“Blessed is every one that feareth the LORD; that walketh in his ways” (Psalm 128:1).
TEXT — Psalm 128:1-6
Message
Jonathan Edwards was a Puritan preacher in the 1700s and a great one, too. He preached the unforgettable sermon, Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God. Edwards married his wife, Sara, in 1727, and they were blessed with eleven children. On the family front, he was an impactful father. He would spend an hour every night conversing with his family and praying over each child. One hundred and fifty years after his death, one Albert Winship conducted research revealing the great legacy Edwards and his wife, Sarah, passed on to their eleven children. The legacy includes one U.S. Vice-President, one Dean of a law school, one dean of a medical school, three U.S. Senators, three governors, three mayors, thirteen college presidents, thirty judges, sixty doctors, sixty-five professors, seventy-five Military officers, eighty public office holders, a hundred lawyers, a hundred clergymen, and 285 college graduates. The list is endless. This was as a result of the godly lifestyles of the parents.
In our text, the psalmist spoke about the rewards for those that fear the Lord and walk in His ways. He said they shall eat the fruits of their labour and it shall be well with them. They would be blessed with stable and flourishing families. Their wives shall be blessed with children aplenty. The Lord shall bless them with long life to see generations of their children, and they shall reap from God’s goodness and peace on their land.
Only God has the portrait of an ideal, happy family. The so called modern family idealized by popular media is a far cry from this picture. In fact, the chickens are coming home to roost. The rejection of God in the family and the consequences of rebellion against His word in society are haunting our world already
Thought for the day
Sow the seed of godliness in your children and reap from it in later years.
Listed among “500 most powerful people on the planet” by the Foreign Policy magazine in 2013, Pastor (Dr.) William F. Kumuyi is the founder and General Superintendent of the Deeper Christian Life Ministry (DCLM) headquartered in Lagos, Nigeria. DCLM started in 1973 as a 15-member Bible study group right in Kumuyi’s apartment at University of Lagos where he was a lecturer. His revolutionary Bible teaching on personal holiness and commitment to evangelism soon gained so much traction and resulted in a widespread revival.
May God teaches us to know him
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