David exclaimed in Psalm 16:2-23, "O my soul, thou hast said unto the Lord, Thou art my Lord: my goodness extendeth not to thee; but to the saints that are in the earth, and to the excellent, in whom is all my delight."
Each one of us have been born into this world to be a channel of blessing. As a child in my mother's Sunday School class I remember singing the hymn...
Make me a channel of blessing today,
Make me a channel of blessing I pray,
My life possessing, my service blessing,
Make me a channel of blessing today.
The root meaning of the Hebrew word, "bless" means "to kneel, to bow the knee." We bless God by kneeling before Him in adoration. In a sense, when God blesses us, He bows His knee in love and kindness toward us. We do this too when we attend to a plant we have planted in our garden. We bend the knee to fertilize and water it. We look at it and bless it.
Deuteronomy 28:1-14 speaks of God blessing those who obey Him. These Scriptures are packed full of the most amazing blessings for both individuals and nations. All who earnestly seek to lovingly obey Him have the right to claim every one.
Jesus Christ, in is blessings can flow. This is His primary way of blessing. The truth is, according to the measure we bless others, we will be blessed.
Husbands, abundantly bless your wife. Fathers, abundantly bless your children. Men, seek earnestly to find ways to bless others, even when they don't deserve it.
Be encouraged. Colin