Psalm 127
English Standard Version (ESV)
A Song of Ascents. Of
Solomon.
127
Unless the Lord builds the house, those who build it labor
in vain.
Unless the Lord watches over the city,
the watchman stays awake
in vain.
2 It is in vain that you
rise up early and go late to rest,
eating the bread of anxious toil;
for he gives to his
beloved sleep.
3 Behold, children are a
heritage from the Lord,
the fruit of the womb a reward.
4 Like arrows in the hand
of a warrior are the children[a] of one's youth.
5 Blessed is the man
who
fills his quiver with them!
He shall not be put to shame
when he speaks with
his enemies in the gate.
The entire of
theme of this passage is that what we do is in vain unless it is from the Lord
and for His glory. We can work hard
morning to night but unless it has the Lord’s blessing, it is not worth doing,
we will just be spinning our wheels. Does
that mean that there can’t be successful people in this world unless they are
Christians? That depends on how you
define success! I would have to say,
“yes, that is what that means” because success in my eyes comes at the end of
this life not during this life. That is
a hard concept to actually comprehend unless you know the reason for your
existence. We are here to serve Christ
in whatever capacity that we exist. If
we do everything for our own gain then we are the ones spinning our wheels.
The last part of
this chapter is at times hard for me to comprehend. Take me for example, I was only able to bear
two children and lost two children. Some
see that as a sign of weakness. Other
women are unable to bear any children.
Do they cause their spouse to not be blessed? The answer to that question is, absolutely
not. When we look at our lives and
consider that it is God who is in control of all things we realize that it is
He who chooses where our blessings will come from. I was blessed with two amazing daughters who
have filled my life with joy. They love
the Lord and they serve Him. I could
stand at any gate with them and be blessed when my enemies try to push be
over. Yet, I know that those two
daughters are not here because I willed them to be, if that were the case I would
have at least two others. Our daughters
were given to us by the Lord for a purpose, to further His kingdom. My husband doesn’t have to have full quiver
of children to be blessed and neither do I.
What we do need to be blessed is to know that whatever we do, we don’t
do it in vain. That we live in the grace
of our Lord, we thrive because of His mercy, and because of that we are blessed
to call Him our Father. As you seek Him
today, know that whatever path you may take, whatever life might throw at you,
whatever you do, do it for the glory of our Lord and Savior because any other
way will be a waste of precious time on this Earth.
Seeking Him with
all my heart,
Sheila
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