We began in the last message about embracing your mission for life. And we saw in the last message

of the vital importance of training, equipping, and modeling for the next generation.

Question. For what purpose? For bringing up warriors for Christ,

for them becoming arrows, as we saw from Psalm 127, arrows in the hands of the greatest

bow holder in the whole universe, the Holy Spirit of God,

to do great exploits for God, to impact this world for Jesus Christ.

And we looked at Psalm 127, where God starts with families.

And today we're going to examine Psalm 128, the one after it.

The word blessing or favor is mentioned four times versus one, two, four, and five. In the last message, Psalm 127, we saw the blessing of God,

the favor of God upon the favor of God, upon the next generation, so that the children

become arrows in the hand of the greatest bow holder. And he makes it very clear in this

Psalm, particularly, that when we invest faithfully into the next generation, when we pour our lives into the

lives of the next generation, we will be blessed. 127, he singles fathers and sons. That's why I said

both were one psalm at one point, because here he includes the wives and the daughters and even

the grandchildren. Isn't no wonderful? What is he saying? He's saying when we wisely invest in the

next generation, when we pour into the next generation, God will not only bless us. He's going to bless the next generation, but not only that, he's going to bless the next generation. God will not only bless us. He's going to bless the next generation,

but not only that, he's going to bless the generation next of the next generation. Look with me,

please, at the condition of the promise. You see, we all love to claim the promise, right?

Very few people want to meet the condition of the promise. But look at the

condition of the promise. It is that modeling that I talked about in the last message. It is our

own walk with God. It is the example that we sit for the next generation. That's the condition of the

promise. This is the condition of the blessing. Versus one and two, blessed or favored are all who fear

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