Psalm 128

Blessed are all who fear the LORD, who walk in his ways.
Psalm 128:1 (NIV)

This morning, I had a moment that made me wish the clock would stop and my coffee would never get cold. My morning moment with God led me face down.

This was profound to me. I am going to share from Beth Moore's Bible Study, Stepping Up, pg. 99, to drive it home:

["Biblically, one is pronounced blessed when God is present and involved in his life. The hand of God is at work directing all his affairs for a divine purpose, and thus, in a sense, such a person lived coram Deo, before the face of God". {Hebrew-Greek Key Word Study Bible}. Sometimes the circumstances of our suffering may not change, but the circumstances of our hearts are changed in the midst of them through a keen sense of God's presence and a lively perception of His activity.

Blessedness describes the condition of a person who reveres God, steeps her life in Him, and follow His ways. She doesn't just look to God in spiritual or religious matters. She looks to Him in every matter. He's not just the most important part of her life. He is her life. The result of this divine invasion is that the life operates overall at optimum earth-satisfaction, joy, and purpose and without the crushing burdens of self-glory and sin. In other words, her life actually works.]