The Name of the Lord

The Blessing

By William M. Self, Sr.

 

The more the Lord’s name is on your life

The more blessings you will receive

"So they will put my name on the Israelites, and I will bless them."

Number 6:27

 

The Name of the Lord

This may sound elementary and run

the risk of being too simple.

Numbers 6 the blessing God told Moses to have

Aaron and the priest to speak over the people…

This blessing comes from the “Lord”.

The Hebrew word Yehovah (yeh-ho-vaw')…

 (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah,

Jewish national name of God: OT:3068 Strongs

The Lord personally spoke this to Moses.

It is…

 "The Lord bless”

“The Lord make”

 “The Lord turn”

Why is this so important?

Is it so we know where the

 blessing comes from?

God tells us the purpose.

He spells it out very clearly…

"So they will put my name on the Israelites."

God wants His name to be upon His people.

 God wants every person who belongs

to Him to reveal His name.

God wants to be recognized by the

 blessings He puts on His people.

We then, who want the blessing of

God, should want God’s name to

be upon everything in our lives.

Israel was blessed because God’s

name was lifted over the nation.

No one can think of Israel

without thinking of God.

The blessing of God on America

came because men and women

 put God’s name on it…

“In God We Trust”

The blessing of God comes so that His

name will be upon what He blesses.

So the more His name is lifted up,

the more His name is revealed...

The more the blessing.

Do people see the name of the Lord on you? 

   

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."

Matthews 10:32-33 NIV

32 "Whoever acknowledges me before men,

I will also acknowledge him before my Father in heaven.

 33 But whoever disowns me before men,

I will disown him before my Father in heaven.