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“ We love because He first loved us.”- 1 John 4:19
Hi friends,
Today on Feb 14th when the whole
world is celebrating Love, It is true that we love the people in our lives, our
spouses, our children, our parents, our siblings, our nieces , our nephews, our
friends, our relatives and those close to our heart too Maybe our teachers, acquaintances
or even people who we don’t know well but just love them for who they are….All
this is good. However, among all these, the truest and best of all loves is the
love God has for us and the Love we have for Him. Nothing could be purer, more
complete or more intense than the love of the Creator for His Creation. He
loved us enough to give His life for us on the Cross of Calvary and we love Him
because He first loved us.
The best thing about His love is that He
knows us fully- strengths and weaknesses, flaws and all and yet loves us so
fully that there is not an iota of love more for Him to love us with.When we truly know and understand the depth
of His love, we will be the most secure creatures on this planet because His
word says in Rom 8:38,39 “For
I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither
the present nor the future, nor any powers,neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all
creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in
Christ Jesus our Lord.
How blessed are we to experience such
a love in this life of ours! What can we give in return for a love so spotless
and pure? All He wants is our heartfelt surrender and worship.Today, I want to share a beautiful worship song by Matt Redman. The
central theme of the Song “Endless Hallelujah” released in 2011 as part of Matt’s album
“10,000 Reasons,” revolves around the idea of eternal worship, where believers
will one day join in a continuous chorus of praise and adoration to God. It
speaks of a future beyond this earthly life, where sorrow, pain, and tears will
be replaced with joy, peace, and an endless hallelujah.
It is a song I go back to time and time again
and every time it invokes in me the hope and anticipation we have of eternal
life with God and one day joining the choir of angels in Heaven where we will
all sing an Endless Hallelujah to the King. Let us sing this love song back to
Him with a heart full of praise and adoration for His love for us.
“You saw me before I was born. Every day of my
life was recorded in your book. Every moment was laid out before a single
day had passed.” Psalms 139:16
Dear friends,
Hope you are well. This post I wrote inspired by a
song by Casting Crowns called ‘GOD OF ALL MY DAYS!’ Do anyone of us know how
many days we have? The answer is No …really but we have a God who knows our
first and last breath and He is the God of all our Days.
The last week I came to know of the sudden demise of a
teacher from the school where my children attend. It was a shock to many and
though I didn’t really know this teacher, yet when I heard of her sudden cardiac
arrest, the unpredictability of life just dawned on me once again. A few times
I have written about the shortness of life in the posts about the sudden departure of my brother- in law and of my dearest friend ‘S’ (both in their
early 40’s). Life suddenly turns upside down for the families left behind and
that vacuum that they create in our hearts can never really be filled except for
a hope that we will meet them once again on the other shore!
However, one thing that we can always bank on is that
none of this ever comes as a surprise to our Lord. He is indeed The Alpha &
The Omega – The Beginning & The End (Rev 1:8) and there is nothing that is
beyond His knowledge and His perfect will. So, we can rest assured that Our Lord
who loves us to the point of death, is fully aware of everything that concerns us.
How reassuring that we are not just left hanging there in the air in
uncertainty but that amid all that has happened, is happening and will be
happening, He is on the Throne and in complete control.
Next let us see what kind of a God we have;
When we are broken, He is our Healer ( Jer 30:17)
He is the One who makes all things new (Rev 21:15)
He is the Wisdom to all our questions (1 Corin
1:30-31)
He is our Savior in frightful situations (Isa 41:13)
He is the God who never changes.( Malachi 3:6)
He is the God who pursues us with love (Jer 31:3)
The God whose Grace covers us in our repeated failures.(Exodus
34:6)
He is the God who is our strength when we fall.(2
Corin 12:9)
He is the lifter of our head (Psalms 3:3)
The reason that we sing.(Psalms 59:16, Psalms 63:7)
In our worries, He is our stillness. (Psalms 46:10)
In our searching, He is our answer. ( Jer 29:13)
In our blindness, our Vision (Isa 9:2)
In our bondage, our Freedom! ( Gal 5:1)
What more do we need? He’s the God who is with us unchanging
in all the seasons of our life and He loves us more than we could ever imagine!
Let us sing this song with the quiet reassurance that
no matter what happens to us in our lives, He is the God who stays and the God
of All Our Days!
