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The Power of the Blessing
13 - Metamorphosis: The Way of Transformation
Church on the Park | Sunday, 21 NOV 2021 | Glen Gerhauser
Texts: “Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, “Speak to Aaron and to his sons, saying, ‘Thus you shall bless the sons of Israel.
You shall say to them: The LORD bless you, and keep you; The LORD make His face shine on you, And be gracious to you; The LORD lift up His countenance on you, And give you peace.’”
So they shall invoke [put, set or fix] My name on the sons of Israel, and I then will bless them” (Num.
6:22–27, NASB).
“And He [Jesus] led them out as far as Bethany, and He lifted up His hands and blessed them.
While He was blessing them, He parted from them and was carried up into heaven.
And they, after worshiping Him, returned to Jerusalem with great joy, and were continually in the temple praising God.” (Lk 24:50–53, NASB).
“The weapons we fight with are not the weapons of the world.
On the contrary, they have divine power to demolish strongholds” (2 Co 10:4, NIV).
Theme: Proclaiming the Blessing is one of the forgotten spiritual weapons in our arsenal.
Intro: Over the last few weeks, we’ve been learning about the power of praise.
Praise has the power to transform our environment, turning the enemy’s attack into a bountiful blessing.
After Jehoshaphat ordered the singers to spearhead the army, God fought the battle for them.
In the end, they took abundant spoils from their enemies.
They even called the valley where the multitude of opposition stood ‘The Valley of Blessing’ (2 Chron.
20:24-30).
Their praise transformed their valley of destruction into a valley of blessing.
Today, we will see the power of proclamation.
Specifically, we will focus on proclaiming the Blessing given to Aaron and his sons.
This priestly blessing is another weapon in our spiritual arsenal.
It has the power to turn the darkness around us into light.
Its strength lies in speaking it with your mouth, not just knowing it in your head.
When you vocalise it, you speak God’s Word over your life, family, friends, church, work environment, neighbourhood, city and nation.
Every believer, father, mother, brother, sister and worker should be proclaiming the blessing over their homes and places.
And I made a fresh infographic and translation of the Blessing to help you.
You can find it at www.brisbanefire.com/infographics.
1) Know the Blessing (Numbers 6:24-26).
What does the Lord’s blessing mean?
The Lord’s blessing empowers you to fulfill his will, enabling you to bear fruit and reflect his image and likeness (Gen.
1:20-28).
When the priests would proclaim the blessing, it would fix God’s name on his people.
In other words, it would empower God’s people to reflect God’s nature, represent his Kingdom and reproduce his likeness over the earth.
As we study the word blessing (barak and eulogeo), we see that God’s blessing can rest on people, animals, the land and food.
In other words, God’s blessing can be on people, animals and things.
In Greek, the word ‘bless’ is εὐλογέω eulogeo.
It has two parts: 1) eu, meaning good, and 2) logeo, meaning word (logos).
Simply put, a blessing is a good word.
In Luke’s Gospel, the last thing Jesus does is bless his disciples (Luke 24:50-53).
This reminds us of God’s first words to man: a blessing to be fruitful and multiply (Gen.
1:28).
Blessings give us purpose, identity and power to carry out God’s will.
The blessing of Jesus at the end of Luke filled the disciples with joy and praise (Luke 24:52-53).
In Hebrew, the word for bless is barak בָּרַך.
It comes from the word berek, meaning knee.
It shows us God’s humility to kneel down to bless us and bestow on us his grace.
We bless the Lord when we kneel down and humbly praise and thank him.
The attributes of God’s kindness, humility, love and grace are seen in the Hebrew word for bless.
Bless is barak and blessing is barakah.
The word bless in Hebrew also sounds like baraq, which means lightning or to light up.
And we see one of the main features of The Blessing is Yahweh shining his face upon us.
When the priests spoke the Blessing over Israel, they were paving the way for their Messiah Jesus.
As we study the New Testament, we see that Jesus is the fulfillment of the Blessing.
The Lord himself has revealed his light and face to us, and that is the greatest blessing: JESUS.
Ephesians 1:3 - “Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ” (NASB).
2) Know the power of the Blessing (Num.
6:24-26).
Here’s my translation:
Yahweh
Bless you
and
Guard you.
Yahweh
Shine
His Face
Upon you
and
Grace you.
Yahweh
Raise
His Face
Upon you
and
Establish
you
with
Shalom –
Peace,
Wholeness
and
Security.
In Leviticus 9:23, we see the power of blessing visibly manifested:
“Moses and Aaron went into the tent of meeting.
When they came out and blessed the people, the glory of the LORD appeared to all the people.”
There are three parts of the Blessing, and they remind us of the ministry of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
The last portion reveals to us that the Holy Spirit gives us true peace.
Just before leaving his disciples, Jesus taught us that he would give us his own peace, the Holy Spirit.
“But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all that I said to you.
“Peace I leave with you; My peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you.
Do not let your heart be troubled, nor let it be fearful.”
(Jn 14:26–27, NASB).
The first part of the Blessing reflects the Father from whom all blessings flow.
The second part of the Blessing reflects Jesus, who is the face of God that gives us true light and grace (John 1; 2 Cor.
3:18; 2 Cor.
4:6).
And the third part (as we’ve seen) is the Holy Spirit, who is our seal, fixed on our soul, giving us peace (2 Cor.
1:21-22; Eph 4:30).
Life and death are in the power of the tongue (Prov.
18:21).
So when you proclaim the blessing, you are proclaiming the Father’s heart, will and word over those in your care and your environment.
The Blessing coming out of your mouth is one of the ways God’s Kingdom is manifested on earth.
It’s a fulfillment of the Lord’s prayer: “Your Kingdom come; Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven” (Matt.
6:9-13).
The power is in speaking it out, not just praying it in the mind.
You need to speak it over your environment, family and church.
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