Psalm 127 is an odd little Psalm. It feels like it’s about two separate subjects. The first subject is found in verses one and two, where we learn that it’s possible to labor apart from the blessing of the Lord. We labor, the Lord builds. That makes for one subject. Then we feel this shift in verse 3-5, and Solomon starts writting about children and arrows and city gates. It’s hard to figure out what the two subjects have to do with each other.
What does building a home and watching over a city have to do with children being an inheritance from the Lord? How can we connect the dots between laboring sun up to sun down and sons protecting their family like arrows? What does the first half of Psalm 127 have to do with the second half?
Simply stated: Only God can provide. We can labor, but only God can build. We can watch, only God can protect. We can labor and build and work sun up to sun down…but only God can provide children. And as one commentator stated–what God is it for us to labor and build–what good is it for us to protect a city–if there are no children to inheriet what we have built and what we are protecting?
You see, only the Lord can bless our plans. And we dare not plan apart from the Lord’s blessing. Our job is to pray, plan and press on. Then we repeat. Pray, plan and press on. Repeat. Pray, plan, press on. And by doing this–we discover God’s plan for our church. We pray, we plan, we press on. We repeat. And we watch as God does a work among us so mighty, a work we’ve never seen before. And when we does, we turn to our mantra:
Psalm 115:1– Not to us, Lord, not to us,
but to your name give glory
because of your faithful love, because of your truth.
To God be the glory–it’s time to get to work. For the sake of the Lord. At the command of the Lord. For the Glory of the Lord.
To God be the Glory.
Let’s Build!
Love to read these.
Thank you