Please read Psalm 127.
www.blueletterbible.org/nasb/psa/127/1/s_605001
Meditate on verse 1.
Unless the LORD
builds the house, they labor
in vain who build it; unless the LORD guards
the city,
the watchman
keeps awake in vain.
The
Hebrew word, shav, translated as “vain” in the meditation verse can also be translated as “falsehood” and “lying”1 Recall Psalm 120; the psalmist knew
how miserable it was to be in
a place of lies. This eighth step in the Songs of Ascents acknowledges what the psalmist
learned at the beginning of this upward journey—it is a waste of time to
build and live apart from God. A
house built without the LORD is built
on a false foundation; it will topple under the weight of lies.
Commit
to building your life and the life of
your family on the rock-solid
foundation of Christ and His Word (Luke 6:47-49).
Commit your works to the LORD; let
the Master Builder execute His plans for your life (Proverbs 16:3).
Ask
the LORD to guard your family by praying Psalm 127 as a faithful, prayerful
watchman (Isaiah 62:6-7).
“LORD, unless
You build _________ and my house,
we labor in
vain who build it.
Unless You
guard our city, home, and family,
we keep awake in vain as watchmen.
It is vain for
us to rise up early, to retire late,
to eat the bread of painful labors;
please give to
us, Your beloveds, even in our sleep.
Behold,
children are a gift from You, LORD,
the fruit of the womb is a reward.
Like arrows in
the hand of a warrior,
so are the children of one’s youth.
How blessed are
those
whose quiver is
full of them.
Please bless
________ with children, LORD.
Do not let us
be ashamed when we speak
with our
enemies in the gate.
In Your name,
Jesus~”
The WATCHMAN on the
WALL, 3 – Dr. Ron and Marsha Harvell
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