A Blessed Legacy
Genesis 48
Gen 48:3-4 Jacob said
to Joseph, “God Almighty appeared to me at Luz in the land of Canaan, and there
he blessed me 4 and said to me, ‘I am going to make you fruitful and will
increase your numbers. I will make you a community of peoples, and I will give
this land as an everlasting possession to your descendants after you.’”
LET’S consider God’s words to Noah after the
Great Flood. “As for you, be fruitful and
increase in number; multiply on the earth and increase upon it.” (Genesis 9:7)
Noah’s descendants lived into that blessing and eventually God blessed Abraham with,
“Look up at the heavens and count the
stars — if indeed you can count them…So shall your offspring be.” (Gen 15:4)
And then Jacob reminded Joseph of God’s promise of an increase in numbers in verse
4 above.
Through
the generations, God chose specific people to advance his blessing of grace to
form his own people. The father would pass the blessing to a chosen son, and God
would fulfill his promises. This blessing was the Hebrews great hope during their
years of slavery in Egypt and exile in Babylon.
Then
God sent His Son, and today, we have inherited God’s blessing of grace. As people
saved in Jesus’ blood, we must speak to the next generation of God’s blessing
to save us to eternal life.
Speak
the blessing of Jesus to your children as Jacob spoke the blessing of God’s promise
to Joseph. Lay your hands on your children and grandchildren and bless them with
the love and grace of Christ. Speak the blessing forward so that God’s grace may
come to his own.
LIFE Link: Speak of Jesus to your children.
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