Psalm 126-128; 2 Corinthians 8

Psalm 126 reminds me of the old hymn we will come rejoicing bringing in the sheaves. Do you have someone out there being held captive by the enemy? Don't worry, continue to pray until the Lord brings them back from that far away place. He knows them and knows what He is doing. God is faithful to answer prayers. 2 Our mouths were filled with laughter, our tongues with songs of joy. Then it was said among the nations,
"The LORD has done great things for them...5 Those who sow in tears will reap with songs of joy. "

Psalm 127 says 1 "Unless the LORD builds the house, its builders labor in vain. Unless the LORD watches over the city, the watchmen stand guard in vain." We are to build a foundation on the Lord and let Him be our security and watch over the completion of His promised blessings in our life. Building it our way many times brings about human results and we end up with consequences instead of blessings. God has plans to do more that we can even think or imagine (Ephesians 3:20). Trust Him and watch it unfold.

Psalm 128 says 1 "Blessed are all who fear the LORD, who walk in his ways."
Healthy fear and trembling and awe in God's presence are the earmarks of an understanding of the proper relationship with God. The blessings come to those who understand that and stand in the presence of God and say Isaiah 6:5 "Woe to me!" I cried. "I am ruined! For I am a man of unclean lips, and I live among a people of unclean lips, and my eyes have seen the King, the LORD Almighty."

2 Corinthians 8 tells us that giving out of poverty. We are comfortable giving when we understand the provision. Giving trusting for God's provision is just as necessary and challenging. We are challenged in this area: 8"I am not commanding you, but I want to test the sincerity of your love by comparing it with the earnestness of others. 9For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, so that you through his poverty might become rich. 10And here is my advice about what is best for you in this matter: Last year you were the first not only to give but also to have the desire to do so. 11Now finish the work, so that your eager willingness to do it may be matched by your completion of it, according to your means. 12For if the willingness is there, the gift is acceptable according to what one has, not according to what he does not have." Lets earnestly petition the Lord here Malachi 3:10 Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house. Test me in this," says the LORD Almighty, "and see if I will not throw open the floodgates of heaven and pour out so much blessing that you will not have room enough for it.
Trust the Lord God in each of these areas and see what He will do next.