Psalm 24:6 This is the generation of them that seek him, that seek thy face, O Jacob. Selah.

Any time you see Selah there is something significant that has been said and you need to meditate on it. Selah is a musical instruction meaning significant pause. The psalms are musical.

The root source of generations is genetics. Jacob is the son of Isaac, the son of Abraham. Are you of the seed of Abraham? No, I do not ask if you are Jewish.

Galatians 3:16 Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made. He saith not, And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, And to thy seed, which is Christ.

If you have been born again, born of the spirit, you are the seed of Abraham by faith. That seed is planted in your heart and will grow and mature to be that son of God you are meant to become. This seeking of His face is impossible to achieve without Christ in you.

John 14:6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.

This being true, that Selah moment becomes all important. A proper understanding of what it means to be of this generation is required. We are the seed of Abraham, we are not the seed of David. David was of the genetic line upon which the promise was made and fulfilled in Mary, the mother of Jesus. We are the seed of Abraham because of faith.

Romans 4:13, 16 For the promise, that he should be the heir of the world, was not to Abraham, or to his seed, through the law, but through the righteousness of faith. Therefore it is of faith, that it might be by grace; to the end the promise might be sure to all the seed; not to that only which is of the law, but to that also which is of the faith of Abraham; who is the father of us all,

Selah

Psalm 24:5 He shall receive the blessing from the Lord, and righteousness from the God of his salvation.

I understand this is going to sound silly but the first thing I hear reading this is “Go with my blessing and take my Son with you.”

We can confuse blessing with grace and they are similar in that they come from God. Grace is imparted because of who God is in your relationship. It has nothing to do with the amount of effort you put into that relationship. Grace is unmerited favor. I find that blessing come from doing things with my Lord. If we only look at the effort we can easily overlook the blessing that flows out of it.

Praise God from whom all blessings flow;
Praise him, all creatures here below;
Praise him above, ye heavenly host:
Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.

The Doxology written by Anglican Bishop Thomas Ken was always part of our church services. Just singing it lifted up our spirits. It might have been performed out of ritual but it wormed its way into our hearts and changed the hearts and minds of those who sang it. It blessed us richly.

Perhaps that is as good a reason to attach blessing with the effort of the doing. God is glorified and He smiles down on His children. Not everything has to be deeply profound. Sometimes the scriptures remind you of a time when you were blessed just being in the presence of the Lord.

Who is righteous?

Philippians 3:9 And be found in him, not having mine own righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith:

This righteousness found in us is Christ, if we be found in Christ and Christ in us.

That is such a blessing.