“then hear from heaven and forgive the sin of your servants, your people Israel. Teach them the right way to live, and send rain on the land you gave your people for an inheritance.”
1 Kings 8:36 (NIV)
As we prepare to enter into three weeks of meditating on the Beatitudes,
I thought it would good to spend some time thinking about what being blessed means.
Surely the plain understanding of our Lord’s description of the people who are blessed is that our Lord is describing people who have been saved thru faith in our Lord Jesus Christ.
We as children of the LORD of Israel are blessed!
The people of Israel were blessed by God’s Presence dwelling among them.
We are blessed by God’s Presence dwelling among us.
The people of Israel were blessed by their king Solomon who sought to please God for a time.
We are blessed by our King Jesus who pleased God in all He did/does for all time.
The people of Israel were blessed by God teaching them the right way to live.
Did you notice that teaching comes after forgiveness and before the restoration of the land in this verse? We must change our ways in order to see God restore, and God Himself teaches us the right way to live, and restores our fruitfulness as we apply His teaching.
We are doubly blessed in regards to teaching for our Lord Himself forgives us, teaches us and then makes us fruitful as we follow that teaching!
The beatitudes could open with “Blessed are you, to be able to hear me teach” for we are blessed for sure! God didn’t leave us alone, He came down to teach us how to live, He came down to bless us!
I love how 1 Kings 8 ends, everyone is joyful and glad in heart, blessing their king with their mouths.
May we bless our King Jesus this day, for His teaching us how to live!
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