I will make you into a great nation,
and I will bless you;
I will make your name great
and you will be a blessing. — Genesis 12:2
God promised that Abraham would be blessed, famous, and the father of a great nation. However, the verse concludes with the best part of all: “…and you will be a blessing.”
While most people go through life asking, “How can I become blessed?” the question that we should be asking is “How can I be a blessing to others?”
When we bless others, it means that we have so much blessing in our own lives, that we can share some with others; we can lend and not borrow. When we bless others, we receive a joy that, ironically, is even greater than when we are the recipients of blessings from others.
There are few things more gratifying than witnessing the happiness of someone else because of something that we did for them. Most significantly, when we bless others, we please God, and God blesses us even more in return.