“Now
all glory to God, who is able ,through His mighty power at work within us, to
accomplish infinitely more than we might ask or think.”- Ephesians 3:20
Hi friends,
Hope you are
doing fine. It’s been a while now since I’ve penned something. Today I want to
share 2 keys to overcoming any trial in your life successfully. This post is based
on something I learnt recently from a great man of God who has been through one
of the biggest trials of his life and has come out stronger!
We all go
through different types of trials in our lives. For some it may be some
financial issue, for another it may be death of a loved one or a sickness in
the body or mind or some kind of family/ personal relationship issue.
Sometimes however, we may go through trials that may seem so unfair that we may
be tempted to ask Lord why has this happened or worse…may even cause us to wallow
in self-pity asking the question, “ why Me Lord?”…Those are instances in life
when we suffer despite doing the right thing. We suffer for standing up for the
right cause. In such cases, we must remember the Biblical examples of Stephen
the Martyr, John the Baptist and of course our Lord Jesus Christ- all of whom
suffered pain, misunderstanding, rejection, loneliness and ultimately death despite
living righteous lives and causing no harm to anyone. Yes, there are such times
in our lives when we need to remember that we are followers of Christ and that
means we need to embrace the Cross and follow Him daily. Jesus says in Mathew
16:24 that “If anyone wants to be my Disciple, he must deny himself, take up
his cross and follow Me.”
We are all
born in the image of God and therefore each one of us has a great purpose in
this life that only we can accomplish. It may be visible to others, or it may not be
visible to others, but we must continue faithfully whatever task the Lord has
given us and shine as bright as we can in our respective places that the Lord
has placed us. Amidst this, there may be instances for us to get disappointed
or discouraged due to the trials in our life. As mentioned in John
16:33 we are only human and so it is only natural that by default;
as being part of this fallen world, that we go through different kinds of
problems, trials, and testing but the real question is how can we rise above them
successfully? Here are 2 main keys for this : 1)Do Not Allow Offense to Sabotage your
Greatness.
2)Do Not Allow Intimidation to Sabotage
your Greatness.
Let us see
each point in detail. The first point is do not let Offense sabotage your
greatness- Offense means we perceive an insult or disregard to ourselves. It
means we are hurt over the slightest of issues. This must not be so if we are true
followers of Christ. We must be humble and forgiving and full of love even to
those who hurt us whether it be intentional or not. This can be very difficult
but the Lord who watches over us will reward us when we choose to be free of offense.
Our life too would be hassle-free from issues and misunderstandings that stem
from assumptions. We instead choose to be intentional and deliberate in our
love walk. Proverbs 19:11 says :”A person’s wisdom yields patience; it
is to one’s glory to overlook an offense.”
The 2nd point
is Do not allow Intimidation or Fear to Sabotage your Greatness-
Often in life, we know the right thing to do, but somehow we bow down to fear.
Often its fear of what other people will say or think or will I be
misunderstood or may be even will I be understood??? And that keeps us from doing
the good we know we should and being the best that we can be so let’s just roll
up our sleeves and look fear in the face and say not today fear “ For God
has not given me a Spirit of Fear but of Power, Love & a Sound Mind!” – 2 Timothy
1:7 & add to that Philippians 4:13 “I can do all
things through Christ who strengthens me.”
Let me end
with this quote from Nike: “Greatness…… it’s just something we made up.
Somehow, we’ve come to believe that ‘greatness’ is a gift reserved for a Chosen
few- for Prodigies, for Superstars & the rest of us can only stand by ….
watching! You can forget that ‘greatness’ is not some rare DNA Strand, it’s not
some precious thing, ‘greatness’ is no more unique to us than breathing! We’re
all capable of it, all of us! Find your Greatness!”
James 5:8 "You, too, must be patient. Take courage, for the coming of the Lord is near."
Hi friends,
Hope this post finds you in good health and spirits!
This week, I’d like to share something that I’ve been learning in the past few
months in my life. At some points in our life , we may be totally overwhelmed
and here may be no one who can understand us
no even we ourselves, but what we need to remember at such times is that
no matter what we go through we can always be certain that the Lord understands
and loves us. There will be nothing to change that.
