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Opening Video: God bless you! 1:45
“Christ’s blessings or “Be blessed” are my “go to” expressions in emails, texts or words as we part from one another.
When I say it it is intended to be a shorter version of this,
“The Lord Bless you and Keep you, the Lord make has face to shine upon you and be gracious to you, the Lord look upon you with His favor, and give you His peace.“
When I use it to end of a text, email, or letter or even verbally as we separate, it is my prayerful request to the Triune God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit to give you His blessings.
But what does that mean to be Blessed by God?
It means, to be the recipient of divine favor, a positive disposition or kind action(s).
to bless (favor) v. — to invoke (or enact) divine favor, often implying a positive disposition or kind actions toward the recipient.
In the first chapter of the bible, God blesses the creatures He has made.
We hear it a second time a few verses later, when God blesses Adam and Eve in Genesis 1:28,
When the LORD finishes creating, He blesses the seventh day, to give a day of rest to Adam and Eve so they can enjoy living in the Lord’s very good creation.
When Noah and His family step off The Ark after the flood, the Lord commands and blesses Noah’s sons with the same blessing He gave to Adam and Eve on the sixth day of creation.
After the Tower of Babel, when the Lord Confused their languages and dispersed man over the face of the earth, the Lord calls Abram and blesses him.
Genesis 12.
You might ask: Did the LORD bless Abram?
Have you heard of the nation of Israel?
Today, they are 9.2 million people.
A nation.
A great nation.
Do you remember Job?
He was a man blessed by the LORD.
Job feared the Lord and was blameless before the LORD God.
Then,
You can hear the joy as the Lord as he speaks of His “SERVANT JOB.
Then Satan, a.k.a.
“the accuser of our brothers” Revelation 12:9, who accuses them day and night before our God, He accuses the LORD of favoring or “blessing” Job.
Satan challenges the Lord,
NOW, let’s see how Job responds to GOD!
The LORD agrees.
He set limits upon Satan.
Satan brings on his worst – the loss property, children, and possessions.
Job’s response is nothing short of inspiring.
Job believed that the LORD, the author, and owner of all things, including Job’s very life, He, God, has the right to do whatever He pleases.
If the Lord gives, Job will thank Him.
If the LORD takes way, Job will praise His Holy name.
BLESSED BE THE NAME OF THE LORD.
That is genuine faith and trust in God.
Here how Job’s life ended.
Job 42:12, 16-17 (ESV) — 12 And the Lord blessed the latter days of Job more than his beginning.
16 And after this Job lived 140 years, and saw his sons, and his sons’ sons, four generations.
17 And Job died, an old man, and full of days.
Job’s life ended with the blessing of the LORD God upon Him.
Having the LORD’S blessing on our lives isn’t important, it’s EVERYTHING.
The Lord’s blessing on our life means LIFE.
So let’s take a moment ask and answer a few important questions regarding the blessing of the Lord.
First, Whom does the LORD bless?
Psalm 2:12 (NIVUK84)
Blessed are all who take refuge in him.
Think of God as a fortress.
But instead of being a place, He is the ONE you go to for the safety of your soul and life.
You run to Him for refuge from your sins, from your fears, from death.
The LORD blesses?
The Lord blesses the man, woman or child who delights the Lord’s Laws who walk or live according to His Commandments.
The LORD blesses?
He blesses.
He blesses worship him and sing his praises.”
He blesses those who remember the Sabbath Day to keep it Holy!
Let’s change the question.
How does the LORD bless us?
First, He blesses us with the gift of creation – this world and universe, with all of its beauty, bounty, and variety, including our very lives, made in the image of God.
BUT, IF the blessings from the Creator, God, the Holy Trinity, weren’t enough, Romans 5,
Romans 5:5–6 (NIVUK84)
God has poured out his love into our hearts by the Holy Spirit, whom he has given us.
6 You see, at just the right time, when we were still powerless, Christ died for the ungodly.
God rained down from heaven His blessings and love when He sent Christ into the flesh to be like us, to be with us, and to live for us and for our salvaton.
And it is through Christ alone that God’s redeeming blessings come to us, blessings that starts with Sins forgiven.
Like Job, the Lord blesses and keeps us in our trials and troubles,
He blesses us and keeps us and in the end, places upon us the crown of life for Christ’s Sake.
But there’s more.
Before we reach eternal life, He sets a table with,
In spite of our willful and daily sinning, the LORD blesses us with cup of blessing and body of Christ, in, with and under, the bread and wine to reassure our believing hearts that our sins are forgiven for Christ’s sake.
Christ bless you!
Let’s invert the question: Instead of asking “how does God bless us?” let’s ask, “How do we bless God?”
How do we bless God?
We...
We bless God every time we step into His house to confess our sins, to sing His praises, to receive His Gifts of forgiveness, life, and salvation.
We bless God by living according to His word.
We bless God when we strive to live under His grace and mercy, to live a life that is pleasing to Him and loving toward our neighbors.
Colossians 1:10 (NIVUK84)
“...that you may live a life worthy of the Lord and may please him in every way: bearing fruit in every good work, growing in the knowledge of God,
And as we strive to live lives of faith, hope, and love blessing God and others, then, like Job, God’s blessing return to us.
So, God bless you in Jesus’ name.
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