Blessings come from God

Blessed be the Lord, the God of our fathers, who put such a thing as this into the heart of the king, to beautify the house of the Lord that is in Jerusalem, and who extended to me his steadfast love before the king and his counselors, and before all the king’s mighty officers. I took courage, for the hand of the Lord my God was on me, and I gathered leading men from Israel to go up with me. (Ezra 7:27, 28 ESV)

I love that in the midst of great blessing, Ezra acknowledges God's hand in it all.  He clearly recognizes God's influence on the heart of the King and his counselors and officers.  This is a great lesson to always acknowledge that blessings come not from the work of our own hands, but rather from God.  He chooses to bless us, and that is amazing in its own right.