Sometimes life does get messy and we wonder how to get
it all cleaned up. We may run to this person or that person thinking that they
could help but they either don’t have the time or the energy to help us out. At
that time, the best thing is to surrender everything at the Lord’s feet and
simply wait patiently on Him. Psalms 46:10 says “Be still and know that I
am Lord.” We remember then that all humans are mere mortals and that
they sincerely may not have what it takes to help us in our despair. We too may
not be able to take one more step …it is at that time that He whispers to us to
‘be patient’ and not to give up that easily!
What is Patience ?
“Patience is defined as the capacity to
accept or tolerate delay, problems or suffering without becoming annoyed or
anxious.” It may also be called Longsuffering.
No body likes to wait….be it in traffic, be it in the supermarket queue… We
call someone and roll our eyes wondering why they don’t pick up…. We send
another person an urgent email and wonder when they would reply….we wait for an
appointment that never seems to materialize…we wonder will I lose out on my
blessing if we don’t do something ? A voice cautions us - is it wise to just
allow things slip us by?;especially when it’s a thing we have wanted and have
been waiting for a long time ….all of these situations are really God
ordained delays to teach us PATIENCE- the art of waiting peacefully
no matter what the situation … Friendships could be restored…Relationships
could be saved…Offences could be avoided with a little more patience.
How to develop Patience?
How we develop this patience is by
focusing on none other than the One who is the Alpha and Omega – The One who
knows the Beginning from the End! So, if we have a loving
Heavenly Father who knows what’s going to happen beforehand itself, then why don’t
we just surrender everything into His hand and stop trying to make things
happen in our strength? We could pray,” Lord Do something about my situation ….and
He will see us through…. instead of sharing our frustrations and doubts with
just anyone ,we should share them with the Only One who really cares and who
could really do something about it! Our Loving Heavenly Father! Let’s ask Him
for vision to see things as they really are and the wisdom to do things as He
would do them …. In the meantime, let’s just love Him with all our soul, strength,
mind with all our heart! Luke 10:27 …Hallelujah! He is King of Kings & Lord
of Lords and reigns forever! “He’s a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him.
“-Heb 11:6
"And the Spirit & The Bride Say Come!..."- Rev 22:17
Hi friends,
Hope this blogpost finds you in good health and spirits. The
signs of the times point to the soon coming of our Lord and King Jesus! Mathew 24
outlines some of the different signs of His coming being so near…
1)Wars & Rumors of War (vs 6)
2) Nations rising against nation
and kingdoms against kingdoms (vs 7a)
3) Famines (vs 7)
4) Pestilences (vs 7)
5) Earthquakes (verse 7)
6) Hated for Jesus’s sake (vs 9)
7) Many will be offended (vs 10)
8) Betrayal (verse 10)
9) False Prophets & many will be deceived (vs 11)
10) Lawlessness (vs 12)
11) Love of many growing cold (vs12)
12) Gospel will be preached in all the world (vs 14)
13) Sun will be darkened, moon will not give light, stars
will fall from Heaven, powers of Heaven will be shaken. (vs 29)
Amidst the gloom and doom surrounding us, one thing that
gives us hope and keeps us looking upward and marching onward is that Jesus is
coming soon for His Bride -The Church.
There is no doubt that we are in the last of the last days;
the question for us to consider is ARE WE READY FOR HIM? 1 Thessalonians 5:2
says that the Day of the Lord shall come as a thief in the night. Meaning that No
man knows the day or hour, not even the angels of Heaven but only the Father knows.
(Mathew 24:36) So it is imperative that we do everything in our power to be
ready for Him.
1) Accept Jesus as Our Lord & Savior/
Rededication – Rom 10:9-11 says that if we confess with our mouth
and believe with our heart that Jesus died for our sins and rose from the dead
and is now seated at the right-hand side of the Father interceding for us. If we have already accepted Him, we can check
how far we have backslidden and must return to our First Love & be red hot
on fire for the Lord. All this can only be done by the Blessed Holy Spirit who
cleanses us from all impurities that we pick up as being born in sin and living
in a fallen world. 2 Corin 1:21,22 NLT says that “It is God who enables us to stand firm for
Christ. He has commissioned us, and He has identified is as His own by placing
the Holy Spirit in our hearts as the first instalment that guarantees
everything He has promised us.”
2) Baptism – In water and Spirit. We
need to follow the example of Jesus and be baptized by Immersion in Water, and we
need to pray for a Baptism by Fire which is being filled with the Holy Spirit
and the demonstration of gift of Tongues. John 3:5 says “Most assuredly,
I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, He cannot see the
kingdom of God.”
