Children Are a Blessing

O. T. #1429  "Children Are a Blessing"
April 23, 2019
Summary of Psalm

Just as the mountains surround Jerusalem, so the LORD surrounds His people, both now and forever. ((125:2 NLT)

Those who plant in tears will harvest with shouts of joy. They weep as they go to plant their seed, but they sing as they return with the harvest. (126:5-6 NLT) No other metaphor is used more often than that of the farmer sowing and reaping.
Our faithfulness in bearing the seed of the Word of God to the unsaved carries with it the promise of future harvests. (Falwell)

Except the LORD build the house, they labor in vain that build it; except the LORD keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain. (127:1) If God is not blessing our home, we built it upon sand.
A family without God can never experience the spiritual bond God brings to relationships. Don't make the mistake of leaving God out of your life. Make God your highest priority, and let Him do the building. (Life Application Study Bible)

Of course, this verse does not apply to you, friend, for you are faithful in studying God's Word. However, do we all know families that are in trouble due to their not including God in their lives?

Lo, children are an heritage of the LORD: and the fruit of the womb is His reward. As arrows are in the hand of a mighty man: so are children of the youth. Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them: they shall not be ashamed, but they shall speak with the enemies in the gate. (127:3-5)
God gives children as a privilege, not as a penalty. Children can be an extension of our lives, doing what we could never do, in our golden years. They are a source of comfort and protection for us.

As an old German proverb says, "Many children make many prayers, and many prayers bring much blessing."

It is so sad that our society has become one in which a large family is looked down upon, even scorned. Yet, the Bible says children are a blessing from the Lord. Daily I pray for my children and grandchildren. Lord, bend them in the direction You want them to go today and the rest of their life.

Folks, will you pray with me that America will outlaw abortion and God would forgive us for killing unborn babies, so precious in His sight?

Children's children are the crown of old men... (Proverbs 17:6)
Grandmas, too. Amen?

How great is my God. He is worthy of our praise and worship now and forever.