{"id":1249,"date":"2012-05-28T06:53:33","date_gmt":"2012-05-28T13:53:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.teach4god.com\/OTS\/?p=1249"},"modified":"2014-04-02T05:34:54","modified_gmt":"2014-04-02T12:34:54","slug":"psalm-127","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/teach4god.com\/OTS\/2012\/05\/28\/psalm-127\/","title":{"rendered":"Psalm 127"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Psalm%20127&amp;version=NASB\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS; color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS; color: #0000ff;\">Psalm 127<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This is our first psalm of Solomon or of David for Solomon. He provides wise insight into a home blessed by God. This chapter is also reminiscent of the book of Ecclesiastes.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Verses 1-2-If God is not the foundation of\u00a0the household it will not become that for which God created the family. If you desire more on the family, please post your request. Workaholics are not meant for God\u2019s work. When we do His work, allow Him to create His family, His life in us, we find that His work is not a burden and His work is productive (<span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Matthew%2011.29-30&amp;version=NASB\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS; color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS; color: #0000ff;\">Matthew 11.29-30<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a>)<span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS;\">. Verse two provides us insight into the makings of the body. God created the body so that it repairs itself while we sleep. Solomon tells us that God provides for us during our sleep. This can be read as God being at work in our work as we rest and it can also be seen as God working in us to rebuild and strengthen us as we rest. Either picture is wonderful.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>These verses should be\u00a0a warning to those who are in school and cram the night before to complete a project that should have been completed\u00a0over time. A job done for His glory is done as we are physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually healthy. It does not come in a frenzy.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Zechariah%204.6&amp;version=NASB\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS; color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS; color: #0000ff;\">Zechariah 4.6<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS;\">\u00a0directs our attention to this truth. We cannot accomplish greatness apart from Him who is great.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Do your job, your house, your finances take away from the time spent with God, family, and friends? If so, you are building your house on the sand. Jesus reminds us in <span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=John%2015.5&amp;version=NASB\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS; color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS; color: #0000ff;\">John 15.5<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS;\"> that we can do nothing apart from Him. What are you trying to do without His strength and understanding?<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Verses 3-5-We are called\u00a0to a great responsibility as parents. God has given us a great and precious gift in our children. If we do not submit our lives to the Lord, and give this example daily to our children, they will not submit to the Lord. Our labor is in vain when we choose our own path. Solomon tells us it leads to destruction.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>What we do with our time, finances, and efforts determine\u00a0the direction of\u00a0our life and of our family (both present and future). If your time, finances, and effort are based\u00a0on your desires, your strength, and your understanding, the final outcome may be good but it won\u2019t be great. What are you doing today in light of God\u2019s work and God\u2019s purpose for you?<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Media<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=qULtV42ft7s\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS; color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS; color: #0000ff;\">Unless the Lord Builds the House by Keith Green<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What we do with our time, finances, and efforts determine the direction of our life and of our family (both present and future). If your time, finances, and effort are based on your desires, your strength, and your understanding, the final outcome may be good but it won\u2019t be great. What are you doing today in light of God\u2019s work and God\u2019s purpose for you?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1216,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"gallery","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,114],"tags":[344,277,118,51,274,278,231],"class_list":["post-1249","post","type-post","status-publish","format-gallery","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-daily-studies","category-psalms","tag-ecclesiastes","tag-family","tag-john","tag-matthew","tag-solomon","tag-vain","tag-zechariah","post_format-post-format-gallery"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/teach4god.com\/OTS\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1249","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/teach4god.com\/OTS\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/teach4god.com\/OTS\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teach4god.com\/OTS\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teach4god.com\/OTS\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1249"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/teach4god.com\/OTS\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1249\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1931,"href":"https:\/\/teach4god.com\/OTS\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1249\/revisions\/1931"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teach4god.com\/OTS\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1216"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/teach4god.com\/OTS\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1249"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teach4god.com\/OTS\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1249"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teach4god.com\/OTS\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1249"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}