Psalms 127:1-2 (NASBStr)
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.
It is vain for you to rise up early,
To retire late,
To eat the bread of painful labors;
For He gives to His beloved even in his sleep.
When we look at our lives from the perch of heaven, we are going to see just how ridiculous our continuous labor and hot pursuits really were. When we have the view point of the God of Glory, we will see how vain and empty our pursuits have been. We worry about sports teams, job success and family dynamics. But all of it, even family, pales in comparison with the God of heaven. We labor in vain if we are not allowing God to build the family. We labor in vain if we are not allowing God to be our number one source of strength, shield and security. It is empty and useless to pursue the cares of this world, just to find out that God can, and does, give to us, while we are fast asleep. The context of this entire chapter is our ultimate trust in God verses the faith and trust we put into our own energy and pursuits. Solomon, the writer of this Psalm, even tells us that, when we sleep, it foolish to hire a watchman to guard us if God is not already on patrol. A watchman with God's security can only warn us of the peril we are about to experience. It is only the God of the universe who can protect us and keep us secure and give us meaning and purpose. Don't labor in vain. Don't work so hard at night and get up so early that we simply eat painful and tasteless bread of sorrow.
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