How to Receive God's Blessing

32 So all the work on the tabernacle, the tent of meeting, was completed. The Israelites did everything just as the Lord commanded Moses.
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42 The Israelites had done all the work just as the Lord had commanded Moses.43 Moses inspected the work and saw that they had done it just as the Lord had commanded. So Moses blessed them.  Exodus 39

In my study bible, it explained that in the original language, the verbs here are the same verbs used that described the work of creation in Genesis as being completed.  The meaning is the same, but the players are different.

In Genesis, God creates everything, sees that it is good and then blesses the inhabitants of the earth.

In Exodus, the crafters create the items God requested through Moses, Moses sees that the work is good, and Moses blesses the crafters.

There's a fundamental difference between these two situations though.  The crafters had to do something to receive the blessing from Moses.  However, what did the inhabitants of the earth have to do to receive God's blessing after creation?  Nothing at all.

We don't have to do anything to receive God's blessing.  It's there!  We only have to accept it.  Jesus died for everyone's sins, not just the sins of the believers.  I have a few friends who do not believe.  I pray for them frequently.  Jesus still died for their sins.  They only have to convert and accept the gift he's given them.  They don't have to try to undo anything in their lives, and they don't have to work to be forgiven for their sins.

Last week, I sat behind a woman in a shirt that had a checklist on the back.  I don't remember it perfectly, but here's what I do remember.

Christian - Yes
Perfect - No
Forgiven - Yes
Worthy - No
Redeemed - Yes
Loved - Yes

We do not need to be perfect, God's love and forgiveness is there for us before we've done anything to deserve it.