Blessed Is This Man

Psalms 112:1 KJV

Praise ye the LORD. Blessed is the man that feareth the LORD, that delighteth greatly in his commandments.

Here is a Psalm devoted solely to the blessings that belong to the man that:

• Fears The Lord
• Delight (greatly) in His commandments

The list is long and detailed

• His seed (descendants) will be great
• His family will possess wealth
• His righteousness will last forever
• His dark times will break with light
• He will be remembered forever

I notice a few things:

He still has enemies

That's because there are still wicked people in the earth. Wickedness will never be compatible with righteousness.

This has a spiritual application for all believers

Forever is heaven. Whatever may be the circumstances in earth, every believer will experience these blessings in heaven.

There are some blessings that take time to bear fruit.

Words like generation and house lead us to think of posterity rather than personal.

Abraham's blessings were real but they were realized (and are still being realized) by generations that followed him.

There are some of these blessings that may only be realized by those who practice verse one literally

To fear the Lord and to delight greatly in His commandments is a kind of faith we see very little of. To love the Lord with all our heart and all our soul and all our might may seem idealistic. But it is the only way to fully realize what God has for us.