God of Blessing
And God blessed them, saying, “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth…” Then God blessed them, and God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply; fill the earth and subdue it; have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over every living thing that moves on the earth.” – Genesis 1:22,28
In continuation of our meditation on the nature of God, another of His attributes that we shall meditate on today is His predisposition to blessing. He is a blesser; the God who blesses His own works.
It is instructive that when God created all the other elements He made earlier, He only appraised their final outlook. However, after He created living creatures starting from birds to sea creatures, winged birds, cattle, beasts, and ultimately humans, He started blessing them as we can see in the reference passage above. God knew that humans were going to betray His confidence and stray in their ways, yet He blessed them. He also knew that some of the other creatures He made were going to turn rogue, yet this did not prevent Him from pronouncing blessings on them.
By proclaiming blessings on His living creatures, God defined how He wanted them to be engaged, through the prism of blessings. To the living creatures, He said, “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth.” To the humans He said, “Be fruitful and multiply; fill the earth and subdue it; have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over every living thing that moves on the earth.”
This tells us that humans are created for blessings, to bless and be blessed by a God who blesses. Some of the blessings He pronounced on humankind include fruitfulness, multiplication, replenishment, and dominion. Now, if the very first engagement of God with His creatures is anchored on blessing, should you do otherwise?
Jesus Loves You!
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