APRIL 27, 2026 Psalm 128:1-3 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. Among the points we have gleaned from […]
APRIL 26, 2026 Psalm 128:1-3 Blessed is every one 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. In this devotion, I’d like to […]
APRIL 25, 2026 Psalm 128:1-3 Blessed is every one 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. As we continue looking at these […]
APRIL 24, 2026
Psalm 128:1-3
Blessed is every one 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.
In many ways, this composition is a continuation of the previous psalm. As in Psalm 127, this psalm speaks of the benefits and blessings bestowed upon a man who fears God, particularly when it comes to his home life. In fact, when he says, “It shall be well with you,” the Hebrew word is טוב tov. That is to say that the blessed man will be in the right place doing what God has intended for him to do; in short, he is functioning in his purpose. This man’s household is established by God with a fruitful wife and many children.
Notice that the fear of the Lord is what precipitated this happy result because the fear of the Lord provokes one to seek what is truly important in life. A desire to please God first and foremost compels one to “walk in His ways.” Let’s put it this way: those who don’t fear God will walk in their own way, and in so doing, are more likely to pursue those things that have no eternal value —i.e. wealth and power. In a roundabout way, these verses decry such pursuits, instead encouraging the people of God to consider the value of a happy home filled with children, not to mention physical labor.
When you really stop and think about it, God’s ideal for His people in this life can be summed up in this scene: a husband and wife, surrounded by obedient children living in an adequate home on a piece of land that brings forth its fruit. If you think about it, that is pretty much the scene that was in the Garden before man decided to walk in his own ways. Thus, we are reminded that, to truly be happy and blessed, we must possess a genuine fear of the Lord that prompts us to walk in His ways. If we will do this, “it shall be well with us.”
APRIL 23, 2026 Psalm 127:4-5 Like arrows in the hand of a warrior, so are the children of one’s youth. Blessed is the man who has his quiver full of them; they shall not be ashamed but shall speak with their enemies in the gate. In these verses, the psalmist makes an interesting, and what should be an obvious […]
APRIL 22, 2026 Psalm 127:3 Behold, children are a heritage from the Lord, the fruit of the womb is a reward. As we discussed in the previous devotion, children are a gift from above. They are God’s way of propagating His purpose in the earth, and so it is, with the blessing of children comes the great responsibility to teach them the […]
APRIL 21, 2026
Psalm 127:3
Behold, children are a heritage from the Lord, the fruit of the womb is a reward.
In the very beginning, God ordained that marriage was holy — a lifelong union of one man and one woman completely devoted to each other. Obviously, for there to be a successful union, undying love is an absolute must; a man is to leave his father and mother and cleave unto his wife (Genesis 2:24). However, from a Biblical point of view, marriage was not established to accommodate the deep feelings two people have for one another, not exclusively at least. Clearly, God ordained that marriage was to serve an even greater purpose; a man and woman united in marriage were to produce offspring.
It is written, “God blessed them, and God said to them, ‘Be fruitful and multiply; fill the earth and subdue it’” (Genesis 1:28). Put simply, children are a reward from Heaven — a sign of God’s blessing upon a man and woman who are following the pattern established by the Creator. Unfortunately, there are those in this world who view children as an inconvenience and a burden, rather than a blessing. At the very least, such people are shortsighted; they fail to see the wonderful purpose God has for children as it relates to future generations. Seeing the issue from this vantage point makes abortion even more monstrous; not only is a child killed but future generations are deprived of what God had intended for that little one.
In short, children are born for a purpose and with a purpose. That means, when a husband and wife have children, they are participating in God’s plan for His creation. In that light, it becomes clear that parenthood is not only a privilege, but also a responsibility. As the psalmist said, “children are a heritage from the Lord” — souls entrusted to our care and supervision. And if they are a gift from the Lord, let us make certain to do everything in our power to make certain His plan for them is carried out.
APRIL 20, 2026 Psalm 127:2 It is vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the bread of sorrows; for so He gives His beloved sleep.Are you a workaholic or know such a person? Some consider this lifestyle to be a virtue; others see it as a vice. Either way, […]
APRIL 19, 2026 Psalm 127:119 Unless the Lord builds the house, they labor in vain who build it. Unless the Lord guards the city, the watchman stays awake in vain. In the previous devotion, we addressed the fact that David was not allowed to build God’s House, even though he longed to do so. To his credit, he understood that […]
APRIL 18, 2026 Psalm 127:1 Unless the Lord builds the house, they labor in vain who build it. Unless the Lord guards the city, the watchman stays awake in vain. There are many issues and concerns a person must face in this life, but there are a few that are primary — building a happy home, having a successful livelihood […]