3) Prayer in the Secret Place- We need
to build up our prayer altar and make it a habit to have a Quiet Time with the
Lord when He will speak to us and we can listen and learn from Him. We have to
make Prayer our lifestyle and pray without ceasing in all things and for
all things. 1 Thess 5:17
4) Praise & Worship- Singing Psalms
and songs and hymns to usher in the Presence and Glory of God. Eph 5:19
says that we must sing unto the Lord from our heart.
5) Bible study and meditation - We need
the Word to be successful in the spiritual warfare that we enter into the
moment we become real Christians. We read in Mathew 4 how Jesus used the Sword
of the Spirit which is the Word of God to fight against the temptations of the
Devil. We need to put on the whole armor of God as mentioned in Ephesians
6: 11-18 in order to stand against the wiles of the enemy.
6) Fellowship with the saints- We need
to find the right people we can share with and encourage one another. If we
pray to the Lord for the right people , He will bring them into our lives. As
Iron sharpens Iron we will be able to grow quicker by learning from one
another. (Proverbs 27:17)
7)Sowing in to the Kingdom of God- We
read in 2 Corin 9:6-7 that “God loves a cheerful Giver.”We must give to the work of God that which we
have in our hand and He will provide us with more than we can ask think or
imagine. However, we must be sure that we are sowing into the right and fertile
soil where help goes to the needy ones and not into the wrong pockets.
8) Always be ready to learn-John
14:26 “It is the Holy Spirit who will teach us all things”, sometimes
through His Word and sometimes through other people. We must always be
teachable and ready to learn. If we are teachable, God will put into our hands
different resources like books and tapes, different websites and blogs. We can
also go for the right Conferences and build up our faith from time to time.
Learning from the mistakes of others prevent us from making the same mistakes
and this would accelerate our learning capacity.
9) Serve – We have a Savior who never
hesitated to serve the people around Him. “He taught, healed the sick, cleansed
the lepers, fed the hungry and delivered those oppressed of the devil.” -Mathew
4:23,24. He went to the extent to wash the feet of His disciples! (John
13:12,15) What a wonderful example to follow we have! We see in Eph 4:11 that God has blessed every one of us with
some gift of the Holy Spirit. Whatever the talent that the Lord has given us, we
must use it to further the Kingdom of God. If it is singing, we can join the
Music Ministry, if it is to prophecy, we can encourage /edify another with it, if
it is to take care of the old /sick we can do that. If it is to cook, we can
share the love of God with the hungry, or we can be a friend/ listening ear to
someone who is hurt and broken and in need of a shoulder to cry on. If we have
the gift of time and tears, we could be an Intercessor and stand in the gap and
pray to God for people around us in need of breakthrough in their life. Jesus
will help us to pray and put fresh ideas for us to intercede. It is said that
Intercessors are very close to the heart of God for He shares His burdens with them,
and they call things into being with their prayers.
10) Share the Good News- In Mathew
28:19,20 Jesus has given us the Great Commission to “go and make disciples of
all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, Son and the Holy Spirit
and to teach them to obey everything He has commanded us.” We may never
be able to travel as a missionary to the Nations, but we can be faithful and
bloom where the Lord has planted us. We can pray to God to make us a Blessing
wherever we go. We can ask the Holy Spirit for direction and guidance about
what He wants us to do to share the Good News of the Gospel with the people
around us. We can shine our light so brightly that people would see Jesus in
us. Everybody needs Jesus! We can pray for the salvation of the people in our
life and those who ask us to pray for them. Of course, we need to depend on the
Holy Spirit for wisdom and discernment always; for apart from Him we can
do nothing. John 15: 5 we can be available to Him and He will use us in
small ways to bring life to those in need of His touch.
So, there is indeed so much for us to do to fan into flame the
gift of God in us. For God has not given us a spirit of timidity but of power,
love and self-discipline and we should never be ashamed of sharing our
testimony of how the Lord has transformed our lives by saving us, giving us
purpose and making us holy by His grace. (2 Tim 1:6-8)
In Mathew 25, verses 1-13, we read of the Parable of
the Ten Virgins. There were 5 who were wise and five who were foolish.
We read that all 10 of them fall asleep waiting for the bridegroom. However,
the wise ones had kept extra oil ready, unlike the foolish ones who miss the
wedding banquet because they were not ready for Him. And the door was shut!
