1 Chronicles 29:10

1 Chronicles 29:10 says, Wherefore David blessed the Lord before all the congregation: and David said, Blessed be thou, Lord God of Israel our father, for ever and ever.  David offered a blessing or prayer for the people.  It says he blessed the Lord, but I believe that he was acknowledging God's blessing on him more than given God a blessing.  I guess if we are living in accordance with God's word as followers of Christ, we might be a blessing to Him, but I believe blessings come from God, so I would not say that we bless Him.  Verse eleven adds, Thine, O Lord is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty: for all that is in the heaven and in the earth is thine; thine is the kingdom, O Lord, and thou art exalted as head above all.  David then declares that everything in Heaven and earth is God's. and acknowledged God's greatness, power, glory, victory, and majesty, which would led me to believe there is nothing we can bless Him with, except our obedience.  These were all things that Jesus Christ showed when He died for us on the cross, especially the victory over sin and death.  Verse twelve continues, Both riches and honour come of thee, and thou reignest over all; and in thine hand is power and might; and in thine hand it is to make great, and to give strength unto all.  David said that all riches and honor come from God, and I believe that is more spiritual riches and honor than material ones.  We may be materially poor, but we are still rich spiritually if we have accepted Jesus Christ as our Savior and Lord.  Verse thirteen states, Now therefore, our God, we thank thee, and praise thy glorious name.  David then said because of Who God is, they thanked Him and praised His glorious name.  We also need to thank and praise God for Who He is, and not just for things He may have given us beyond an everlasting relationship with Him, and for that we need to continually thank Him by living under the leadership of the Holy Spirit.  Verse fourteen adds, But who am I, and what is my people, that we should be able to offer so willingly after this sort? for all things come of thee, and of thine own have we given thee.  As David asked then, who are we to think we can give anything to God, except ourselves, since everything already belongs to Him.  Though we may already belong to God by the fact that He gives us life, He has given us the power to refuse to acknowledge Him, and in that respect, we don't belong to Him spiritually until we accept Jesus Christ as our personal Savior and Lord.  Verse fifteen continues, For we are strangers before thee, and sojourners, as were all our fathers: our days on the earth are as a shadow, and there is none abiding.  David said that we are strangers to God and sojourners here on earth and nothing here will abide, or last forever.  Until we put our faith in Jesus Christ, we are strangers to God, and even after we do, this world is not our home, but we are just traveling through on our way to our everlasting heavenly home.  Verse eighteen declares, O Lord our God, all this store that we have prepared to build thee an house for thine holy name cometh of thine hand, and is all thine own.  David then acknowledged that everything that had been amassed to build the temple was God's already.  That will always be true.  Anything we give to support God's work already belongs to Him.  He just blesses us with the use of it.  Verse seventeen adds, I know also, my God, that thou triest the heart, and hast pleasure in uprightness. As for me, in the uprightness of mine heart I have willingly offered all these things: and now have I seen with joy thy people, which are present here, to offer willingly unto thee.  David said God tried the heart and had found David to be upright in his heart and that he offered everything to God willingly.  We know that David was not always upright in his actions, so if he was upright in his heart before God it was because of God's forgiveness.  The only way we can be made upright before God is by putting our faith in Jeus Christ.  By our own goodness, we will always stand condemned.  Verse eighteen proclaims, O Lord God of Abraham, Isaac, and of Israel, our fathers, keep this for ever in the imagination of the thoughts of the heart of thy people, and prepare their heart unto thee:  David declared God to be the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, and asked Him to keep the thoughts of the people on Him forever.  We are a part of that forever group of people.  Verse nineteen adds, And give unto Solomon my son a perfect heart, to keep thy commandments, thy testimonies, and thy statutes, and to do all these things, and to build the palace, for the which I have made provision.  David then asked God to give Solomon a perfect heart of obedience and to let him keep God's commandments, testimonies, and statutes, as he built the house of God.  This needs to be our prayer for our children today.  Verse twenty continues, And David said to all the congregation, Now bless the Lord your God. And all the congregation blessed the Lord God of their fathers, and bowed down their heads, and worshipped the Lord, and the king.  David then asked the whole congregation to bless God, and they bowed their heads and worshipped Him.  We need to acknowledge God's blessing on us when He sent His only begotten Son to die in our place and we need to praise and worship Him, not just once or twice a week but daily.