Bless the Lord

"Lift up your hands to the holy place and bless the Lord!" Psalm 134:2

This verse has blessed me and helped me to lift my eyes higher as I
have been reminded, since reading it a couple days ago, that I am to
bless the Lord. I often pray and ask the Lord to bless me and my
family and provide for our needs(which is a good thing), but I really
needed to be reminded that I am to bless the Lord even more than I
seek him simply to give me what I want. There is another verse that I
am reminded of that says, "Yet you are holy, enthroned on the praises
of Israel." Which means that God dwells in our praises (according to
the footnote in my ESV bible). I don't quite understand it perfectly,
but what I do understand is the more I lift my eyes from myself onto
the Lord, the greater he becomes in my life. If he dwells in the
praises of his people, his presence will be greater when our hearts
our worshiping him. This has been an encouragement to my heart.

My desire more than ever before is for things to be simple in my life.
Looking to the Lord not only for his provision, but looking to him in
praise and in order to bless his name helps me realize how simple this
life is meant to be. I was created to glorify God by enjoying him
forever. I need not worry about the little things, nor the big
things. We serve a great and mighty God who is able. That is it, he
is able and we are not. We need only to lean upon the Lord, for ALL
things, and simply enjoy the Lord and bless his name.