The
author of Psalm 128, the ninth of the Songs of Degrees, is not known. In this
Psalm we are told the kind of people God will bless. It is those who fear the
Lord and walk in His ways. Fear of the Lord is best seen in walking in His
ways. A person who does that will be immensely blessed. That’s the assertion of
the Psalmist.
How
would he be blessed? Verses 3-6 detail that for us. Firstly, he will experience
success in all his endeavor. Secondly, he will have a happy and well-ordered
life. Thirdly, his wife will be a productive wife. Infertility is deemed as a
curse so ability to bear children is the opposite. It is a blessing. The
previous Psalm tells us that the fruit of the womb or fertility is a blessing
from the Lord. This fact is supported by second part of verse 3. It says a
table full of children must be like a fruitful and productive olive tree.
Fourthly, such a man will live long to see all his posterity flourish. The
promise of blessing did not just rest in the blessed man’s family but also his
nation.
The crux
of this Psalm is this: we can never be truly happy till we are truly holy.
Holiness is seen in terms of fearing the Lord and walking in His ways. Without
a doubt, this Psalm exhorts us to honor the Lord and to walk in step with Him. In so doing we will find richness in every
aspect of living - personal, family, career and nation. What a life to live!
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