The LORD make his face to shine upon you, and be gracious to you; the LORD lift up his countenance upon you, and give you peace.
This prayer of Moses summons Israel to experience the healing glory of gazing into the face of God. What the Bible is telling us is that God’s face is turned toward us with divine delight in who we are, and we are invited to turn our faces toward God to find grace and peace.
McKnight goes on from here to talk about the intimacy of our face-to-face relationships and how important they are to us. Those who mean the most to us are those who we encounter and know face-to-face. Family and friends who we can be most comfortable with - who really know us and love us anyway. :)
This is the kind of relationship that God wants to give to us - one that is face-to-face. When we are able to look into the face of God, full of assurance and confidence that He loves us completely and without finding fault, then His grace and peace will be real to us.
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