Bless Me…Me Too

It’s the plaintive cry of the brother done wrong; Genesis 27:34 NIV   When Esau heard his father’s words, he burst out with a loud and bitter cry and said to his father, “Bless me—me too, my father!”   Bless me.  Bless me.  Esau had been cheated not only out of his birthright but now his inheritance as well and the “blessing” was a big part of that.

I’ll bet that it’s a rare prayer that doesn’t include that phrase, bless me.  I must admit that there are times when I hesitate to play the “bless me” card.  I have already been blessed with so much; salvation, family, church, health.  How can I specifically pray for a blessing?

In recent years much has been written and said about the “prayer of Jabez”.  It is a classic ‘bless me’ prayer.  “Bless Me, expand my boundaries, hold me, protect me.” (1 Chronicles 4:9-10 Brother Ben paraphrase)  Certainly scriptural but a little self serving for me.  Today, however, I found a ‘bless me’ prayer I can comfortably pray.  I call it the blessing of Bezalel.

In Exodus 31 God is instructing Moses about the construction of the Tabernacle and furnishings and hand picks Bezalel as the superintendent of the job.  In verse 3 it describes the blessing God gave him:   ³And I have filled him with the Spirit of God, in wisdom and ability, in understanding and intelligence, and in knowledge, and in all kinds of craftsmanship, (Amplified Version)

Now that’s my kind of blessing.  Bless me Father with the blessing of Bezalel that I may be full of the Holy Spirit, full of wisdom and ability, with understanding, knowledge and a familiarity with any job you set before me.  Amen