God Kneels for Man

The Hebrew word barach means to bless, but it also means to kneel.  When we kneel before God, we are blessing Him.  We humble ourselves before God and submit to Him.  We are lowing ourselves so that He may be raised up.

The greatest blessing God gave to man was salvation.  He blessed us by lowering himself from Heavenly glory to earth where he was mocked, tortured and executed.  He submitted himself into the power of man, when man should have been kneeling before Christ.

Christ knelt down in submission so that he could bless us with Heavenly glory.  He set the ultimate model of what it means to kneel down in submission so that others can be blessed.  In light of his blessing us, shouldn't we humbly kneel down before him?  Shouldn't we be blessing God in obedience to Him?

Us kneeling down to bless is not only for God, but for others.  Just as God blessed us, we are to bless others.  We are called upon to humbly serve others just as Christ served you.

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