NUMBERS 6:24-26 The Lord bless you and keep you; the Lord make His face shine upon you, And be gracious to you; The Lord lift up His countenance upon you and give you peace.
I LOVE this blessing. I always have. “The Lord bless you” says soo much really; to be blessed by God is the best thing that can happen to anyone. God's blessing always has in mind our greatest and highest good. I think sometimes we expect God’s blessing in our life to mean a world of comfort and ease ~ but that certainly isn’t always for our greatest and highest good. God knows how we need to be blessed, even if we don’t! We have often settled for happiness or comfort or wealth when God wanted us to be blessed. True blessing from God is higher than happiness or wealth or comfort.
“And keep you” To be kept by the Lord is a blessing indeed. Some are kept by their own sin and desire, some are kept by idolatry and greed, and others are kept by their own bitterness and anger. But to be kept by the Lord insures life, peace, and success.
“The Lord make His face to shine upon you” To have the glorious, happy face of God shining upon you is the greatest gift one could ever have. To know that as God looks upon you, He is well pleased ~ not because of who you are, or what you have done, but because you are in Jesus Christ ~ there is no greater source of peace and power in life.
“And be gracious to you” says God cares for us and bestows His grace and tender mercies on us.
“The Lord lift up His countenance upon you and give you peace” this is everything the Lord wants to do for us....bless us all with His very best for us every day. When God blesses, keeps, shines, and is gracious towards His people, any look He casts towards us is filled with nothing but blessing. His loving attention is on the believer! .
These verses encourage me soo much. I still find it so amazing that the Lord would care for me like that and love me like that. I like to write this blessing to people in hopes that it encourages them like it does me, because it just can't get any better than this.....soooo, May the Lord bless you, and keep you, and make His face to shine upon you all NOW AND FOREVER MORE
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May the Lord bless you, too!Thanks for sharing this Spiritual Sunday.
ReplyDeleteGod bless you even more...This is a great reminder and thank you for encouraging me :) Have a great weekend sister and be strong in the Lord's mighty power.
ReplyDeleteHi Debbie. Love the new look! Happy Weekend.
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Wonderful passage of Scripture and encouraging words.
ReplyDeleteHave a blessed and wonderful weekend.
Joan
What a beautiful bible lesson. The words are so rich...we often settle for what the world has to offer and miss God's abundant blessings. Have a blessed weekend, Patty
ReplyDeleteI love this blessing and use it often myself...
ReplyDeleteYour family all look so contented and healthy...You are a Proverbs31 woman. God bless you all.
This is such a wonderful way to share this scripture, thank-you. I often wonder if s homeless person feels blessed, or if they thank the Lord when the have food or shelter. I would pray that they do.
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Ginger
You did a great job of describing the various parts of this beautiful scripture. Thank you for this blessing.
ReplyDeleteCharlotte
Hi Debbie,
ReplyDeleteI love these scriptures too. It is God's pleasure to bless us and we certainly do benefit from it. Thank you for breaking it all down and sharing it with us. Hope you have a wonderful weekend.
Blessings,
Sandi
such a promise of God's love! yes indeed Lord, 'who am I that you would know my name?' thank you for sharing this today :)
ReplyDeleteBlessings to you Debbie, I have always loved this verse and spoken His word over loved ones leaving on a journey, a move or even a birth.
ReplyDeleteThank you for sharing today-your posts bless me.
Hugs, Noreen
Great insight into this Scripture. Thanks for the blessing.
ReplyDeleteThis is such a beautiful blessing and scripture. Thank you for your insights into it.....God bless.
ReplyDeleteGos bless YOU Debbie! And Thank You for such an encouraging post!
ReplyDeleteI've heard this but I've never really heard this....thank you. Sarah
ReplyDeleteOh Debbie ~ this is just beautiful....Like you, I love this Scripture but when you see it like this....WOW!
ReplyDeleteThankyou my friend and may you experience EVERY SINGLE WORD OF THE SCRIPTURE in a new and powerful way
Love you
Have a blessed week!
ReplyDeleteI love this blessing also. My hubby was honored to perform our grandsons wedding last Friday night and he used this blessing in the ceremony. Thank you for your post, I love to visit your blog. You are a precious sister and your ministry is a blessing.
ReplyDeleteHi Debbie, I was just over at Becky's blog and saw that you needed prayer so girl I'm here lifting you up as well. Please let me know any specifics-you can email me at werhis3@gmail.com
ReplyDeleteHugs to you today.
Noreen
A wonderful interpretation of this Scripture !I love these verses too.
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~Myrna