Joel Kim

True blessing is not the things that you think you can tangibly grab.

but true blessing according to Psalm 67 is a personal relationship with God and knowing and experiencing his presence and his favor in our lives.

Aaron's blessings begin with the words, the Lord bless you and keep you, a promise of God to provide for our daily needs when these daily needs were difficult to come by.

And certainly the Psalmist promises that God does provide for our daily needs.

Yet the focus of the Lord's blessing in Psalm 67 are found in these words in verse one, when he says, may God be gracious to us and make his face to shine upon us.

Here what we're told is that the essence of biblical blessing is to have the Lord delight in us so much that it is as if his face shines whenever he sees us.

He delights in you so much that he smiles and delights in seeing the faces of his sons and daughters.

You recognize the image of Exodus 33, 11.

Thus, the Lord used to speak to Moses face to face as a man speaks to his friend.

You may recall Genesis 5, 24, where we're told Enoch walked with God.

I love that phrase.

It's such a simple one.

It doesn't tell us where they're going.

It doesn't really matter.

It doesn't matter how they got there because it doesn't really matter.

It doesn't tell us what they talked about during that time.

It doesn't really matter.

It doesn't even matter what they were looking outside the window if they were writing something because it doesn't matter.

The fact that they were together

was sufficient enough blessing and joy that you are able to summarize your relationship with God simply by saying, Enoch walked with God.