Numbers 6:24-26
Verse 24 - The Lord bless you and keep you- for it is written, “The
blessing of the Lord, it maketh rich and He addeth no sorrow with it.” (Prov. 10:22). If I bless you with a new
car, you will have to put gas in it, keep good tires on it. If I bless you with
a new house, you will have to pay taxes on it and do maintenance to keep it. I
can't bless you without adding something to it that will cost you. But when He
blesses there is not attachment that will weigh you down. So when I pray for my
children, I pray "The Lord Bless you and keep you". I can't go with you every day and in every
room, so may the Lord keep you. When I say these words, heavens hears me over
whoever I am saying them to The Lord said you say these words if you want to
bless my people. You say it and I will do it.
I did not make them up. So I am quite sure that when I say may the Lord
keep you, that I have dispatched heaven to walk with you when you leave.
How often do I need a blessing? Every day. You walk every day, you eat every
day, you wash every day. You need this
blessing every day. And your children need to hear them.
Verse 25 -the Lord
make His face shine upon you, and be gracious unto you;
Some
children are people pleasers and some of you have been people pleasers, Just
like the children's book "Are You My Mother" always searching for someone
to look down at you and say, 'You're lovely, you're precious, you’re
special'. But most people put a price
tag on that. They will make you pay
something for what you want. You have to
behave a certain way. It is called pay
to play. But when the Lord makes His face to shine upon you, what does that
mean? It means he makes eye
contact. If I could just get into your
presence you could fix anything that is wrong with me because you are God and
nothing can resist you. Like standing
under a sun lamp. You will just fix it
all. You are saying when you pray this
that you are asking God to arrest this person, hold their face in your hands
and look you in the eyes.
And then
when He does, the scripture says he cannot behold iniquity. When he sees us through Jesus he looks past
our filthiness. We can't dress up good
enough for him, because no flesh will glory in his presence. So when I say the
Lord make his face shine upon you, I am saying, overlook (that's what gracious means,
it means to overlook) when he looks at you, I am praying that he does not look
at all the things your accuser points out to you. Because you look pretty good
to me. I know you are human, but I
believe Jesus wants to populate heaven with people like you. I believe he wants
to give you a crown. You won't wear it,
you will throw it at his feet, but I think he wants to crown you, in fact David
said, Bless the Lord Oh my soul, who crowneth me with loving kindness and
tender mercy. I want a crown I don’t deserve.
He has blessed me, so I have tender
mercy around my head, not the voice constantly reminding me of what I am not
and can't do. I wish this for you. I
wish this for your children.
Verse 26 - the Lord lift up His countenance upon you, and give you peace." After the Lord makes eye contact with you, he doesn’t
want to make you self-conscious, so he
skips over the dirt, mistakes and errors.
I see a little child laying on the pew beside his mom, with tennis shoes
on and his hair tussled, I have scanned him from his head to his foot and he
looks just perfect to me. I am lifting my countenance upon him, and he is sound
asleep and doesn’t even know it. I am
moved with compassion. So you see what I
am doing, I am smiling. When the Lord
looks at you and your children, I pray that he looks at you with the same
tenderness that I look at that little boy.
I believe what is wrong with the
world is that they are looking for a smile or approval from someone who could
care less. But if your kids and you can catch his eye and he can look at you
long enough, and you don’t look away, you see that is what the Song of Solomon
was saying, he sang to her, remove your veil and let me see your face. And
instead of getting judgment or correction, he smiles. There is something so satisfying about him looking at me and saying you are everything
I want you to be. You are just fine.
He has danced with us, laughed with
us, played with us. And smiled with us.
I feel his approval, his favor, his love.
“A good man leaveth an
inheritance to his children’s children: and the wealth of the sinner is laid up
for the just” (Prov.
13:22).
“Beloved, I wish above all things that thou
mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth” (3 John 2).
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