Jesus blesses His people with peace!

2/11/2019

Blessed is everyone who fears the Lord, Who walks in His ways.
When you eat the labor of your hands, you shall be happy, and it shall be well with you.
Your wife shall be like a fruitful vine in the very heart of your house, your children like olive plants all around your table. Behold, thus shall the man be blessed who fears the Lord. The Lord bless you out of Zion, And may you see the good of Jerusalem all the days of your life. Yes, may you see your children’s children. Peace be upon Israel! Psalm 128 NKJV

This chapter describes various blessings that follow people who fear God. There are many more. Not all of them can be seen through fleshly eyes. They are just as real!

God blessed people who learned to walk in His ways in antiquity. Jesus blesses people who learn to walk in His ways today. Be one of them.

I desire to serve the Lord. I want to walk in His ways. The sinful desires of my flesh rise up against the longing of my heart. It is the fear of the Lord that keeps me from straying off into sin!

When a person truly fears the Lord God can have His way with him or her. That does not mean we will never sin. It means our lives will not be controlled by sin. All of us have sinned. All of us fall short of the glory of God. That means me and you!

When we walk in obedience to Jesus we have is enough. We suffer less calamity and hardship. Our marriages prosper. Our homes are filled with peace and love.

God’s Word is true. His promises never fail. That does not we will live fairy tale lives of wealth and leisure. Job was a righteous man. There were none like him in all the earth. His children were taken from him. His wife did not stand with him during his great trial.

Job feared God. He walked in the ways of the Lord. God restored to Job more than he lost. Job was blessed more at the end of his life than he was at the beginning of his trial.

The greatest trial of my life seems to drag on without end. Faith blossoms into hope and promise. A season of peace is spoiled by repeated patterns of sin. Our hearts are broken. Our faith is tested. I can surrender to sin, anger, fear and shame or to Jesus.

I choose Jesus! His love never fails. His Word is always true. Jesus always keeps His promises. Jesus will lead me into the eternal land of promise where love prevails!

This may be a time of trial and testing in your home. You may have lost more than you ever thought you could. Fear God. Learn to walk in His ways!

Jesus will bless you in the land of promise. With your own eyes you will behold the City of our God. You will dwell among your loved ones in the presence of Jesus throughout eternity if you fear the Lord and walk in His ways!

The lover of your soul will prevail. Jesus blesses His people with peace!
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Jesus can use you to shake the foundations of the prison and set people free!

Now it happened, as we went to prayer, that a certain slave girl possessed with a spirit of divination met us, who brought her masters much profit by fortune telling. This girl followed Paul and us, and cried out, saying, “These men are servants of the Most High God, who proclaim to us the way of salvation.” And this she did for many days. But Paul, greatly annoyed, turned and said to the spirit, I command you in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her. And he came out that very hour. Acts 16:16-18 NKJV

The slave girl was speaking the truth. She was possessed by an evil spirit. The evil spirit was drawing people away from Christ!

This attack came as God’s servants went to prayer. The enemy of our souls attacks when we step out in faith. Satan seeks to distract us. He wants us to focus our attention on things other than Jesus.

The devil perverts the truth. He uses it against us. No one can serve two masters. This girl was speaking the truth about Paul and his companions while practicing witchcraft. When people claim to speak for God we must consider how they live.

The girl followed the disciples for several days before they cast the demon out of her. It is important for us to wait on the Lord before stepping out in faith. The bible tells us Paul was greatly annoyed by this girl. Paul was not fearful. The Lord was with Him!

Paul and Silas were put in jail. The owners of the slave girl were angry at the loss of income when the demon was cast out of her. While Paul and Silas were in jail they shared the gospel with the jailer. His entire household was saved.

God uses Satan’s attacks for His glory and our salvation!

Satan is a real being. He takes people captive to do his will. There really are demons who seek to destroy God’s people and bring destruction to our world.

We have nothing to fear from the devil or his demons when we live according to God’s will. We have nothing to fear from anyone or anything when we step out in faith to serve Jesus!

Jesus wants us to fear Him and Him alone. He wants us to know His power and authority are unequaled in all of creation.

God wants you share the gospel of Jesus Christ with the people in your life. Jesus wants you to walk in great boldness because He is with you everywhere you go!

Jesus can use you to shake the foundations of the prison and set people free!

Jesus blesses His people with peace!

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