Numbers 6:24-26
“”’ “The Lord bless you and keep you; the Lord make his face shine on you and be gracious to you; the Lord turn his face toward you and give you peace.” ’”
Numbers 6:24-26 NIV
Just think about this picture of God blessing us, keeping us, holding on to us, causing His face to shine upon us. Just get that image in your mind, for the God of the universe to cause His face to shine, to smile upon you and your life, His favor to be yours, his grace to be yours, which makes obvious sense because we don’t deserve this from God.
The holy God of the universe, in light of our sinfulness and rebellion against him, for his face to be shining on us, that is pure unadulterated grace. For the Lord to lift up his countenance upon us and give us peace.
These verses beckons a confident comfort for followers of Christ. We are blessed and kept by God. Ultimately the promise of this verse is peace. A peace that surpasses understanding, a peace that we can have amid life’s storms because God is with us. He will turn His face toward us. This is a promise that is found all throughout the Bible, that peace is found in God. He is gracious to us and has given us His peace.
These verses provide believers with a powerful reminder of God’s love, care, grace, favor, and peace that is available to all who seek Him. It shows us that God’s desire isn’t to be distant, but rather He wants an intimate relationship with His creation. These verses provide encouragement for challenging times and brings comfort and hope.
God loves to bless His people and has given many precious promises of protection and peace over all who are His, and yet He felt it necessary to command Aaron, and his spiritual descendants, to petition Him for blessings on behalf of His people, which make us realise that prayers for God's blessing on others must be very important to the Lord.
Each promise is a blessing, and each pronounced blessing is a gracious gift from the Lord. And in the ages that are to come, the Church is to be an example to the angelic host, of the incomparable riches of God’s amazing grace, which are seen in His multiplied blessings towards us in Jesus Christ our Lord. But in this world, we who are Christ's Body have similarly been commanded to pray for one another and to intercede on behalf of other people to pray without ceasing and to be devoted to prayer.
God loves to bless His people, but He also wants His people to call on Him to ask for His blessings. It is the tri-unity of the Godhead that is being called upon to bless us in this verse. It is through the unity of the Trinity that we are presented with the many precious promises of our salvation, our sanctification, our glorification, and an eternal heritage that is kept for us in heaven.
It is Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, together as One Who illuminates our hearts and leads us in the way of righteousness and peace. It is the united Godhead Who is calling us into blessed union with Christ and sweet communion with our Father in heaven. It is the eternal God Who is being invoked to bless us and it is the Lord who wants us to summon Him to bless others.
In our lives filled with unpredictability, these verses remind us that we are anchored in something far greater than transient moments. It's not merely about what we have, but whose we are. We belong to a God who desires to bless, keep, and grant us His peace. This is the all encompassing blessing that fuels our hope and sustains our spirit!!!
May the Lord bless us all and keep us, and may He cause His face to shine upon us and be gracious unto us and give us His peace. May the Lord bless you and keep you. The Lord make His face shine upon you, and be gracious to you. May the lift up His countenance upon you, and give you peace. May we who have been so blessed by God to be His children, be used by Him as channels of His blessing through Whom the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit is poured out in great measure to others, this day and forevermore. Be a blessing. Love ya
Father, we love You amen !
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