The WordSmith | Published 2021/02/20

The Blessing

By Tom Kasprzak

 


The Blessing

I love meditating on the following words in scripture. The words of blessing that God instructed Moses to bless God's children with. I often imagine that its God himself whispering these words in my ear with his face shining towards me, and there's little I can do but praise his name with tears of Joy.

(Num. 6:22-26)

22 The Lord said to Moses,

23 “Tell Aaron and his sons, ‘This is how you are to bless the Israelites. Say to them:

24 The Lord bless you and keep you;

25 the Lord make his face shine on you and be gracious to you;

 26 the Lord turn his face toward you and give you peace.”’ 

 

God blesses his people in countless ways—spiritual, mental, emotional, material and physical.

But the focus here is on blessing people with words.

Can you imagine - this is like a parent saying blessing their children with kind words BUT ITS SO MUCH MORE!

God used words to speak the world into existence.

Can you imagine that God is using these same words in saying these things to you?

YES YOU!

Let that sink in.

Close your eyes for a moment and imagine God’s face shining upon you?

What does it feel like to have the creator shine his face towards you, with love in his eyes, whispering sweet blessings to you?

 

24 The Lord bless you and keep you;

25 the Lord make his face shine on you and be gracious to you;

26 the Lord turn his face toward you and give you peace.”’ (Num. 6:24-26)

The Blessing

 

 

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