January 23, 2013 – Psalms 127 – 131

What does it say about the future of our country, or about our situation today, when you read “Unless the LORD build the house, they labor in vain who build”.  The Lord may have build our house in the beginning, but we are definitely not relying on Him for the upkeep.  We hired Him as the contractor for the construction and He gave us a good foundation, but we have fired Him and taken over, trying to build the rest on our own.  You can imagine what your house would look like if a professional came in and poured the basement and built the first floor, but then you fired him and tried to put on the second floor and roof on your own.  Imagine the wiring, the walls, the danger that you would be facing by living in that home.  Now imagine that you weren’t satisfied with what the contractor had done and so you actually go into the foundation and try to make changes there as well.  How long would you want to live in that house.  That is what our country has done. 

“Blessed is the man who has filled his quiver with them”. Children are a blessing, not a curse, a disease, something to be avoided.  When did children become such a thing as our laws have defined them, as our culture has described them, as their parents have treated them.  Until children are seen in the light they were meant to be seen, the family will continue to be devalued and the foundation of the world will continue to crumble. 

“Your children like young olive plants around your table.”  I couldn’t help picturing Noah and Paul sitting at the table as a couple of potted plants.