Psalm 146:8 “the LORD loveth the righteous”
Psalm 146 talks about how the Lord delights in helping people. This was especially seen when Christ was on earth in His many miracles. The chapter reveals many things that He does often.
The Lord also delights in some people and shows them special favor and blessing. It even says that He especially loves some and blesses them. Joshua and Caleb knew this, and they knew that God can do anything. In Numbers 14:8, they told the people who were hesitating to go into the Promised Land because of the giants: “If the LORD delight in us, then he will bring us into this land, and give it us; a land which floweth with milk and honey.” Note here that God not only had power to give them the land if He delighted in them, but He also had power to prevent them from getting the land – which proved to be the case for 40 years.
David also testified that he knew that God delivered him many times besides he pleased God. He said, in Psalm 18:19: “He brought me forth also into a large place; he delivered me, because he delighted in me.“
God wants to delight in His people. But He cannot delight in rebellion any more than you can tolerate it in your own children. He loves and blesses people that love Him and actively and faithfully serve Him. Moses declared to Israel the thing that God expected of them. He told them, “And now, Israel, what doth the LORD thy God require of thee, but to fear the LORD thy God, to walk in all his ways, and to love him, and to serve the LORD thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul, To keep the commandments of the LORD, and his statutes, which I command thee this day for thy good?” (Deuteronomy 10:12).
God’s blessing is conditional. He will not bless those that walk contrary to Him – whether it be an individual or a nation. Samuel the prophet told King Saul – after he disobeyed God: “Hath the LORD as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the LORD? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams. For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry.“ (1Sa. 15:22,23).
If you want God to bless you, Christian, make sure you are doing what He desires. Once you are, in the long run, you will see that He loves to bless and truly give you an abundant life!