THUS PRAYED JABEZ, AND SO SHOULD EVERY CHRISTIAN. He knows that the blessing of the Lord it makes rich, and He adds no sorrow with it. There is a reality in the Lord's blessing. Well, He has blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ. All is treasured up in Jesus for us, and by faith and prayer we receive out of His fullness and grace for grace. The Lord still blesses us. He says, "I will bless thy bread and thy water," and our temporal mercies are specially sweet, when seasoned with His love. He blesses us with renewing grace, reviving grace, restoring grace, sanctifying grace, and protecting grace. He blesses with blessings costly beyond calculation, vast as our miseries, numerous as our sins, and lasting as our existence. He delights to bless. He gave His Son to die for us, that He might bless us honourably, suitably, and eternally. He has promised to bless us, and to make us a blessing. It is a blessing to feel our need of His blessings, and everyone who does so, who ardently desires and earnestly seeks it, is taught of God and blessed by God.

For Meditation:
All is finished: do not doubt it,
But believe your dying Lord;
Never reason more about it,
Simply take Him at His word.