272 Psalms 115 – 118; Matthew 6.19 – 6.34
No shame in asking for God's blessing. Psalm 115 is full of asking and praising. "O God, remember us and bless us, bless the families of Israel and Aaron. And let God bless all who fear God---bless the small and the great." In Ephesians 1:3 we are told we are blessed with every spiritual blessing. As a Christian we are to pray that our eyes would be opened to how we have been blessed, but also we should ask for God's blessing upon our lives. When Paul says to Christians, grace and peace be unto you, are they not already blessed with grace and peace. Of course they are! Yet Paul is extending that prayer of blessing toward them. What do you want God to bless you with? Understand that you are asking your loving Father in heaven who sent His Son to die for you--so I think the Lord wants to bless you! Go for it. Ask the Lord to bless others, it is a good thing!
One of the great battles of life is the temporal verses the eternal. Jesus is reminding us not to hoard treasure down here on earth--temporal, but to stockpile it in heaven--eternal! Choosing our investments wisely is our responsibility. Giving to God is incumbent upon us. God takes what we give to Him, saves it up and gives it all back to us 20, 30, 100 fold. The Lord is trying to get us to understand how short life is down here and how long life is up there. We are to live with the end in mind. They tell me, ‘show me a person's checkbook, and I will show you what they worship.’ I am not totally convinced of that statement, yet there is a lot of truth contained in it. The reason it can't be totally true is some people give to cover up or buy blessing from the Lord--ha, ha, ha.
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