Psalms 128:3-4 (ESV Strong's)
Your wife will be like a fruitful vine
within your house;
your children will be like olive shoots
around your table.
Behold, thus shall the man be blessed
who fears the Lord.
Truth: A life for God crashes over others
Psalm 128 is Hebrew poem about what it means to fear the Lord and what that fear of the Lord produces. In our own life, the fear of the Lord produces blessings only God can give. When we stand in awe of God and live in awe of God we have the God of all Comfort and the God of all Power on our side. God will, when we fear Him, pour His blessing(s) out on us. He does this via salvation. When we live in the fear of the Lord we recognize that God is to be honored in all of our life. In return God will pour out those blessings on us and those blessings overflow into the lives of those around us. When Joseph feared the Lord it overflowed into the life of the King of Egypt. When Daniel feared the Lord it poured over into the life of the King of Babylon. Others are not "saved" as a result of our life of fear of Him, but they are blessed. They are "set apart" for the overflow of those blessings. Note what Paul tells the Corinthian believers:
1 Corinthians 7:14 (ESV Strong's)
For the unbelieving husband is made holy because of his wife, and the unbelieving wife is made holy because of her husband. Otherwise your children would be unclean, but as it is, they are holy.
The word "holy" is not they are positionally pure, but practically in a place they can experience God's blessing as a result of their believing spouse. This is what our above Psalm is telling us. When we fear the Lord we put those around us in a place of blessing and protection. Note another Psalm:
Psalms 91:9-10 (ESV Strong's)
Because you have made the Lord your dwelling place—
the Most High, who is my refuge—
no evil shall be allowed to befall you,
no plague come near your tent.
When we fear of the Lord it will overflow into the lives of those around us.
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