Let us always be ready for the Bridegroom (Our Lord & King
Jesus) is coming soon to receive His Beautiful Bride, (Us , the Church) without
spot or blemish and let is keep our lamps burning with the oil which signifies
the anointing. Jesus ends this beautiful parable once again by warning us in Mathew
25:13 “to keep watch because you do not know the day or the hour!”
We read in the book of Revelation chapter 22 and verse
12 “Behold I am coming quickly, and My reward is with Me, to give to everyone
according to his work.” Let that be an encouragement for us to always
be ready for Him and “to redeem the time coz the days are evil.”- Eph
5:14-17
Enjoy this song: He’s Coming Soon! By Bebe & Cece
Winans.
"My sheep hear My Voice and I know them, and they follow Me."- John 10:27
Hi Friends,
Hope you are doing fine. All of us know John 10 which speaks
about Jesus as our Shepherd. No matter what we are going through, we can get
through it if we hear the voice of our Shepherd and follow His instruction.
This morning as I was reading this portion, I felt the emphasis on how we
should hear the right voice. Just listening to any voice that comes to us is
one of the biggest mistakes we could make. The same mistake that Eve made in
the Garden of Eden. In the cacophony of voices around us, how do we know which
Voice to listen to and which voice to ignore and which voice to totally reject.
Based on this Scripture portion, let’s see how we can recognize and obey the
right Voice- the voice of our Shepherd Lord Jesus Christ
1) The Right Voice is selfless, the wrong voice is
selfish – “The thief comes only to steal, kill and destroy but the Lord comes to
give us sustenance and abundant life.” – John 10:10 The Voice that is selfish
and does not have our good interests in mind is the voice we should ignore
totally. The Word says in John 10 that our Good Shepherd even gives up His own
Life to save the sheep. That’s how selfless the love of our Shepherd Jesus is. (John
10:11)
2) The Right Voice is true, the wrong Voice is
false- The Word of God says in John 14:6 says "I am the Way, the Truth and the life." However we read in 2 Corin 11:13-14 that there may be many false
voices around us that may appear good but are deceitful and we should never
fall for these voices as “even the devil masquerades as an angel of light.”
3) The Right Voice is personal and intimate (John
10:3);the wrong voice is manipulative and controlling – The Shepherd knows His
sheep and calls each of them by a special name. The Sheep know the Voice of
their Shepherd and follow Him alone. The enemy doesn’t really care for the
sheep , they just want to use us to fulfil their evil motives and though the
voice of the enemy may be persuasive as with Eve in the Garden , we should
always recognize the cruel manipulations behind the wrong voice and stay away from it immediately. Arguing or thinking on the suggestions of the evil one will only lead us to confusion. Thank God that we have a Shepherd who cares for us so much that if we seek Him He always answers us.(Jere 29:13)
4) The Right voice, draws us to the Word while the
wrong voice drives us away from the Word–The Sheep runs away from the Wrong Voice as
they do not know the Voice of the Stranger- The Lord’s Voice is always
recognizable as gentle and will always be in line with the Word of God but the stranger's Voice never lines up with the Word of God. We too should flee the
wrong voice as we have nothing in common with this Voice and the enemy would use
even the smallest bit of attention that we give that voice to fill us with doubt as
he did in the Garden of Eden and distract us from the wonderful plans that the
Lord has for us. (Jere 29:11)
5) The Right Voice will save us while the wrong voice
leads us to danger – Our Lord Jesus willingly lays down His life for us to save
us from danger (John 10:15,18) there is always a hedge of protection when we
adhere to the Voice of our Shepherd. However, the hireling flees in times of
danger as he does not care about the sheep. (John 10:12,13) He leaves the sheep,
and the wolf comes and catches and scatters the sheep. John 10:28 says That Our Good Shepherd gives us Eternal Life and we will never perish and no one can snatch them out of His hand.
Prayer:
Lord Jesus, thank you for being our Good Shepherd. We shall
not lack in anything. (Psalms 23:1,2) Please keep our ears attuned to hear only
Your still small voice; help us to recognize Your still small Voice and always
obey You Lord. Forgive the times we have unknowingly and carelessly heeded to
the Wrong voices around us – the Voice of our Flesh, the Voice of people around
us, the Voice of the Enemy. Help us to be Yours and Yours alone and to hear Your
Voice more and more clearly Lord in these Last Days. We surrender to You Our
Good Shepherd, You who loves us so much that You went to the greatest extent to
prove your Love for us by willingly laying Your Own life for us that we could enjoy Abundant Life here on Earth and ever
afterwards forever.
