God is pouring out His material blessings on this community of saints. We rejoice in this, we thank Him for it, and yet we must labor to understand these blessings biblically—as we earnestly seek for continued multiplication of them. These blessings necessarily include our businesses, and so how should we pursue His continued kindness here? This is something we must learn how to do if we want our sons and daughters to find a place alongside us here in this community as they marry and seek to provide for their families.
Psalm 144 contains some glorious insights for us. We have sought to be delivered from the hand of “strange children,” with all of their vain deceits (v. 11). We want our sons to be strong trees grown up in their youth, and our daughters like polished cornerstones on a palace (v. 12). Why is this? To what result—so that our storehouses may be full, our businesses blessed, our flocks multiplied (vv. 13-14). But then David adds a wonderful statement—”that there be no complaining in our streets.”
As we undertake life together, recognize that this includes life out there, life in the yellow pages. We worship together, but we also live together, educate together, buy and sell together, and in some circumstances compete together. The best example of this is in the realm of education services—multiple schools, tutorial services, homeschool co-ops, and homeschools. This is all part of the goodness and kindness of God. If we love one another, and not just here while we are singing, this is nothing but blessing. Under the blessing of God, a larger piece of the pie does not mean a smaller piece for someone else. Under the blessing of God, He grows the pie. But this is only going to happen as God’s people love one another, and do not complain against one another.
And so David concludes, “Happy is that people, that is in such a case: yea, happy is that people, whose God is the Lord.”