BLESSING
There are two distinct applications of the word “blessing/bless.” God blesses his people, and the people blesses his God, the same word being constantly used for both acts.
Therefore it is evident that it should be used in more than two senses. On the one hand we read that “the younger is blessed by the greater” (Heb. 7:7), and although this passage refers to Melchizedek blessing Abraham, the same is true of God and His creatures: in granting favors, It is only God who can bless.
The Christian can say: God “has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ” (Eph. 1:3), but in this same verse just quoted is “Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.” , which means “thanks be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.”
This is further clarified by the records of the institution of the Lord’s Supper. In Matthew and Mark, the Lord took the bread and “blessed it.” In Luke and 1 Corinthians (1 Cor. 11:24) he took the bread, “and gave thanks.”
“Every good gift and every perfect gift comes down from above, from the Father of lights” (James 1:17). This is God’s blessing upon us, and by which we in turn bless God by giving thanks, praise and worship.