blessed

 This week we begin worship with:

Genesis 1:27–28

“So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him;

male and female he created them. And God blessed them. And God said to

them, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth and subdue it, and have

dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over

every living thing that moves on the earth.”

When you hire an employee, you give them something to do.  It is their job, for which they are responsible.  

In this blessing (bāraḵ), we are given a job,  And that job has a purpose, to bring our part of the world under our care.  And that job has a primary method, to build a family and a heritage..  During the conquest of land of Israel, Moses said:

Deuteronomy 7:22

The Lord your God will clear away these nations before you little by little. You may not make an end of them at once, lest the wild beasts grow too numerous for you.

So, for whatever your scope (father, aunt, corporate executive officer, kindergarten teacher), bring your part of this world under that divine ordered care and expand your scope as you are able, for that is God's blessing to us.