"How blessed is the one whom Thou dost choose, and bring near to Thee, To dwell in Thy courts.
We will be satisfied with the goodness of Thy house, Thy holy temple." Psalm 65:4

I have shared this verse with you in the past, but it leaped out at me again today so let's see where the Lord takes us today. We who belong to the Lord are BLESSED, CHOSEN, HAVE ACCESS AND ARE SATISFIED!
The Mighty God of all creation has personally chosen each one who believes.
Further He desires that we dwell in His house -- in His very presence. How does one adequately state the awesomeness of such grace?!

Preceding our verse, the Psalmist speaks of God hearing our prayers in verse
2 and verse 3 speaks of God forgiving our transgressions then verse 4 states, "HOW BLESSED IS THE ONE WHOM..."

The Amplified Bible translates blessed as: happy, fortunate and to be envied. Webster adds: blissfully happy or contented. It is a state of being!
The Psalms have many verses regarding God's blessings and many of the verses start with, "How blessed is the man who..." or "How blessed is the one who..."
Let's look at a few.
"How blessed is:
...the man who does not walk in the council of the wicked..." Psalm 1:1 ...he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered." Psalm 32:1 ...the man who takes refuge in Him!" Psalm 34:8 ...the man who has made the Lord his trust." Psalm 40:4 ...he who considers the helpless..." Psalm 41:1 ...the man who fears the Lord, who greatly delights in His commandments."
Psalm 112:1

To me, Psalm 65:4 is a most humbling and most gracious blessing -- "How blessed is he one whom Thou does choose, and bring near..."
Spurgeon refers to this as the fountain head of benedictions.

There are more blessings in the Psalms and they can be seen as a guide to our walking in continued blessing.

The New Testament, also, has a great many references to God's blessings and they start right out in Matthew 5 with the Beatitudes in Jesus' own words.
One verse that leaped out at me was Jesus' pronouncement in Matthew 11:6, "And blessed is he who keeps from stumbling over (taking offense at) Me."

Jesus is truth and to stumble over truth is to fall into disbelief and there is no, and can be no, blessing in disbelief! (Disbelief is refusal to believe or to accept something that is true.)

Jesus is 'the way and the truth and the life' to refuse to believe or accept the person of truth is to refuse to accept eternal life. For we see in
1 John 5:11,
"And the witness is this, that God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son."

After an exchange with a woman in the crowd where He was ministering Jesus turned the focus to the true object as seen in Luke 11: 28, "But He said, 'On the contrary, blessed are those who hear the word of God, and observe it.'" Read the exchange in verses 27-28.

The truth is:
"For there is one God, and one mediator also between God and men, the man Christ Jesus." 1 Timothy 2:6  Therefore, how greatly blessed is the one 'who does not stumble over Me'!

Let us give thanks to God for the Holy Spirit who opens up the Word to us. Through Him we can know how truly blessed we are! Hallelujah! Praise our Lord forever. Amen