The way of blessing is the way of praising God and finding strength in Him (Psalm 84:4-5). We worship the Lord - "Your Name is the Lord. You alone are the Most High God of the whole earth" (Psalm 83:18). As
we worship Him, our strength is restored. He answers our prayer -
“Restore us, O God, our Saviour” (Psalm 85:4). As we worship God, our
joy is restored - “Give me joy, O Lord, because I lift my soul to You”
(Psalm 86:4). What a joy it is to know the Lord. He’s the Source of all
our blessings (Psalm 87:7). Knowing that it is God’s desire to bless us,
we come to Him, earnestly seeking His blessing: “I cry out to You for
help, O Lord, and, in the morning, my prayer will come into Your
presence” (Psalm 88:13).
We read about Elijah in his high-points of strength - the triumph over the prophets of Baal (1 Kings 18:36-39) - and his low-points of weakness - he is ready to give up: “I’ve had enough now, Lord” (1 Kings 19:4). How did Elijah get into such a mess? He forgot this: “The Lord’s power was on Elijah” (1 Kings 18:46). In all life’s ups and downs, we must hold on to this: The Lord has sent His Spirit of power to live in us (2 Timothy 1:7). How are we to live in the power of the Spirit? We need to feed on the Word of God and drink in the Word of God (1 Kings 17:4). We need to pray that the Lord will send His showers of blessing (1 Kings 17:14). We are to live our life “according to the Word of the Lord” (1 Kings 17:16). For our life of faith to be strong in the Lord, we need to listen attentively to the preaching of God’s Word (1 Kings 17:24).
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