Psalms 134 – 136
Verse 134:1 talks about blessing the Lord:
Come, bless the LORD, all you servants of the LORD,
who stand by night in the house of the LORD!
NIV says “praise” while the KJV and CJB both say “bless”, so I tend to fall on the “blessing” the Lord. Honestly it’s not possible to “bless the Lord” in our physical minds. What does God need anyway? What could we do to really “bless the Lord”? To answer this question you must go outside your physical bodies, unless you have children than this is easy.
First, outside the physical world really the only thing that would bless God is more than just doing what He wants. That is why I said those who have children will understand this because when something is given or done from the heart nothing can make you feel more blessed. When the “little one” brings you a picture they spend hours on for your birthday, that is a blessing. You look at the “art” with no real form, composition or value in the art world and see nothing less than a priceless work of art. You know it came from the heart and therefore are personally blessed.
THAT is the key to blessing the Lord, doing something special from the heart! Doesn’t have to be millions of dollars in the offering plate, but it does need to be heartfelt.
Verse 135:13 is obvious, but really needs reflection:
Your name, O LORD, endures for ever,
your renown, O LORD, throughout all ages.
I fear that science and “logic” is crushing the Lord’s name and memories. We look at these stories no longer as fact, but rather literary allegory about something that happened. The earth was not made in 6 days, but rather over millions of years. The Red Sea did not part, but rather had an unusual tide. These and other explanations are attempts to remove God from our natural lives and forget Him altogether.
Interestingly the ones driving this so aggressively call themselves Satanist, but they claim not to believe in a being called Satan. Luciferian cults are also driving this “no God mindset” in our society without challenge. We don’t stand up and say wait, even when there is proof that God exists in our lives. So I wonder how God’s name will endure past the next 2 to 3 generations, unless something is done to stop this slip.
Verse 136:1 reminds us of other Psalms and writings in the Bible:
Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good,
for his steadfast love endures for ever.
His “love endures for ever” shows up 45 times in the Bible, it may show up more if we change the wording but for this search that is what I found. Now 26 of those times are in this Psalm alone, but that still means these words were written 19 other times. Again that is something that we tend to forget, no matter how distant we make God or try to deny his existence altogether, His love endures! I guess in this day and age, were 50% of the bonds of marriage fail due to a promised love not enduring for ever fails, we have a tough time imagining God loving US forever. That is why He is God and we fall short!