Praying the Priestly PrayerSample

An Undeserved Grace

The LORD bless you and keep you; the LORD make His face to shine upon you, and be gracious unto you; the LORD lift His countenance upon you, and give you peace. —NUMBERS 6:24–26

 The children of Israel had little understanding concerning the G-D who led them out of Egypt. As they crossed the Red Sea, they had little cognizance that they—the Hebrews enslaved by Egypt who were now free—were Abraham’s physical descendants. The Old Testament had not yet been written—Moses was about to receive the first five books, the Torah, from the one true G-D of Israel on Mount Sinai. 

They beheld ten plagues unleashed on Pharaoh and Egypt for not letting them go (Exodus 7:14-11:10). They witnessed G-D parting the Red Sea and holding back the Egyptian army with a pillar of fire from heaven. They walked on dry ground as G-D made a pathway between two walls of raging water. And when they got to the other side, they watched as G-D caused the water to come crashing down on the Egyptian army pursuing them with a vengeance (Exodus 14:15-31).

Yet, while Moses was meeting with G-D on Mount Sinai receiving His Word—His instructions, the Torah—they had Aaron build a golden calf and began worshipping this Egyptian idol (Exodus 32:1-7). Moses was meeting with G-D on the top of Mount Sinai, receiving the Ten Commandments written by G-D’s own finger, carved in stone. 

It was to this rebellious, imperfect people, the children of Israel, that the one true G-D gave the supernatural Priestly Prayer of the Blessing for them to experience His reality in a personal and powerful way. G-D would soon tell Moses to have this prayer pronounced every day over the children of Israel by the high priest Aaron and Aaron’s descendants. 

This prayer of blessing isn’t based on how good or how perfect you are. The children of Israel weren’t deserving of this, and neither are we. But this supernatural prayer was so powerful that it caused Israel to experience supernatural favor and blessing from G-D for forty years as they wandered in the wilderness. When proclaimed over you, this prayer will help propel you to be successful in all your endeavors. 

Proclamation Prayer:

G-D of Israel, I want to know You more deeply than I’ve ever known You before. Give me the ability to understand this prayer that You wrote. I thank You for showing me that You accept me as I am right now. I want to understand the truth and receive an impartation of Your presence like never before. I pray this in the name of Yeshua (Jesus).

The prayer of supernatural blessing is an undeserved grace on our part that G-D has given us. Declare this over your life as you discover more about the G-D who parted the Red Sea and continues to make blessed paths for those who follow Him.