For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for your sakes He became poor, that you through His poverty might become rich.
(2 Corinthians 8:9 NKJV)
Today we continue sharing lyrics from one of our songs called "The Blessing", from our second EP titled “If My People...”
We have our musical arrangement of the Aaronic Blessing in Numbers 6:24-26. For the next couple of days, we will continue to break down the blessing phrase by phrase. To bring it to life, we will refer to the Hebrew aspects of the blessing. Today we look at the phrase, "and be gracious to you."
The Hebrew word for grace is "Hanan." It means "a heartfelt response by someone who has something to give to those in need." In the Aaronic Blessing, the giver of the gift of grace is God, and we are the receivers who need His gift. His gift is not given because of anything that we have earned or negotiated, but purely out of His abundant mercy. God willingly favors us with his love, mercy, grace, presence, and other blessings entirely because he chooses to pour out his mercy upon us!
None of us deserves God’s favor, yet He loves us and cares for us so much that He wants us to live with Him forever. God is gracious to us, showing unmerited favor to us. Our response is to receive it with gratefulness and gladness.
Open His gift of grace to you today.
Prayer:
Lord, Your grace is amazing. What a wonderful gift You have given to us. We are forever grateful for the undeserved favor that you have bestowed upon us to be called Your children. Amen.
"Our righteousness is in Him, and our hope depends, not upon the exercise of grace in us, but upon the fullness of grace and love in Him, and upon His obedience unto death." - John Newton