Not Your Average Joe: Blessing the Next Generation

Numbers 24:24-26 NIV – “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.”

Blessing #1

May you always keep one eye on

Genesis 49:29 NIV – “Then Jacob instructed them, “Soon I will die and . Bury me with my father and grandfather in the cave in the field of Ephron the Hittite.”

Genesis 49:33 NIV – When Jacob had finished this charge to his sons, he drew his feet into the bed, breathed his last, and .”

Blessing #2

May you never forget you are.

Why did God’s People become slaves?

1. They forgot who they were.
2. They allowed their longing for security to turn into slavery.

Galatians 4:7 NIV – “So you are no longer a slave, but God’s child; and since you are his child, God has made you also an heir.”

Blessing #3

May you remember that God Always Wins.

Genesis 50:19-20 NIV – “But Joseph said to them, “Don’t be afraid. Am I in the place of God? ²⁰ You intended to harm me, but God intended it for good to accomplish what is now being done, the saving of many lives.”

Romans 8:28 NIV – “And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.”