…but god… Episode 1

Christianity

Oct 28

Numbers 6: 22-27

Transcript

“Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, “Speak to Aaron and to his sons, saying, ‘Thus you shall bless the sons of Israel. You shall say to them: The Lord bless you, and keep you; The Lord make His face shine on you, And be gracious to you; The Lord lift up His countenance on you, And give you peace.’ So they shall invoke My name on the sons of Israel, and I then will bless them.””

Numbers 6:22-27 NASB1995

“The Lord lift up His countenance on you”, countenance literally means that God is lifting his face to look at us. What an awesome and amazing power. God, the creator of the universe wants to look at us and give us a blessing.

In worldly terms it would be like the President texting us and inviting us to the White House to give us a personal party, to say We got you and we support you. (Putting all political stuff aside) that would be amazing. But God, is exponentially greater than that. We get to know Him, (like buddy the elf), in the movie Elf, when he sees Santa and says “I know Him” That is how we should unabashedly honor our and know our God. For He He wants to know us and have a relationship with us.

“Give us peace.” God’s peace is perfect, pleasing and protective. It “surpasses all understanding” it is “like a River” flowing into our very being. I could go on and on quoting the Bible and using literary devices to describe God’s peace, but I that would take a long time….

“So they shall invoke My name on the sons of Israel, and I then will bless them.” God wants us to use His name! For we have victory, we have power, we have blessing, we have peace, we have protection and we have strength through, in and because of His Holy Name. Let’s not be afraid, ashamed or embarrassed about using The name of The Lord our God who sent His son to die for our sins, who then rose from the dead to conquer death to give us eternal life with Him. That is the gospel that is the God we serve.

Lord thank you for your great and glorious blessings. Please help us to seek and serve you and to invoke your Name and The amazing grace and peace that comes with doing so!

Have a fantastic weekend!

Blessings and Press In and Press On!

Hosted by Chad McBeam

Aaron Marcarelli

After getting his under-graduate degree from Cal State University San Bernardino where he played college baseball and received all American honors. he was a graduate assistant baseball coach at both Trevecca Nazarene College in Nashville, Tennessee, and at Whitworth University in Spokane, Washington. He received his master’s degree in Teaching from Whitworth, with plans to someday be a head baseball coach at a university. However, God had other plans. Aaron started teaching English and History and coaching baseball and other sports at the high school level and found out how much he loves high school kids, and he has been doing that for the past 27 years. Personally, heI has been married to his wife Sharon for 32 years, they have one daughter, Amanda Parrish, who has been married to Austin Parrish for 2 years. Aaron also has two grandsons Travis age 2 ½ and Aden who is 13 months and are blessed to have another on the way due in May. Aaron loves reading, golfing, and spending time with his wife and grandkids.

…but god… Episode 1

…but god… Episode 2

…but god… the Intro