Psalm 128

Psalm 128:1, 4 "How happy is everone who fears the Lord, who walks in his ways!... In this very way the man who fears the Lord will be blessed."

From Beth Moore's Stepping Up. Day 2 Week 4:

"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." 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 follows 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, he life actually works.

My prayer in light of this: That I will continually see my circumstances the way God does. To live as though Christ is my life, because he is! I pray I will lead a blessed life, steeped in Christ Jesus my savior!