I especially like Matthew Henry's commentary on this Psalm. Not just on what can we ask for ourselves, but what should we be asking for our brothers and sisters. Sometimes we get the mistaken idea that there's only enough of God's blessings for an elite few. But God's capacity to bless is limitless.
May God bless you richly, and your neighbor to the east, neighbor to the south, neighbor to the north and neighbor to the west.
When my kids lead us in thanks at meals, they sometimes add in a request for God to feed everyone who is hungry. It sounds like a big order to us, but not for Him.
Have a wonderful weekend,
your sister in Christ,
Lili
Psalm 134
1A song for the ascent to Jerusalem. Oh, bless the LORD, all you servants of the LORD, you who serve as night watchmen in the house of the LORD.2Lift your hands in holiness, and bless the LORD.3May the LORD, who made heaven and earth, bless you from Jerusalem.
(the following is from Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary -- www.christnotes.org)
"Chapter Contents
An exhortation to bless the Lord.
We must stir up ourselves to give glory to God, and encourage ourselves to hope for mercy and grace from him. It is an excellent plan to fill up all our spare minutes with pious meditations, and prayers and praises. No time would then be a burden, nor should we murder our hours by trifling conversation and vain amusements, or by carnal indulgences. We need desire no more to make us happy, than to be blessed of the Lord. We ought to beg spiritual blessings, not only for ourselves, but for others; not only, The Lord bless me, but, The Lord bless thee; thus testifying our belief that there is enough for others as well as for us, and showing our good will to others."
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