Be Blessed Mother’s Day
Numbers 6:22-f.f.
Have you ever known someone who repeated themselves again, and again, and again, and yet again? If you are on the receiving end, it can be a little annoying. When people repeat themselves, it is for a reason. Usually it is because they are passionate about what they are talking about. My grandmother was one of these types. My father, brother, and I would go up north in Michigan to work at her house and we would work for the morning, go to a late lunch and then go back for some fellowship. We would go in the house and grandma would start talking and telling us about the past, the same stories that we have heard repeatedly.
My father would start dosing off and my brother and I would head outside for some baseball. We would come back in periodically to hear grandma still talking and dad still sleeping. Later, it dawned on me that these stories all had to do with her past relationships with families in the church. She loved people in her church and neighbors, therefore, she talked about them all the time.
God is passionate about His people, He therefore talks about them often, and most of the talk is about blessing them. God wants so much to bless His children and He gives them a blessing here in Numbers 6. Notice the nature of the blessing.
First, we see the originator of this blessing. The Lord bless you and keep you. It is not a blessing from your neighbor, your pastor, or even the president. Our blessing comes from the Lord, God Almighty Himself. The rest of the blessing hinges upon Him and not us.
Secondly, the blessing is for the Lord to keep us. The keep in a castle is the safest place and holds the most valuable items. We are very valuable in God’s eyes and He is our keep, our fortress, our hiding place in a time of turmoil.
Next, God blesses us with communication with Him, the Lord make His face to shine upon us and be gracious. What a blessing Moses had because the Lord choose to talk to him face to face, the Bible tells us meaning personally. Today, God can talk to all His children personally.
Finally, we see God blessing us with His countenance that comes with peace. When we have the mind of Christ, we can rest in a time of trouble.
God then seals the blessing with His name. We shall go forth with the name of God. Are you sealed with the name of God?