NOW will I Praise the Lord!!

Sister Lin
Nov 4, 2020
3 min read

Updated: Feb 13

I read one morning (as the Lord put it on my heart to read) from Genesis chapters 28-29 and have seen:

When God blesses you, it is much more worthwhile than anything man can give to you. His blessings are so much greater and carry so much more weight.
They carry more significance than anything man can ever think to give.
God's gifts reach to the heart, the very core of our innermost being.

A dear sister once shared with me,

Psalm 37:4 - Delight yourself also in the Lord and He will give thee the desires of your heart.

I read this entire Psalm not long afterwards. It is quite refreshing, in fact - full of promise. God's name be praised for ever and ever. When God gives blessing to His people, His Word says:

The blessing of the Lord, it makes rich, and He adds no sorrow with it. (Proverbs 10:22)

God gave His promise of blessing to Jacob in a time when he needed it most. God promised him prosperity and to be with him:

And behold, I Am with you, and will keep you in all places where you go, and will bring you again into this land; for I will not leave you, until I have done that which I have spoken to you of (Genesis 28:15).

This is a most beautiful thing, especially considering that God knew Jacob's heart, therefore He knew Jacob only wanted the basic necessities and protection. Jacob had said if God would be with him and supply those needs, then the Lord will be my God (see Genesis 28:20-21).

In another situation years later, God, when He looked down from Heaven, saw Leah (Jacob's wife) a woman who felt rejected. In her time of affliction when she felt that no one cared for her soul and no one could give her what her soul longed for, except the Lord, the Lord comforted her and gave her children.

She said:

Surely the Lord hath looked upon my affliction. Because the Lord hath heard that I was hated, He hath given me this [second] son also. (Genesis 29:33)

Leah knew the Lord was ministering to her deepest needs.

By the time the fourth son came, Leah said: Now will I praise the Lord!

Psalm 34:1, 2, 3 – I will bless the Lord at all times: His praise shall continually be in my mouth. My soul shall make her boast in the Lord: the humble shall hear thereof and be glad. O magnify the Lord with me, and let us exalt His name together.

In a time when you, O child of God, are in great need of an answer of peace / comfort from the Lord, keep your hope in the Lord, because He promised, I will never leave you or forsake you. The answer He gives make not look like what you had hoped it would be, but it will be the answer you need for that time. Our God surely will supply all our needs. The comfort He gives will always sustain you as it will be delightful to your soul to know that surely our Help is in the Lord! We will be able to have joy as David did when he said:

In the multitude of my thoughts within me Your comforts delight my soul. - Psalm 94:19

May the Lord be praised from this time forth and even forevermore!!

Amen and amen.

Psalm 66:4 – All the earth shall worship You, and shall sing unto You; they shall sing to Your name. Selah.

Psalm 113:5-9 - Who is like unto the Lord our God, who dwells on high, Who humbles Himself to behold the things that are in heaven, and in the earth! He raises up the poor out of the dust, and lifts the needy out of the dunghill; That He may set him with princes, even with the princes of His people. He makes the barren woman to keep house, and to be a joyful mother of children.

What ever your circumstance may be, the Lord will give an answer of peace to all who will hope in His mercy, who choose to put their trust in Him.