Psalm 128 (NIV)
A friend once mentioned to me how their child was in the minority in her class, because she was one of few whose parents were still together and happily married.
These are unhappy times in our nation when we see Satan striking at the very heart of what holds Society together – the Family.
No matter what the government does to assuage the lie that broken families are alright – like: a) not needing a father’s name on a birth certificate and b) making it easier to get a quick divorce – the truth lies in the stories of people who have grown up in divorced homes. A person’s experience never lies.
In the midst of that, this Psalm is one of hope for family as God intended it!
Vs 1-4
Blessed are all who fear the Lord,
who walk in obedience to him.
You will eat the fruit of your labour;
blessings and prosperity will be yours.
Your wife will be like a fruitful vine
within your house;
your children will be like olive shoots
around your table.
Yes, this will be the blessing
for the man who fears the Lord.
A friend tweeted a quote from Tim Keller today, which said, “No marriage I know more than a few weeks old could be described as a fairy tale come true.”
The truth is that marriage is hard work. It certainly is no fairy tale. Yet if both parties ‘walk in obedience to God’, (vs 1) we stand fighting chance to have a happily ever after.
Let’s pray today for our marriages, for our children’s marriages or if we are single – for our future marriages – that God would always reign at the centre of them and that we can claim the peace and prosperity that has been offered to us in this Psalm.
A friend once mentioned to me how their child was in the minority in her class, because she was one of few whose parents were still together and happily married.
These are unhappy times in our nation when we see Satan striking at the very heart of what holds Society together – the Family.
No matter what the government does to assuage the lie that broken families are alright – like: a) not needing a father’s name on a birth certificate and b) making it easier to get a quick divorce – the truth lies in the stories of people who have grown up in divorced homes. A person’s experience never lies.
In the midst of that, this Psalm is one of hope for family as God intended it!
Vs 1-4
Blessed are all who fear the Lord,
who walk in obedience to him.
You will eat the fruit of your labour;
blessings and prosperity will be yours.
Your wife will be like a fruitful vine
within your house;
your children will be like olive shoots
around your table.
Yes, this will be the blessing
for the man who fears the Lord.
A friend tweeted a quote from Tim Keller today, which said, “No marriage I know more than a few weeks old could be described as a fairy tale come true.”
The truth is that marriage is hard work. It certainly is no fairy tale. Yet if both parties ‘walk in obedience to God’, (vs 1) we stand fighting chance to have a happily ever after.
Let’s pray today for our marriages, for our children’s marriages or if we are single – for our future marriages – that God would always reign at the centre of them and that we can claim the peace and prosperity that has been offered to us in this Psalm.
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