Psalm 127
King James Version (KJV)
1 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.
2 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.
5 Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them: they shall not be ashamed, but they shall speak with the enemies in the gate.
The Living Bible (TLB)
1 Unless the Lord builds a house, the builders’ work is useless. Unless the Lord protects a city, sentries do no good.
2 It is senseless for you to work so hard from early morning until late at night, fearing you will starve to death; for God wants his loved ones to get their proper rest.
5 Happy is the man who has his quiver full of them. That man shall have the help he needs when arguing with his enemies.
God wants to redesign our Homes into the model suitable for His goodness. Our homes are to no purpose of God if they are not made fit for His blessings. God must be acknowledged in everything and in every area.
- Prayer: Lord, I thank You for sustaining my home through thick and thin. Please, continue to be the CENTRE and the PILLAR that holds my Home.
- Lord, make my Home fit for Your blessings. Please rid my Home of anything that does not add to the purpose of Heaven. Take away all vain things and grant us REST from our labour.
The focus of every family of God MUST be on divine supplies despite the work of our hands, not to focus on excessive care for the things of the world. Anything done outside the supremacy of God cannot last. It is only what God builds that He is able to keep till eternity.
- Prayer: Lord, please establish my Home in the order of Heaven. Help us not to be carried away by the cares for the things of the world – help us not to major on the minor in our family relationship with You.
God is committed to both the comforts and the challenges we experience in our Homes. He brings our satisfaction, and at the same time, He bears our burdens. Unless God crowns our undertakings, everything will be done in struggle.
- Prayer: Lord, deliver my Home from all forms of struggle. Grant us PEACE that teaches us to trust in You absolutely, and to know that our Homes have been configured in divine blessings.
God is both the BUILDER and KEEPER of every Home. He gives children as blessings to be instruments of good in every Home, to be serviceable in all capacities.
- Prayer: Lord, please direct the abilities of our children aright for their generation, and generations after them. Make them arrows indeed in our hands, not arrows in our hearts. Baptise our Homes and the affairs of our Homes afresh with the power of the Holy Spirit.
