“Oh, magnify the Lord with me,
And let us exalt His name together.”
Psalm 34:3

This week my boys and I have been working to memorize this verse:

“Blessed be the Lord,
who daily loads us with benefits,
the God of our salvation.”
Psalm 68:19 (NKJV)

What does it mean to bless the Lord? What are benefits? What is salvation?

We’ve worked through these questions and talked about the verse. It has been a wonderful reminder for me as I walk them through it. That middle line has struck me!

“Does God give you one little bird to sing in the morning,” I asked the kids. “Or does He send a bunch of them, chirping from trees and fences and puddles?”

A bunch! Everywhere!

“Does God let you start playing Hi-Ho Cherry-O and then stop you in the middle - sorry, you’ve had too much fun for the day?”

Giggle. Nooooo…

“He doesn’t! He gives you so many good things and so many fun things every day, doesn’t He?

Yes!

I love the phrase: He daily loads us with benefits. Daily! And LOADS! He surely does.

The ESV writes it this way:

“Blessed be the Lord,
who daily bears us up;
God is our salvation.”
Psalm 68:19

We can see that He upholds us and He blesses our days immensely. It may not feel like it; some days are dark, are they not? But this Scripture is truth. He loads us with benefits, He bears us up - daily.

Keeping this in mind we can look at our days expecting His blessings. (Making sure our definition of blessings is ever adjusting to be like His definition of blessings!) His blessings are plentiful. He bears us up with joy and peace and beauty.

Look for His goodness, and you will find it. Magnify the Lord with me!