Psalm 128 -God Sends Blessings, 129 -Plowing Afflictions

 

Psalm 128 – God Sends Blessings

 

When you fear the Lord and walk in obedience to His Word, God sends blessings.

God will bring you enjoyment in employment so that your work will be a blessing and not a curse. Your work will be a ministry for the Lord.

 

God will bless you at home, beginning at the heart of the home and touching everybody else around the table. Your home will be a fruitful garden, not an ugly desert.

 

The blessing will then spread to the city and the nation, and it will go from generation to generation.

 

Psalm 129 – Plowing Afflictions

 

Israel’s afflictions are compared to the plowing of a field.

How do we handle our afflictions?

 

First, we accept it from the Lord. If the Lord is allowing people to afflict you, it is happening because He has planned a harvest. Just be sure you plant the right kind of seed. If you plant anger and malice, you will not reap the blessings of the Lord.

 

Second, you trust the Lord to help you. In His own time, He will stop the afflictions and all their efforts will be useless.

 

Third, you wait for the Lord to judge your enemies. He will put them to shame and make them wither like grass on a sod roof. On the other hand, God’s people will hear God’s blessing in their ears and have God’s blessing in their hands.

Plowing times can be productive.

 

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J. Vernon McGee Commentary and Nelson’s Quick Reference Commentary.