Numbers 6:22-27
There’s nothing better than God’s blessing. It’s nice to have
friends. People like you. It feels good. God’s blessing – That’s so much
better. Friends come and go. God’s blessing remains. You can be
surrounded by friends – and still feel very lonely. Sometimes, they’re
great friends. Sometimes, they disappoint us. When you’re surrounded by
God’s blessing, everything’s very different. God will never disappoint
us. He’s our “always and forever” Friend. His blessing is an “every day”
blessing. It’s not just a “now and again” thing. It’s an “all the days
of our life” thing. Everywhere we look, we see God. We look to the
hills. We see our Creator. We look to the cross. We see our Saviour. We
are blessed by our Creator. We are blessed by our Saviour.
How do we enjoy God’s blessing?
Trust Him. Walk in His way. Wherever life’s journey takes us, He’s
there. He’s our faithful Friend. He’s the Friend who’ll never let us
down. In our happy times, He gives us His joy. In our hard times, He
gives us His peace. Is there anything better than this? No! There isn’t.
This is not about good things happening to us. It’s about the good God
being with us, even when bad things are happening to us. Being blessed
by the Lord doesn’t mean that we’ll never have hard times. What it does
mean is this – God loves us in the hard times as well as the happy
times. Put your trust in the Lord. Trust in His love. Walk in His way.
Be changed by His love.
How are we to walk in the Lord’s way?
We must never imagine that walking with the Lord will be easy. It
wasn’t easy for Jesus. It won’t be easy for us. Sin is always near. The
devil sets many traps for us. He’s always trying to draw us away from
Jesus. Sin may be very near – but the Lord comes even closer to us.
Jesus is “God with us.” The devil is a powerful enemy. He’s also a
defeated enemy. Christ has won the victory over Him. Christ has won the
victory for us. He gives His victory to us. Why don’t we enjoy constant
victory over sin? – We take our eyes off Jesus. We forget that He’s
living in us. We forget that it’s from Him that we receive His peace and
His joy. His peace is great. It passes all understanding (Philippians
4:7). His joy is great. It’s “a great and glorious joy which words
cannot express” (1 Peter 1:8). His peace and His joy give us strength
for walking in His way.
