The Lord spoke to Moses, saying, Speak to Aaron and his sons, saying, Thus you shall bless the people of Israel: you shall say to them, “The Lord bless you and keep you; the Lord make His face to shine upon you and be gracious to you; the Lord lift up His countenance upon you and give you peace.” So shall they put My name upon the people of Israel, and I will bless them.” (Numbers 6:22-27 ESV)
Dominoes
Recently on a movie set, the Director pointed out a problem to me. I messaged one of my assistants. She called one of her helpers. He got in the car and drove to the grocery store. The clerk sold him a particular item. That item made its way back up the ladder until I used that item to keep away some mosquitos.
Who defeated the mosquitos?
It was the Director. He delegated, but did not give up authority. He commanded, and his people carried out his wishes. He spoke, and we acted for him, on his behalf, to help him, and simply because he said so.
In this passage, God spoke to Moses, who spoke to Aaron (and his sons) who spoke to the people of Israel, which in today’s world means Christians, and said an amazing thing.
It is God who speaks here, it is God who acts. And God blesses us!
Notice who is speaking.
Not really Aaron’s sons, not really Aaron, not really Moses… but God Himself.
He delegates, but HE blesses.
We get to promise that same thing to others, too. God promises His blessings, and we get to point those blessings out, enact those blessings, announce those blessings, carry out those blessings, proclaim those blessings, and DO those blessings.
But it is always Him.