Road Songs: More Biblical Principles about Bible Blessings

Road Songs: More Biblical Principles about Bible Blessings

Psalm 128

1 Blessed is everyone who fears the Lord, who walks in his ways! 2 You shall eat the fruit of the labor of your hands; you shall be blessed, and it shall be well with you. 3 Your wife will be like a fruitful vine within your house; your children will be like olive shoots around your table. 4 Behold, thus shall the man be blessed who fears the Lord. 5 The Lord bless you from Zion! May you see the prosperity of Jerusalem all the days of your life! 6 May you see your children’s children! Peace be upon Israel! Psalm 128:1-6 (ESV)

More Biblical Principles about Bible Blessings:

1. Bible blessings follow intentional (128:1, 4).

1 Blessed is everyone who fears the Lord, who walks in his ways! 4 Behold, thus shall the man be blessed who fears the Lord. Psalm 128:1,4 (ESV)

2.       Bible blessings are often closer to than (128:2-3, 5-6).

2 You shall eat the fruit of the labor of your hands; you shall be blessed, and it shall be well with you. 3 Your wife will be like a fruitful vine within your house; your children will be like olive shoots around your table. 5 The Lord bless you from Zion! May you see the prosperity of Jerusalem all the days of your life! 6 May you see your children’s children! Peace be upon Israel! Psalm 128:2,3,5-6 (ESV)

3.       God graces us with different for different (128:2-3, 5-6).

Your “Now”

2 You shall eat the fruit of the labor of your hands; you shall be blessed, and it shall be well with you. 3 Your wife will be like a fruitful vine within your house; your children will be like olive shoots around your table. Psalm 128:2-3 (ESV)

Your “Future”

5 The Lord bless you from Zion! May you see the prosperity of Jerusalem all the days of your life! 6 May you see your children’s children! Peace be upon Israel! Psalm 128:5-6 (ESV)