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Every person wishes to be happy.
Yet, so many people are misled about what true happiness is and how to find it.
It is sought after in...
possessions
titles and positions
power
popularity of physical pleasure
fame
People who seek happiness solely through material pursuits will eventually learn that their enjoyment is just brief and brief.
As a result, they waste their lives running after empty things in the hope of finding true fulfillment.
Solomon, the wisest man who ever lived, became entrapped in the vain pursuit of happiness, according to Scripture.
In Ecclesiastes,Solomon shares how he sought satisfaction in education and knowledge, worldly pleasures, wealth and possessions, power, self-indulgence, and even hard work.
But shockingly, instead of boasting of the great happiness he had enjoyed, he stated, “I hated life”.
In the end, Solomon astonishes the world by saying that only worshipping God and keeping His commandments can offer true and enduring delight (Ec.
12:13).
Solomon's conclusion is echoed in Psalm 112: genuine contentment can only be found through fearing God.
Psalm 112 is a companion to Psalm 111, and it picks up where the preceding psalm leaves off: the fear of the Lord.
Psalm 112, like Psalm 111, is an acrostic with a poetic style that is substantially identical to the previous psalm.
Its objective was to encourage the survivors of the Babylonian captivity who returned to Jerusalem: they were to remain faithful to the Lord amid tough, discouraging times.
They would experience genuine contentment, sincere and enduring joy, if they feared—trusted and revered—the Lord.
Psalm 112's list of blessings contrasts dramatically with Solomon's list of worldly pursuits in Ecclesiastes chapters 1–2.
God's joy lasts a lifetime, unlike the world's illusory promise of instant gratification.
This genuine contentment and abiding joy can only be obtained by respecting God and observing His laws, as Solomon discovered.
I. Praise the Lord.
(112:1a)
Psalm 112 begins with a shout of praise to the Lord, as did Psalm 111 before it and Psalm 113 after it.
The Hebrew words for praise ye the Lord are the source of the phrase hallelujah (halal Yah).
We should always praise the Lord in every circumstance of life, whether good and bad.
In every situation, Hallelujah is appropriate, because God is always deserving of our highest praise.
The psalmist encourages us to worship the Lord because people who fear Him and delight in His precepts are blessed.
We reap God's gracious blessings in our life when we walk in the fear of the Lord.
Our hallelujahs become more frequent, intense, and sincere as a result!
II.
Fear and obey the Lord
Take pleasure in what He instructs you to do, and you will gain seven benefits.
(112:1b–9)
The Lord makes a wonderful promise to us that should always excite and motivate us: if we fear and obey Him, He will lavishly bless us.
To be blessed (esher) is to be happy and whole because of God’s favor.
The Bible's explicit promises of blessing are known as beatitudes.
Psalms contains a total of twelve beatitudes.
To fear the Lord means to recognize who He is and to revere and submit to Him as a result.
Without a doubt, respecting God entails following His commands, which are found in His Holy Word.
When we take great delight in following God's instructions, we will receive the seven blessings listed in Psalm 112.
It's worth noting that we're challenged to rejoice in God's works in Psalm 111.
In Psalm 112, we are exhorted to delight in God’s Word.
A. A strong family
Your godly example will have an impact on them and bless an entire generation of godly individuals (v.
2).
People who fear the Lord are more likely to raise a strong family.
Godly parents, on the whole, raise godly children.
Nothing provides parents more joy than children who do the right thing.
On the other hand, nothing is more distressing than a disobedient youngster.
Because they follow in their godly parents' footsteps, the children of the upright are blessed—happy and whole.
As a result, both in society and in the church, the God-fearing family is a blessing to the entire generation of God's people.
The children of the righteous, according to the psalmist, are strong in the land.
The Hebrew word for valiant warriors is mighty (gibbor).
This statement refers to Israel in the Old Testament, and it signifies that they willingly rose up to fight foreign adversaries that threatened God's people and nation.
“As we might render this in our context today, they [true believers, soldiers for Christ] will be able to do spiritual battle over the forces of evil and prevail.”
Godly parents must, undoubtedly, prepare their children for spiritual combat.
They have a responsibility to teach their sons and daughters how to fight Satan's forces both in their own lives and in society.
When it comes to the term Blessed, the greatest English synonym for this Hebrew word (esher) is the word happy.
Happy, on the other hand, falls short of expressing everything that is contained in what it means to be blessed.
Being blessed entails...
joy
contentment
peace
satisfaction
fulfillment
protection
calmness
assurance
provision
joy
Blessed is an internal and external state: we experience happiness in our spirits as well as in our interpersonal relationships.
It is a joy, peace, and assurance that is unaffected by external factors.
“Even when the righteous do not feel happy, they are still considered ‘blessed’ from God’s perspective.”
This blessing is a gift from God.
It is the result of God's approval, acceptance, and favor on the life of a faithful Christian.
This gift, on the other hand, is conditional.
While God's favor is always undeserved because of our sinfulness, this blessing comes as a result of our actions.
It is important to note that the gift is not based on our efforts; rather, it is provided when we live obedient lives and walk closely with the LORD.
We are promised specific blessings (beatitudes) throughout the book of Psalms because we...
do not associate with the ungodly (1:1)
trust in the LORD (2:12; 34:8; 40:4; 84:12)
confess and receive God’s forgiveness for sin (32:1–2)
live in a nation that worships the LORD (33:12)
are the descendants of the righteous (37:26)
are generous to the poor (41:1–2)
dwell in God’s house (65:4; 84:4)
find our strength in the LORD (84:5)
are chastened by the LORD (94:12)
maintain justice and live righteously (106:3)
fear the LORD (112:1; 128:1, 4)
and keep God’s law (119:1–2)
B. Prosperity
God will meet all your needs,
(v.
3a).
Those who fear the Lord, according to the psalmist, will be wealthy and prosperous.
When we hear these terms today, we usually think of people who are incredibly affluent or have far more wealth than they could ever need.
In Old Testament times, Having wealth and riches, on the other hand, signified having enough or sufficient possessions to obtain what was required.
The Hebrew word for wealth (hone) is also translated as enough in the Bible.
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