Psalm 127: Working Hard or Hardly Working

by Andy Flood

Psalm 127 (NIV)

Unless the Lord builds the house,

the builders labor in vain. (Psalm 127:1 NIV)

We're on a grand adventure as a church, this building project is part of it but moreover reaching the lost and broken in the areas we live in.  The building is just a vehicle to carry the church to greater works of service to our town.

This Psalm shows us that without the Lord all our work will be for nothing. And by nothing I mean nothing, zero, zilch.

And the same goes for our meetings, if the Lord doesn't meet with us and change us to be more like Him. Then its a waste of time even being there.

Thankfully we know that God is more interested and passionate about His church than we could ever be. Jesus said:  I will build my church, and the gates of Hades will not overcome it. (Matthew 16:18 NIV)

He is our King and we are His people and He is building His church. He wants ALL of you not 10 per cent but all of you. Because the Lord IS building His house, we get to work hard, to serve the church and its purposes in the full knowledge that our work is not in vain and better yet we are part of extending His kingdom and seeing it come here.