[Series on: The Blessed]
Have you ever gone to a place before and thought, gush, that place or people is so full of life–in a good way? That’s how David, the writer of the passage, describes God’s people living in unity—the Church.
Verse 1 says it is good and pleasant, and verse 3b says God blesses it. We see this pattern in the first creation story, where God says that creation is good and then blesses it (Genesis 1:21–22). So, God’s people living in unity here is a creation story—a new creation.
Verses 2–3a show that this new creation is good because of a relationship involving one head—symbolised by Aaron’s head (v2) and a high mountain, Mount Hermon (v3b). This new creation is blessed because of the head above it.
The New Testament tells us that this new creation of God’s people with one head is called the Church (1 Peter 2:10, Ephesians 5:23, 1 Corinthians 12:27). The head is Christ, from whom comes life forevermore (v3).
The church is blessed because it is God’s new creation connected to the source of life—Jesus, who gives all who are connected to Him that oil, that dew, and that life by the Spirit.
While all of God’s creation is blessed with the fingerprints of the Creator God (Psalm 8:3), the Church is uniquely blessed to be called the people of God, blessed with life forevermore because its head and source is Christ.
Reflect & Pray
What are some blessings you enjoy by being part of Christ’s church? How might God’s
blessing of life forevermore influence how you live among believers and non-believers?
Thank you, Father, for the eternal life we have in Christ. Amen.
God bless you exceedingly,
Sam.