Day of Praise

Sa, 10/04/14, "Day of Praise"

"Then all the people left, each for their own home, and David returned home to bless his family." - 1 Chronicles 16:43

Big blessings are full of little things.

In today's verse, David returned home to bless his family. How can we do the same? That is, how can we return home to bless our families? And how do you do it if nobody's there?

The keys are in the touch and in the hands.

In Mark 10:16, we read, "And [Jesus] took the children in his arms, placed his hands on them and blessed them." In Luke 24:50, we read, "When he had led them out to the vicinity of Bethany, he lifted up his hands and blessed them."

The keys are in the touch and in the hands.

Jesus, the Son of God, came into this world and touched us with his hands in appropriate ways. In so doIng, he blessed us. He also lifted up his hands and asked blessings on us. He also stretched out his hands and received the nails of judgment for our sin so that we might believe and be blessed.

Christianity is not just a religion. It's a lifestyle. God raised Jesus Christ to touch us daily with blessing by the power of the Holy Spirit.

God gave all of us hands so that we would use them to bless, genuinely being for everyone, acknowledging their existence with a spirit of kindness, and maybe even touching them on the hand or shoulder if it can be done appropriately. Decades ago, some people helped me realize how important it is to others, when we enter a room, especially in our home, that we walk around and touch as many as possible with a word or handshake or hug.

May God bless the work of your hands today. May God bless those that you touch in Jesus' name.

Praise God!


Pastor Chris
"The gospel is the story of Jesus [what God's only Son has done for us that we can't do for ourselves], spoken as a promise." - Robert Jenson