11所有的基督徒对祝福这辞都很熟悉。有一首诗歌甚至说，“数主祝福！要一一地数！”（诗歌四九四首）毫无疑问，这首诗歌对祝福所表达的观念是，祝福就是得着好妻子，得着儿女、教育、升迁、房屋和轿车。照着这首诗歌，这些就是我们该一一数算的祝福。三十五年多以前，我在一年的最后几小时唱这首诗歌。我把一些人召聚在一起，说，“让我们一一数算已过这一年的祝福。”但照着神纯正的话，祝福与这大不相同。照着旧约借着祭司祝福的表样，与新约借着使徒祝福的表样，正确的祝福乃是将人带到神面前，并将神当作恩典、爱和交通带到人里面，使他们享受三一神—父、子、灵。因此，祝福乃是一件享受三一神的事（创世记生命读经，一四五一至一四五二页）。
11All Christians are familiar with the word blessing. One hymn even says, “Count your blessings, name them one by one.” Undoubtedly, the concept of blessing expressed in this hymn is that blessing is a matter of being given a good wife, children, education, promotions, houses, and cars. According to this hymn, these are the blessings we should count one by one. More than thirty-five years ago, I sang this hymn during the last few hours of the year. I would gather some together and say, “Let us count the blessings of this past year, one by one.” But the blessing according to the pure Word is much different from this. According to the Old Testament pattern of the blessing by the priest and the New Testament pattern of blessing by the apostle, the proper blessing is to bring people into the presence of God and to bring God into them as grace, love, and fellowship that they may enjoy the Triune God, the Father, the Son, and the Spirit. Hence, blessing is a matter of enjoying the Triune God. (Life-study of Genesis, p. 1210)