October 3, 2019

OCTOBER 3
 
        And they shall put my name upon the children of Israel; and I will bless them (Num. 6:27).
 
    It would be well to memorize the beautiful Aaronic blessing in the three verses preceding: "The Lord bless thee, and keep thee: the Lord make his face shine upon thee, and be gracious unto thee: the Lord lift up his countenance upon thee, and give thee peace.."  Israel was the people of God.  They were called by His name and were to represent Him to the world.
 
    Israel was blocked as a nation as long as they walked in the path of obedience.  The same is true of God's spiritual Israel today.  The Lord led Israel through the wilderness because His name was open them.  And His true children can say, "He leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake" (Ps. 23:3).
 
    The wise man once exclaimed, "The name of the Lord is a strong tower: the righteous runneth into it, and is safe" (Prov. 18:10).  Christian believers today carry the very name of Christ.  They are followers of Jesus.  Those who have kept His Word and not denied His name (Rev. 3:8) have this promise: "I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth" (Rev. 3:10).  And of each overcomer God declares, "I will write upon him the name of my God" (verse 12).
 
                                Take the name of Jesus with you,
                                        Child of sorrow and of woe;
                                It will joy and comfort give you.
                                        Take it, then, where're you go.
                                                                    ___Lillian Baxter
 
 
MEDITATION PRAYER:  "I will declare thy name unto my brethren: in the midst of the congregation will  I praise thee" (Ps. 22:22).