Making His Face Shine

The Blessing

By William M. Self, Sr.

 

When God sees your face of love and faithfulness

It illuminates His

And His blessings flow

“The Lord make his face shine upon you and be gracious to you”

 

Making His Face Shine

What makes your face shine?

What causes your eyes to open and your face to smile?

Grief darkens the countenance of the face…

But joy illuminates it.

There is always something going wrong…

Something to be sad about…

Some burden to carry.

If you are like me, that is not how we want to live.

We look for something to get excited about.

We want to find hope and joy.

Something that will put a smile on our face.

When we fine that source of joy,

 we respond with gratitude.

When you put a smile on someone’s face,

they want to do something in return for you.

When you put a frown on their face,

 they want to cut you off.

There are always things to grieve the heart of God.

The Bible tells us at times He though

it would be better if He had not created us.

God has always been looking for those

who would cause His face to illuminate.

Those who would come to Him with love and faith…

Noah was one who illuminated God’s face. Genesis 6:6-8

Moses illumined the face of God. Exodus 32:9-11

Abraham illumined the face of God. Genesis 18:16 ff

God wants to bless His people.

He says… 

“The Lord make his face shine upon you

and be gracious to you.”

When you and I come to God, we should

focus on making the face of God shine.

Give Him respect, show your

love and confidence in Him.

Let Him see your humility and honor…

And aggressive, willing to be His servant

to do whatever needs to be done.

When we get close enough to see His face, we become

close enough to become one with Him in purpose.

That will put a smile on God and us.

Scripture Reading

Numbers 6:22-27 NIV

22 The Lord said to Moses, 23 "Tell Aaron and his sons,

'This is how you are to bless the Israelites. Say to them:

24 "'"The Lord bless you

and keep you;

25 the Lord make his face shine upon you

and be gracious to you;

26 the Lord turn his face toward you

and give you peace." ' 

27 "So they will put my name on the Israelites,

 and I will bless them."