Hope and pray that we, His sheep will always hear His Voice
alone!
"Blessed is the one who trusts in the Lord, whose confidence is in Him."- Jeremiah 17:7
Hi friends,
Hope you are doing good! This morning I came across this beautiful passage in Jeremiah 17 which calls us to be the blessed of the Lord. The blessing or the curse depends on our choices. These are some truths that can be universally applied to each one of us no matter which walk of life we come from! First let us discuss the three kinds of people who can actually lose out on the blessings of God.
1) The One who puts his trust in man- Jer 17:5,6 -
Jeremiah actually calls this kind of person as a cursed one. Since he puts his trust in man and puts his strength in flesh. He goes on to describe the condition of this man is like a shrub in the desert place. The growth of this plant is stunted meaning its barely alive. It is also called a lonely bush in the wilderness. This is its survival strategy as there is very little water and nutrients in that parched place due to low rainfall & poor soil (salt land). When we put our trust in people, it is sure that they will disappoint us sometime or other in life! Our Anchor in life should always be God and not people, no matter how powerful or influential they may be, our God is bigger than any other person on this earth.
Antidote - Psalms 118:8,9 "It is better to trust in the Lord than to put confidence in man. It is better to trust in the Lord, than to put confidence in princes." NKJV
2) The One who trusts in his Own heart- Jeremiah 17:9,10
Nowadays there's a popular saying, " go by your heart." Though this may seem like the right thing to do, the Word of God speaks differently about this. Jeremiah 17: 9,10 says "the heart is deceitful above all things and also is desperately wicked."
Proverbs 28:26 says "Whoever trusts in his own mind is a fool, but he who walks in wisdom will be delivered."
Proverbs 3:7 says "Do not be wise in your own eyes, fear the Lord and depart from evil."
As long as our hearts and minds are surrendered and sanctified by the Blessed Holy Spirit we can make wise decisions but if we put our trust in our human knowledge or past experience, we may be wrong. Wrong choices without being guided by the blessed Holy Spirit may cause us to make wrong decisions and thereby lead us away from the blessings God has kept for us.
Antidote - Psalms 37:5 " Commit your way to the Lord, Trust also in Him and He will help you."- NLT
3) The One who trusts in his Riches-
In Jeremiah 17:11, we come across another beautiful imagery that explains this point beautifully. Here we read about "the partridge that broods but does not hatch" - this refers to the Jewish belief that the partridge is a bird that steals the eggs of other birds and adds them to her own. So when the eggs hatch, the chicks leave the partridge because they really don't belong to that bird. Similar is the case of people who have acquired riches unjustly. Such wealth disappears just when the owner is counting on it for security.
Psalms 49:16-20 NLT also speaks about this :" Be not afraid when a man becomes rich, when the glory of his house increases. For when he dies he will carry nothing away; his glory will not go down after him. For though, while he lives, he counts himself blessed —and though you get praise when you do well for yourself— his soul will go to the generation of his fathers, who will never again see light. Man in his pomp yet without understanding is like the beasts that perish."
Even Jesus speaks a parable about a rich man who built bigger barns to store more crops - Luke 12:16-21. We read that God calls this man a fool. In spite of all the wealth that he amassed, He could not be truly blessed.
Antidote - Proverbs 11:28 "He who trusts in His riches will fall, but the righteous will flourish like a green leaf.
THE TRULY BLESSED ONE !
How then can we be blessed? We can find the key in Jeremiah 17:7-8.
Psalms 1: 2-3 describes them. Those who trust in the Lord are those who take delight in His Word. They will be like a tree that is planted by rivers of water and thus brings forth its fruit in its season. Their leaves will not wither, and whatever such people do, they will prosper.
They are the ones who trust in theLordwith all your heart and lean not on their own understanding .In all their ways they acknowledge Him and He directs their paths."Prov 3:5,6
How can such people who are totally surrendered to the Lord not be blessed by Him? They are the ones who are blessed to be a blessing. We are called and created not just to survive here on this earth but for so much more! We are called to Blossom and Bloom where God has planted us.