Psalm 128
A song of ascents.
1 Blessed are all who fear the Lord,
who walk in obedience to him.
o Songs practiced on the way up to Jerusalem
o Jerusalem means “they will see or be in awe of wholeness or completeness”
o Get ready, get prepared
o Blessed means happy
o Happy are all who fear the Lord
o If you fear the Lord you will walk in obedience
o Jesus said if you love Me, keep my commandments
o When you keep the Lord’s commandments you show that you love & respect Him
o When your faith reaches the pinnacle it proceeds in obedience
§ This always turns into blessings and happiness to those who apply obedience to their faith
§ If you want more blessing and happiness in your life get more obedient
2 You will eat the fruit of your labor;
blessings and prosperity will be yours.
o You get to enjoy that which you plant, water and cultivate
o It takes time to grow fruit and it takes consistent behavior
o Keep doing the right thing and your obedience will produce amazing fruit
o Blessings “eser” is happiness
o Prosperity “Tob” is good, rich, prosperity
o It means you will be happy because you will have more than enough
o Notice it’s a reward of obedience and the fruit of your labor
o Walk the straight and narrow line and keep doing good and God’s will rain blessing and prosperity down upon you
3 Your wife will be like a fruitful vine
within your house;
This means your wife will be fertile and will produce a lot children
Your house will become full (each child a Reward from the Lord)
A fruitful vine also implies lots of grapes or wine
It’s a picture of celebration and happiness
When a Godly man outblesses his wife, we blossoms
When a Godly woman outblesses her husband, he blossoms
When Godly parents Outbless their children they blossom
Try and Outbless each one every day
your children will be like olive shoots
around your table.
Olive shoots produce so many olives you can’t eat them all
They make a bit of a mess but what abundant blessings
Around you table means during mealtime
o The stories, the conversations, the memories
o God blesses everyone in the family when Mom & Dad are obedient to the Lord and keep working for good (outblessing).
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