose is larger and more eternal than just blessing us in this life. He blesses us so that we can be a blessing to others, so that we can shine His light, sing His praises, be His hands and feet, point others to Him.
Malachi 3:10 …”Test Me in this,” says the LORD Almighty, “and see if I will not throw open the floodgates of heaven and pour out so much blessing that there will not be room enough to store it.”
Lord, Thank You for this day and for Your abundant blessings in my life. Help me, even on my darkest days, not to lose sight of all Your blessings in my life, and help me, daily, to strive to be a blessing to others, to shine Your light, to sing Your praises, to be Your hands and feet, to point others to You. Draw me closer. Amen.
John 1:16 From His abundance we have all received one gracious blessing after another.
Have a blessed day.