Wednesday, November 19, 2014

Do you have the power? Where does it come from? Psalm 134-136

Psalms 134:3
" May the Lord bless you from Zion,
He who made heaven and earth."

Many times throughout the Psalms the words, "May the Lord bless you," are either written, expressed or alluded to in regard to God granting us blessings.  The Scriptures are pure in regard to WHERE blessings comes, or better WHO provides blessings.   In this verse the writer gives us insight that the blessing from the Lord will come out of Zion (another name for Jerusalem) and from the God who has so much power, He made heaven and earth.   God is not shy about telling of His greatness.  We should take that cue from Him and praise Him all the more for it.   Psalm 135 and 136, to follow, are a breakdown and description of His great power - as are many of the Psalms.   In this little chapter (134) we have only three verses, but powerful verses, about God.  The above verse calls for us to be blessed with the same power that God used to create the heavens and the earth.  How is that possible?   And, that blessing is to come out of Jerusalem.  How would that work?  Do I have to take a journey to the Promise Land and Jerusalem, in particular, to receive this blessing?   There are many who believe that.   However, this little Psalm is a big prophetic utterance for us.   Our of Jerusalem comes our Savior.   Jesus was crucified in Jerusalem and overcame death and rose from the dead in Jerusalem.   Jesus was there at Creation when the heaven and earth was made and that same power was used to raise Him from the dead.  So, when the Psalmist writes that you and I can be blessed out of Zion, by the God who made heaven and earth, he is writing that Christ would dwell in our hearts in power.  The same power He used to create the physical universe is the same power He uses to re-create us in the likeness of Christ.   We are blessed out of Zion.   Zion becomes the conduit for all of God's blessings because it is through Zion that Christ was crucified and resurrected.  Our blessing for power in our lives comes from Christ.  When Christ dwells in our hearts we have the power that was used to create heaven and earth.   That means our "blessing" is powerful.  There is no addiction, sin, chain, or corruption Jesus can't care for appropriately.   We have, dwelling in us, the blessing from Zion, the Son of God, who's power made the heavens and the earth ... again, it is dwelling in us.   We have been blessed out of Zion!!

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