GOD’S COMMANDED BLESSING

Ps. 133:1-3 – Behold, how good and how pleasant it is

For brothers to live together in unity!

It is like the precious oil on the head,

Running down upon the beard,

As on Aaron’s beard,

The oil which ran down upon the edge of his robes.

It is like the dew of Hermon

Coming down upon the mountains of Zion;

For the LORD commanded the blessing there—life forever.

I find it quite interesting that David connected the outpouring of the Spirit and the declarations of the Lord and called it the place of commanded blessing. This is really a description of the ministry of Jesus that He carried out among us after He was baptized in the Holy Spirit. He commanded the blessing of the Lord and people were healed. It was the convergence of the word of God and the anointing on full display in the life of Jesus. In today’s scripture passage we see this same blessing connected to Pentecost. The brothers and sisters joined together in one accord and the Holy Spirit falling upon them, this is the place of commanded blessing. This is surely the place of miracles. Here is how George Swinnock quoted in Spurgeon’s Treasury of David describes this passage.

“It is an allusion possibly to, great persons, to a general, or an emperor: “Where the word of a king is, there is power.” The centurion said, “I say to one soldier, Go, and he goeth, to another, Come, and he cometh; to a third, Do this, and he doth it.” So God commandeth one ordinance, “Go and build up such a saint”, and it goeth; he saith to another ordinance, “Come, and call home such a sinner”, and it doth it; God’s words and work go together. Men cannot enable others, or give them power to obey them; they may bid a lame man walk, or a blind man see; but they cannot enable them to walk or see: God with his word giveth strength to do the thing commanded; as in the old, so in the new creation, “He spake, and it was done; he commanded, and it stood fast:”

So how does this relate to our day to day lives today? This is a call for all of us to seek the place of God’s commanded blessing, to come into harmony with the body of Christ. Whenever we gather together in one accord with God’s people the oil of the Spirit begins to fall on us. As we add the word of God to this atmosphere the blessing of God begins to appear. How does it appear? It is displayed through lives being totally transformed by the power of God, this is the place of commanded blessing.