"Except the Lord build the house, they labour in vain that build it: except the Lord keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain.
It is vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the bread of sorrows: for so he giveth his beloved sleep."
Psalms 127:1-2
The core idea of the first verse seems to be that if we don't involve God, then nothing we trust in is really trustworthy, and the core idea of the second perhaps that we waste our time dwelling on things that God controls.
Together, I think the lesson here is that we should of course do our part, but our real faith should be in the Lord. We don't need to stress ourselves out about anything, as long as we have done what we can. The rest is in God's hand, and if we recognize that rather than thinking that we need to control everything, then maybe we'll turn our focus to God, who is the one that has the real control over everything.
I think this one is really hard to do... we want to be able to control things, and we spend a lot of energy trying to do that. Today, though, let's try. If we spend half as much energy talking with the Lord as we typically do worrying and trying to control things, we'll probably be a lot better off. :)
It is vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the bread of sorrows: for so he giveth his beloved sleep."
Psalms 127:1-2
The core idea of the first verse seems to be that if we don't involve God, then nothing we trust in is really trustworthy, and the core idea of the second perhaps that we waste our time dwelling on things that God controls.
Together, I think the lesson here is that we should of course do our part, but our real faith should be in the Lord. We don't need to stress ourselves out about anything, as long as we have done what we can. The rest is in God's hand, and if we recognize that rather than thinking that we need to control everything, then maybe we'll turn our focus to God, who is the one that has the real control over everything.
I think this one is really hard to do... we want to be able to control things, and we spend a lot of energy trying to do that. Today, though, let's try. If we spend half as much energy talking with the Lord as we typically do worrying and trying to control things, we'll probably be a lot better off. :)
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