“Reverence Him”

 

Psalm 115:12-16—The Lord has been mindful of us; He will bless us; He will bless the house of Israel; He will bless the house of Aaron.  He will bless those who fear the Lord, Both small and great.  May the Lord give you increase more and more, you and your children.  May you be blessed by the Lord, who made heaven and earth.  The heaven, even the heavens, are the Lords; but the earth He has given to the children of men.

 

 

III.           Fear and Reverence the God who Blesses Us

A.   God cares and thinks about us, and when He makes promises to His people, He always keeps them.

1.      Jeremiah 29:11 says: “For I know the plans that I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for calamity to give you a future and a hope.”

2.     In Genesis, God remembered Noah (8:1); Abraham (19:29); Rachel (30:22); and Joseph (42:9). If we fear God, whether small or great, He will be mindful of us and work out His will in our lives.

B.    God blesses us (five times in these verses we have the words,  the blessing of God.

1.      A blessing is anything from the hand of God that is for our good and His glory, and that we can use in the service of others.

2.      The blessing most needed by Israel is stated in verse 14: people to work the fields and to protect the people.