Many of the Psalms are proverbial in nature, i.e., they
state deep truths in succinct ways. These can appear as couplets (two lines)
that sometimes are contrasting in nature or often repetitive in nature. Many
times when they are repetitive they say the same thing twice, just in different
words. We have an example of that at the beginning of Psalm 128. “Blessed is
everyone who fears the Lord, who walks in his ways!” (1)
In verse 1 the writer is not stating two different truths
about those who are blessed. Rather he is giving us a parallelism of one truth.
This means that to fear the Lord equals to walk in his ways. Fear is reverence
or humble worship. Walking in his ways is obedience. True worship is faithful
obeying the Lord in all things at all times.
So the obvious question is — do you and I truly know the
blessing that comes from being heartfelt, live committed worshippers of God? If
not, don’t you think it’s time to start?
Prayer: Father, all blessing comes from you. We do not earn
it; we do not deserve it. We also know that the desire and ability to fear you
and walk in your ways comes from you. So we ask for your grace to provide each
area of need. Give us hearts that want to worship you and give us lives that do
worship you. We desperately need your grace.
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