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June 17, 2022
God Loves to Bless His Children
Our God loves to bless His people. But how does He bless them and what does it mean? The Hebrew word for blessing is based on the word for knee. We are to bow the knee to God, the King of the universe. In return He will bestow upon us all the benefits of His kingdom and we will live full and fruitful lives. This is God’s design and desire for His children.
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God Loves to Bless His Children (Out of Zion Episode #119)
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Well you know God loves to bless his people but how does he do it and what is
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a blessing what does it mean? Well let's turn to the Bible. Welcome to this week's
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Shabbat Shalom devotional. When I try to share just a little inspiration and
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bring a little bit of peace to the end of your very busy week. You know the word
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to bless or blessing appears in the Bible like over 495 times and it appears
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the most 70 times in the first book of the Bible in Genesis. Now what does
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blessing mean? Well the word is Baruch which means to like to kneel. It's based
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on the word for knee. Blessing is a baraka. Now what does that mean then the
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knee? What does the knee have to do with blessing? Well actually blessing means in
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a way to worship and to give reverence to and to bow the knee to. So we are to
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bless God and in the Jewish blessings they have a blessing over almost
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everything and they all start with a Baruch atadonai Elohimelekalam which is
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blessed art thou, O Lord God, King of the universe. Blessed art thou, O God, it's a
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worship and a bowing the knee to him. So what does it mean when God blesses his
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people? He's not bowing the knee to us. He's not worshiping us for sure but it's
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within this context of us bowing the knee to him and acknowledging his
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greatness, his greatness, that he is our King. He is the great King of the
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universe and then he bestows on us all the benefits of his kingdom which is
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that he is our King. He will protect us. He will keep us safe. He will care for us.
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He has all of these benefits of his kingdom that he then bestows upon us. So
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our coming to the Lord with our needs, it's not a gimme, gimme, gimme, listing
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my needs of my petitions, no, it's coming and bowing down before him, the King of
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the universe, and then watching him bestow all of his blessings on me. Well,
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the first earliest mention of blessing we read in Genesis chapter 1 and it says
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that after God had made man in his image, made them as male and female, that then
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he blessed them and he said to them, be fruitful and multiply and that God blessed
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them. So in this God is speaking over to them the benefit of the kingdom which is
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to be, have the provision with which to be fruitful and to multiply. Now we know
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that in the case of Adam and Eve it was kind of a practical needing to be
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fruitful and multiply, have lots of babies and let's fill the earth, right? But
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spiritually there is a fruitfulness and a multiplication that we should be
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experiencing in our lives as a part of the kingdom of God because as we grow we
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should be bearing fruit and God wishes for us that we would grow and that we
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would bear great fruit. So as you take a little Shabbat break this weekend, think
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about the areas of your life where maybe you're not seeing the fruit of the
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kingdom, you're not seeing the peace and joy, you're not seeing the fruitfulness
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and the multiplication and then yield those areas to the King of the universe,
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bow your knee before him, worship him and watch him pour out the benefits of his
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kingdom upon you and watch your life change and with that I wish you Shabbat Shalom.
00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:07,040
Well you know God loves to bless his people but how does he do it and what is
2
00:00:07,040 --> 00:00:12,920
a blessing what does it mean? Well let's turn to the Bible. Welcome to this week's
3
00:00:12,920 --> 00:00:17,960
Shabbat Shalom devotional. When I try to share just a little inspiration and
4
00:00:17,960 --> 00:00:23,400
bring a little bit of peace to the end of your very busy week. You know the word
5
00:00:23,400 --> 00:00:30,680
to bless or blessing appears in the Bible like over 495 times and it appears
6
00:00:30,680 --> 00:00:37,640
the most 70 times in the first book of the Bible in Genesis. Now what does
7
00:00:37,640 --> 00:00:45,120
blessing mean? Well the word is Baruch which means to like to kneel. It's based
8
00:00:45,120 --> 00:00:53,080
on the word for knee. Blessing is a baraka. Now what does that mean then the
9
00:00:53,080 --> 00:00:57,680
knee? What does the knee have to do with blessing? Well actually blessing means in
10
00:00:57,680 --> 00:01:04,200
a way to worship and to give reverence to and to bow the knee to. So we are to
11
00:01:04,200 --> 00:01:08,520
bless God and in the Jewish blessings they have a blessing over almost
12
00:01:08,520 --> 00:01:15,000
everything and they all start with a Baruch atadonai Elohimelekalam which is
13
00:01:15,000 --> 00:01:21,440
blessed art thou, O Lord God, King of the universe. Blessed art thou, O God, it's a
14
00:01:21,440 --> 00:01:27,400
worship and a bowing the knee to him. So what does it mean when God blesses his
15
00:01:27,400 --> 00:01:33,840
people? He's not bowing the knee to us. He's not worshiping us for sure but it's
16
00:01:33,840 --> 00:01:40,120
within this context of us bowing the knee to him and acknowledging his
17
00:01:40,120 --> 00:01:45,680
greatness, his greatness, that he is our King. He is the great King of the
18
00:01:45,680 --> 00:01:53,080
universe and then he bestows on us all the benefits of his kingdom which is
19
00:01:53,080 --> 00:01:58,760
that he is our King. He will protect us. He will keep us safe. He will care for us.
20
00:01:58,760 --> 00:02:05,800
He has all of these benefits of his kingdom that he then bestows upon us. So
21
00:02:05,800 --> 00:02:11,400
our coming to the Lord with our needs, it's not a gimme, gimme, gimme, listing
22
00:02:11,400 --> 00:02:17,560
my needs of my petitions, no, it's coming and bowing down before him, the King of
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00:02:17,560 --> 00:02:24,960
the universe, and then watching him bestow all of his blessings on me. Well,
24
00:02:24,960 --> 00:02:32,400
the first earliest mention of blessing we read in Genesis chapter 1 and it says
25
00:02:32,400 --> 00:02:38,120
that after God had made man in his image, made them as male and female, that then
26
00:02:38,120 --> 00:02:47,200
he blessed them and he said to them, be fruitful and multiply and that God blessed
27
00:02:47,200 --> 00:02:55,360
them. So in this God is speaking over to them the benefit of the kingdom which is
28
00:02:55,360 --> 00:03:01,120
to be, have the provision with which to be fruitful and to multiply. Now we know
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00:03:01,120 --> 00:03:06,240
that in the case of Adam and Eve it was kind of a practical needing to be
30
00:03:06,240 --> 00:03:11,360
fruitful and multiply, have lots of babies and let's fill the earth, right? But
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00:03:11,360 --> 00:03:16,480
spiritually there is a fruitfulness and a multiplication that we should be
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experiencing in our lives as a part of the kingdom of God because as we grow we
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00:03:22,560 --> 00:03:28,840
should be bearing fruit and God wishes for us that we would grow and that we
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00:03:28,840 --> 00:03:35,360
would bear great fruit. So as you take a little Shabbat break this weekend, think
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about the areas of your life where maybe you're not seeing the fruit of the
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kingdom, you're not seeing the peace and joy, you're not seeing the fruitfulness
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and the multiplication and then yield those areas to the King of the universe,
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bow your knee before him, worship him and watch him pour out the benefits of his
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kingdom upon you and watch your life change and with that I wish you Shabbat Shalom.
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