01/05/2020 – Day 233 – Numbers 5 – 8 // The Priestly Blessing & Offerings of the Leaders
Ok, my guess is roughly 1/2 of the church worship services in my life have ended with 6: 2 -26 from the paster / priest: “The Lord bless you and keep you; The Lord make His face shine upon you; The Lord lift up His countenance upon you, And give you peace.”
My footnote on these verses aptly comments: “There is no greater blessing in this life than to have the blessing of Almighty God, to have his face shine upon you. If you have his favor it is because He has been gracious to you.”
And regarding , Chapter 7 titled : “Offerings of the Leaders”, this quote by Paris Reidhead:
“I wonder in my heart, were Jesus Christ to come to much of the professing church today, throughout the world and say, ‘I want to prove whether or not you have an act of faith. I want you now to lay down all your plans. I want you to lay down all your ambitions, and all of your dreams. I want you now to begin to journey with Me, trusting that if I choose to I can even raise the things that are dear to your heart from the dead, but still first you’ve got to give them to Me. You’ve got to lay it out, you’ve got to put it on an altar.”
Soli Deo Gloria!