Today's Psalm in our Spoken Word Bible Reading Plan is another of my favorites! Especially verses 1-2:
1 Except the Lord builds the house, they labor in vain who build it; except the Lord keeps the city, the watchman wakes but in vain. 2 It is vain for you to rise up early, to take rest late, to eat the bread of [anxious] toil—for He gives [blessings] to His beloved in sleep.
The message here is NOT that we shouldn't work and build and produce. It is also NOT that we shouldn't wake up early and get busy with our days. The message is that ALL OF THIS is completely in "vain" ("shav'" - emptiness, vanity, falsehood, nothingness, worthlessness) IF the Lord our God is not our #1 priority! HIS plans and purposes for us are ALWAYS GOOD, GODLY, VICTORIOUS, PROSPEROUS, FAVORABLE, TIMELY AND PROFITABLE (Jeremiah 29:11)! When we line our will up with HIS will, then there is no stopping us from completing everything successfully, bringing glory to HIS NAME! AMEN! Here is Hillsong UNITED with "Here's To The One":
Shalom in Him!
