Just a little more... and more

The David Alliance

 

TDAgiantslayer@Gmail.com 

 

Psalm 127 

Unless the Lord builds the house,
They labor in vain who build it;
Unless the Lord guards the city,
The watchman stays awake 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 gives His beloved sleep.

 

Interesting scripture…. What are we missing in todays world? Hard work. 

This verse is not implying we don’t have to work hard if we just rely on God… no we obviously must labor. But we must learn to work in regards to Gods direction. 

 

There’s an interesting play on words here between Children and labor and arrows, but that’s for another podcast. 

 

But lets get back to hard work. It is a must, it is a requirement and in fact the Bible also says if a man does not work he should not eat 2 Thessalonians 3:10

What is missing in todays world for a lot of people and men especially? Is hard work. But this Psalm says if a man labors and God does not build then he is laboring in vain. So what do we know… we gotta put in the work…

But the word build has a dual meaning… it means unless God owns the house and unless he fashioned it - you are wasting your time. You will never rest. 

Remember the curses in Get. 3 God told Adam you will work the ground by the sweat of your brow… that word there is

Curses… Zey-ah sweat of my brow… You work your butt off, but its not enough. I remember playing basket ball as a high schooler on a hot sunny day at our Christian camp. I was a good player, I had a game, but I was playing against some killers… and girls were watching… and no matter how hard I played and yes scored… it was never enough. At one point I just leaned over sweat pouring from my head down on my face… feeling it trickle… and just wondering… will we ever get ahead? Will we ever win?

The curse Zey-ah things will never be enough, work will never be over. You will never feel like you have arrived.

John D. Rockefeller, the founder of the Standard Oil Company, the first billionaire of the United States of America and once the richest man on Earth was asked by a reporter, “How much money is enough?” He calmly replied, “Just a little bit more”.

It doesn’t sound like he has rest… But God can give you rest, if you let him fashion the work… it starts by him taking the curse… cursed is he who hangs on a tree… he took our curse. So why do so many people still feel like they are under the curse of Zey-ah? Because they have not asked God to be the designer of their work… to be the one who fashions what they do. To plan it, to give it rhythm to give it purpose beyond money. Do you feel like its never over? Step out of the curse and ask God to design your life for you.