THE POWER TO BLESS
Today's reading: Ezekiel 15:1-16:43, Hebrews 7, Proverbs 17:23-28

"And without question, the person who has the power to bless is always greater than the person who is blessed." Hebrews 7:7 NLT

Let's do a quick scientific study...

An experiment of sorts...

A kind of survey...

A poll...

A show of hands...

Who gets more of your conversation, attention, time, energy and thoughts...God or your problems?

Before the data is collected and the results are tallied, I'm going to make an educated guess: our problems.

They're talked about. They're posted on our prayer chains. They are discussed in our small groups. They are whispered at our altars. They are published on social media. They are matters of conversation over cups of coffee, tea, cocoa and backyard fences.

Is God talked about as much?

Ouch.

Today's verse talks about the 'bless-er' being greater than the blessed or the blessing, what a reminder of how our conversations are revealing the twisted natures of our hearts.

We've got things out of order.

What if for today, let's just say as a part of our 'science experiment', we begin to talk more about the greatness of God than the enormity of our problems?

What if we began praising the Blessed One rather than spout off our desired list of blessings?

What if we praised instead of presented prayer requests?

What if for today we made it all about Him?