Psalm 128

Psalm 128:1 Happy are all who fear the Lord, who walk in the ways of God.

Here is another chapter showing that all, regardless of color, race, intelligence, social standing, denomination, etc. Any person who honors and receives God will earn his respect. God’s blessing is for all his children.

But we can’t just talk the talk. We have to walk the walk. We can’t just say we honor and respect God. We must live it. We must be obedient to his word. We all want the blessing and resulting happiness by following God, but are we all willing to do the work? One small work that needs to begin in the world is loving one another. Just as Jesus gave us the commandment before he was taken to his death, “love one another. As I have loved you, so you should also love one another (John13:34).” Though we consider this the “new commandment,” this was given to us by God in the ten commandments. “Take no revenge and cherish no grudge against your fellow countrymen. You shall love your neighbor as yourself (Leviticus 19:18).”

Lord, I pray that our country can heal from all the hate this summer. I pray that we can look past a person’s outer appearance to see that we are all your children.