Psalm 41: 1 – 3 (NKJV)

Blessed is he who considers the poor;
The Lord will deliver him in time of trouble.
² The Lord will preserve him and keep him alive,
And he will be blessed on the earth;
You will not deliver him to the will of his enemies.
³ The Lord will strengthen him on his bed of illness;
You will sustain him on his sickbed.

The poor are so special to God, and close to His heart. When we consider them and are kind to them, the Bible declares us blessed.

In this first few verses of Psalm 41 we see promise upon promise of God’s goodness for us. I was blown away as I read these promises.

When we support the poor, we are promised rescue and deliverance when we are in trouble. When we support the poor, the Lord protects and keeps us alive. When we support the poor, we are blessed, empowered to prosper, and delivered from the plans of our enemies. When we support the poor, the Lord strengthens us when we are sick and restores us to health.

Hebrews 4: 13 (NKJV)

And there is no creature hidden from His sight, but all things are naked and open to the eyes of Him to whom we must give account.

The New Living Translation puts it like this: “Nothing in all creation is hidden from God. Everything is naked and exposed before his eyes, and he is the one to whom we are accountable.”

My dear sister, there is nothing that is hidden from God. God is all powerful and all mighty and His eyes see everything concerning His creation.

It is very crucial and important that we His daughters grasp this. We must live with an awareness that Our Father in Heaven is all seeing and all knowing. He sees and knows absolutely everything. Knowing this should remind us to weigh the choices we make before we make them, knowing that we will have to give account to Him.

Ecclesiastes 12: 13 - 14 (NKJV)

“Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter:

Fear God and keep His commandments,
For this is man’s all."

The sum total of what God wants from us is to fear Him and keep His commandments. When we fear God, this will automatically result in us keeping His commandments and His Word.

The fear of God is when we stand in total awe and absolute reverence of our amazing Father, so much that we don’t do anything to dishonour or grief or displease Him. To fear God is to so honour Him that even if we are given a million pounds to do wrong, our utmost respect and love for him will not allow us to do so.