The Lord will command the blessingon you in your barns and in all that you undertake. And he will bless you in the land that the Lord your God is giving you. (Deuteronomy 28:8 ESV)
Money and Hope
We want to trust promises. So we listen to election promises and we hope. We listen to parental promises and we hope. We listen to employee promises and we hope. We listen to ‘product guarantee’ promises and we hope.
But we do not seem to trust God’s promises.
At the end of the worship services of the Hebrews, the priests would pronounce God’s blessing on the congregation. Many of our churches continue to end our worship services in that same way.
The Aaronic Blessing is God’s promise. The Lord bless you and keep you; (Numbers 6:24 ESV)
What does God’s blessing look like? Of course, God alone defines how He blesses us. He blesses us with relationship with Him, He blesses us with forgiveness, He blesses us with Sanctification. And wowza THOSE are great blessings!
But God’s promises of blessing are not referring only spiritual blessings. God’s promises of blessing are whole, complete, and thorough. He will bless us spiritually, emotionally, intellectually, and yes… physically.
We often shy away from thinking in those terms, lest we appear greedy, materialistic, or shallow. But fear not. God blesses us physically, too.
Not by giving us whatever we want. Not by giving us what we decide we need. Not by examining our wish-list and providing our top five items.
God blesses us by blessing us on HIS terms. Spiritually, emotionally, intellectually and physically. The olde songe that tells us to count our blessings gives good advice. Boldly submit to Him and count His gifts as blessings. Humbly submit to Him and count His gifts as blessings. Enthusiastically submit to Him and count His gifts as blessings.
And because God is so very good, and loves us so very much, and is so very powerful, we can anticipate more blessings tomorrow. Aaron’s promise starts now. God will bless us. We can count on it.
Take the hope God grants us