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In reality a nation will prosper and be safe as it’s people have God as their Lord. This is why it is so important we know and do God’s Word; His Will.
Psalm 127:1 A Song of degrees for Solomon. 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. – KJV
I am very thankful for all that is done that is good. I am very thankful for all the hard work and great effort of so many to help. Yet all the great things we build and we do without God’s blessing have no real, long term, profit.
Psalm 33:12 Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD; …
What does it then take to have the Lord build the house and keep the city? What does it mean to have “God as the Lord”? To have and do these things the people of a nation must know and obey God’s will. To know and obey God’s will we must first know Jesus Christ, as our risen savior and lord. We know him by by knowing the rightly divided Word of God; the Bible.
As we go to God’s Word and receive it with meekness, and as we each as individuals and then together learn and then live that Word, in all our labors and our watching, then the Lord will build the house and the Lord will keep the city. Both our labor and or our watching will be successful, and have both immediate and long term profit. We, our families, our community, State and Nation will be blessed, safe and prosper.
1 reply on “Except the LORD build the house”
Thank you, Rod. Very nicely stated and inspiring. Good choice of scriptures and a good challenge to rise to.