Psalm 134: Blessing the Lord

The last time I was at the International House of Prayer in Kansas City, Missouri, I attended the NightWatch (the period between the hours of 12 a.m. - 6 a.m. in which a faithful group of intercessors stand in the house of the Lord praying for the nations of the earth). The vision statement of IHOP-KC's NightWatch is Psalm 134. This 3 verse Psalm speaks about beholding and blessing the Lord in the night. It's what the NightWatch is all about. Its why the Prayer Room is open day and night. I wasn't really sure exactly what that meant though. So, I began to seek out the answer: What does blessing the Lord really mean? I began to brainstorm and ask God for His wisdom on what this Psalm (and a few other scriptures that mention it) was all about. The following is what I wrote: "What does it mean to bless the Lord? He is who He is. Nothing that we say about Him will change who His is, and if we use Isaac blessing Jacob with the blessing of a father as an example then shouldn't blessing someone mean speaking words that bring forth great change for good inside of someone? Our words cannot change who God is though, and nothing can make Him better because He is absolutely perfect and He never changes. So, who do our blessings effect then? The answer: ourselves and the people around us. These words of blessing change the way that we and others around us view Him. When we bless Him we speak words of truth and praise about Him that become established inside our hearts and minds. When we declare the absoluteness of who He is we make it a part of our thoughts. When we do this we're filling ourselves with light. It's all a part of renewing our mind and becoming more like Him. Therefore, blessing Him is of uttermost importance! It pushes back the power and influence of darkness over our minds and the minds of others! When we speak this absolute truth about the Lord of Hosts, it has the power to decimate lies that have strongholds in the minds of all who hear and accept it. Blessing the Lord is a weapon with which we thwart the schemes of the enemy and save souls from darkness. Blessing Him is our purpose as a part of the Creation of God. All of Creation exists entirely for His glory. As belonging to such, we can never truly be who we were created to be unless blessing Him is our first priority, primary focus, and sole desire in this life. We absolutely MUST dedicate every breath to His glory. Anything less is insanity!"

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Welcome to my blog. I'm not really someone who spends a huge amount of time on my computer, so I'm kind of arriving on the shores of "Blogland" a little late. However, I'm not really blogging because other people do it. I decided to start a blog because every now and then I start to journal about random things and I thought it would be cool to share them with others. So, enjoy!