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We are continuing our series of reflections on the Psalms. Each day we will upload a new reflection to the website. We hope and pray that you will find them helpful and that they bring hope during this season. Click on these buttons to read the text of the psalm or listen to a recording of it. You can also listen to the reflection using the audio player below. Read Psalm 112  Listen to Psalm 112 Here is a description of a man or woman who fears the Lord and lives according to God’s teaching in the Old and New Testament. For me that person seems out of reach. Perhaps someone to emulate! The children are robust (verse 2), the home is blessed financially. However, he has insatiable generosity and gives much away, lavishing gifts on the poor (verses 5, 9). Even in the darkest times, sunlight breaks through. His reputation is solid, and he is known for just decisions loaded with mercy for others. He is unfazed by rumour and gossip as his conscience is clear before God (verse 7). His heart is secure and without fear (verse 8). His enemies are frustrated and upset. They bluster away but end up speechless and impotent (verse 10). Who can be like this? I see Joseph and Daniel in the Old Testament. They foreshadow the character and person of Jesus Christ, who was full of grace and truth. Paul speaks of us being changed into the image of Christ by the work of the Holy Spirit (2 Corinthians 3:16-18). Nicky Gumbel finds all the fruits of the Holy Spirit in the man described here (Galatians 5:22-23). Look out for these and recognise some of them in yourself as signs of God at work in you. See that in Christ your heart can be secure (verse 8). In Him is your significance and self-worth. Thank you, Lord, that I am a work in progress by your Holy Spirit. Help me to thank and trust in you. Help me to see whom I am in Christ Jesus and whose I am.