“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 

This is not a new passage of Scripture for the Greetings message, but a good reminder with all that is going on at this chaotic time.  Let’s see where Scripture 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?!  (Capitalized words are my emphasis.)

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 bless 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 counsel 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 34:4
…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

Psalm 65:4 is a most humbling and most gracious blessing --
“How blessed is the one whom Thou doth choose, and bring near…”
It has been referred to as the fountainhead of benedictions.
There are more blessings in the Psalms and they can be as aguide 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.
Matthew 11:6 is one that seems to leap out,
“And blessed is he who keeps from stumbling over (taking offense at) Me.”
(margin note).

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 2:5
Therefore, how greatly blessed is the one ‘who does not stumble over Me’!

Let us give glory to God for His Holy Spirit who opens up the Word to us!  It is through His Word we can know how truly blessed we are.  All worship, praise and glory to Father, Son and Holy Spirit.  Amen