19 The Lord has established his throne in the heavens,
and his kingdom rules over all.
20 Bless the Lord, O you his angels,
you mighty ones who do his bidding,
obedient to his spoken word.
21 Bless the Lord, all his hosts,
his ministers that do his will.
22 Bless the Lord, all his works,
in all places of his dominion.
Bless the Lord, O my soul.
We come to the end of the liturgical year. We have eaten our turkey or special food for Thanksgiving and today we will officially start facing towards Christmas and the birth of the Christ child. We will start from the very beginning with the incarnation, “it’s a very good place to start.” We call it Advent, the four Sundays before Christmas Day. But first let us finish with Psalm 103.
The psalmist concludes after all his listings of the many benefits from relationship with God that the proper response of the angels, Gods servants and all the hosts is to bless the Lord. We are commanded to “bless.”
I looked up bless on the Internet and it said there are several ways it can be used. Blessing is also usually related to a ritual.So blessing is a way of making something “holy” as when we do our weddings in a church and ask for God’s blessing. Blessing can also be related to asking protection as when we baptize our children and pray for his protection as the child grows. A praise service blesses. When our parents bless our marriages, they are approving. We all pray that our person will be ”blessed” with an identifiable talent that blesses their life to be a blessing. Sighhhh.
God wants us to be in relationship with him so that he can bless us with talents, protect us from evil, make us holy onto him and have his approval shine through us. As I come to the end of my writing time with Bethany, my prayer is that we all commit to the rituals of faith that provide channels for God’s blessings to flow through our lives so we are a blessing to him and to others. Blessings as you head in to the next phase of ministry at Bethany.
On the Way to Wonder 