2. Psalm 128:1-2 Blessed are all who fear the Lord, who walk in obedience to him. You will eat the fruit of your labor; blessings and prosperity will be yours.

3. Psalm 128:3-4 Your wife will be like a fruitful vine within your house; your children will be like olive shoots around your table. Yes, this will be the blessing for the man who fears the Lord.

4. Psalm 128:5-6 May the Lord bless you from Zion; may you see the prosperity of Jerusalem all the days of your life. May you live to see your children’s children— peace be on Israel.

5. 1. The bigger question is “How can I live a life of joy?”

6. 2. A crippling principle in our culture is the if/thens.

7. Psalm 128:1 Blessed are all who fear the Lord, who walk in obedience to him.

8. 2. A crippling principle in our culture is the if/thens. 3. The blessings of the exterior are always connected to the commitment of the interior.

9. Psalm 128:1 Blessed are all who fear the Lord…

10. 3. The blessings of the exterior are always connected to the commitment of the interior. 4. To live in the fear is to live in the awareness.

11. Psalm 128:1 …who walk in obedience to him.

12. 4. To live in the fear is to live in the awareness. 5. Obedience has to be walked out to be obedience.

13. Psalm 128:2-3 You will eat the fruit of your labor; blessings and prosperity will be yours. Your wife will be like a fruitful vine within your house; your children will be like olive shoots around your table.

14. Psalm 128:4 Yes, this will be the blessing for the man who fears the Lord.

15. 5. Obedience has to be walked out to be obedience. 6. God-focused living pays off in the areas that matter most.

16. Psalm 128:5-6 May the Lord bless you from Zion; may you see the prosperity of Jerusalem all the days of your life. May you live to see your children’s children— peace be on Israel.

17. 6. God-focused living pays off in the areas that matter most. 7. God’s blessing is for now, for later, for me, and for community.