Every Day I will Bless You!

Psalm 145 begins, A Song of Praise of David. I will extol You my God and King, and bless Your Name forever and ever. Every day I will bless You and praise Your Name forever and ever.
In my ignorance I asked the question, "How is it that we can bless God, for truly it is we who have been blessed and are in need of His mercies which are new everyday?

By investigation, we find the Hebrew for the word "bless" is "a primitive root word which means to kneel; by implication to bless God (as an act of adoration): ..." Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible. And thus, because of the amazing grace of God through our Lord Jesus Christ on the cross,we are granted the privilege to kneel before Him in adoration and praise and He indeed is blessed as we bring our petitions before Him; believing that He will answer in accordance with His will unto His Own glory and praise--even if that means the answer will come beyond the years of our own lifetime.

We thank You for the fresh supply
Of mercy You have shown.
For You delight in mercy as
You claim us for Your Own.

Oh how can we who are but worms
Bless You through lips of clay,
But through the kindness that You give
For each new passing day.

For You through Christ, who gave his life
Have blessed with loving favor
That we, with joy may bless Your Name
Today in all our labor.

And though we may yet moan and groan
In weakness as we fail,
We thank You for the strength You give,
By faith we shall prevail.

Tis You that holds our soul in life,
Our feet shall not be moved,
For You Oh God, as silver
Have tried us and have proved,

You are the One Who brings us
Through affliction like a fire,
That all our praise will be to You,
Who Is our chief desire.

So come all you that hear and fear
Our God who hears our cry,
For Jesus has procured us as
The apple of His eye.

And thus He Is exalted
As we come to Him with tears.
Oh blessed be our God
Who answers far beyond our years.

Michael E. Wood
July 15, 2010