“22 The Lord spoke to Moses: 23 Tell Aaron and his sons how you are to bless the Israelites. Say to them:
24 May Yahweh bless you and protect you;
25 may Yahweh make His face shine on you
and be gracious to you;
26 may Yahweh look with favor on you
and give you peace.
27 In this way they will pronounce My name over the Israelites, and I will bless them.”
Numbers 6:22-27
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This is a favorite prayer of mine from Scripture. I have used with the gathering of the church, the joining of man & wife & spoken it to believers on their death beds.

It is no small thing to invoke the Name of God. It is a sacred moment when His Name is spoken. And when it is spoken, we do not say it and speak of Him in a way that implies that we have any control over Him, that we can make Him do anything. But instead, we are acknowledging Him, intentionally inviting Him into that moment with us and seeking out His leading.
When we pray for God’s blessing, we are acknowledging that we can do nothing to bless our own lives, to change our situation for the better. When we invite Him into our lives, we are acknowledging that only He can make something beautiful out of our messes and that only He can work for our good on the midst of us.

We need His blessing.
We need His protection.
We need His presence.
We need His grace.
We need His favor.
We need His peace.

We are lost without Him and we cannot GoLove others unless we do it -in- His Name. Anything else is merely human effort, tainted by sin and directed by the flesh. And so we seek His blessing by inviting Him in to lead, direct and move in us.

It’s the only sensible thing to do.