*GOD WHO PAYS ATTENTION TO US*
`The LORD bless you and keep you; the LORD make his face shine upon you and be gracious to you; the LORD turn his face toward you and give you peace. Numbers 6: 24-26`
One of the great miracles of life is that God pays attention to us. To turn your face toward someone is to give that person your whole-hearted, undivided attention. It is not the casual listening of a preoccupied mind.
This is the kind of attention God lavishes on us. This blessing says God will not only turn his face toward us, he will make it “shine” on us. The shining face is an image of delight. It is the face of a proud parent beaming while a child plays in her first piano recital. It is the radiant face of a bride as she walks the aisle to her groom.
We can turn our face toward anyone, with a little effort. But our faces shine and beam and grow radiant only in the presence of those we love most deeply. And this, is how God loves us. God pays attention to us. In contrast, to lose God’s loving attention was, to the psalmist, to lose everything: “Come,” my heart says, “seek his face!” Your face, LORD, do I seek. Do not hide your face from me. Do not turn your servant away in anger, you who have been my help. Do not cast me off, do not forsake me, O God of my salvation! Nothing was worse to the psalmist than the thought of God’s “hiding his face.”
Attention is so valuable we don’t just give it, we pay attention. It’s like money. And, like money, it generally flows to those who have status. The more important you are, the more people will pay attention to what you say. This is how God loves us. God pays attention to us. Hallelujah 🙌
Your brother in Christ,
Apostle Ashok Martin