musings

Prayer of Blessing to the Lord

For me, reading the Old Testament is usually interesting. To be completely honest, some of the books, e.g. 1 & 2 Kings, are EXTREMELY boring and seemingly useless. hahaha. Don’t judge me! I still read them word for word!

Anyhow, one of the main things I love about reading the OT is learning about the men and women of God who lived before us. I find it extremely helpful, for my own spiritual walk, to read about and to examine their relationship with God, their victories, and their failures. Biblical characters like Abraham, Moses, David, etc. are individuals who have had a unique relationship to God and their lives provide a endless amount of wisdom for us.

Today, I was reading through 1 Chronicles 28-29 and was really blessed by king David’s prayer of blessing to the Lord. When I pray, sometimes, I find myself at a loss of words. I don’t quite know how to or what to pray about, but praise God for amazing examples in the Bible. I have found that praying the prayers of other men and women of God to be extremely powerful. The passion and the truth that is evident in some of these prayers is absolutely astounding! Embrace it!

The following is the prayer that I read in 1 Chronicles. Read it. Meditate upon it. Make it your own prayer and pray it.

Blessed are you, O Lord, the God of Israel our father, forever and ever. Yours, O Lord, is the greatness and the power and the glory and the victory and the majesty, for all that is in the heavens and in the earth is yours. Yours is the kingdom, O Lord, and you are exalted as head above all. Both riches and honor come from you, and you rule over all. In your hands are power and might, and in your hand it is to make great and to give strength to all. And now we thank you, our God, and praise your glorious name.

                                                   1 Chronicles 29:10-13