Let The Lord Bless You

Many of us seek our blessings through the ways of the world. Whether it be a bonus for great work done or an achievement reached within your company, or whether it is promotion and higher salaries, the list goes on. We think that when we achieve greatness here we are blessed. Wrong! These all end up being “dead works” and anything not blessed by God will fail or end. We need to do it with God’s blessings, which is the best way forward. Yes, it’s great to achieve good things here, but it must still be blessed by our Lord God so that it actually honours Him for what you have reached in life. Without Him to withers and dies without a trace.

Numbers 6:24-27 offers us this: “The Lord bless thee, and keep thee: the Lord make his face shine upon thee, and be gracious unto thee: the Lord lift up his countenance upon thee, and give thee peace. And they shall put my name upon the children of Israel, and I will bless them.” This is powerful! Whenever the people of Israel came to make various offerings for the atonement of their sin, the priest would dismiss them by declaring these words over them. Today we are also priests to God because of Jesus Christ. He paid for our sins in full on the cross on Calvary; He atoned for our sins with His body and blood. As His priests we declare the blessing with our mouths.

So whatever it is that you are achieving, or maybe trials you are experiencing, bless everything or declare it ‘dead’ using His name. In His name we will receive true blessings and our future will not be bleak. We can receive from the world and enjoy it too, but remember to declare in His name the blessing upon that which we are enjoying with our mouths; using His name – Jesus Christ of Nazareth, our Saviour and Redeemer. Start today! Today declare the blessing of the Lord over your life and allow Him to change you for His glory. Blessings upon you. Amen.