As I was doing my devotionals this morning, I was reading in Psalm when I was struck by this verse...."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." Psalm 127:1
Being a busy mom of 4 little girls, I think of all the work I do everyday, from sun up( well, mine doesn't start til 9am) to sun down!! If I don't give it to the Lord, it's all in vain. Ahhhh!! Really!! That is the last thing a mommy wants to hear! My looong days of laundry, dishes, cleaning, cooking, ect is in vain.....UNLESS....it's given to God. As I keep a hawks eye on my kids, guarding and watching them as they play and teaching them about stranger danger....it is in vain.....UNLESS....I give them to God..Everyday, I am building, building, building into my children, my house, my friends and family, my church...but if I am not bringing them to the Lord in prayer first, giving control over to the Savior of mankind, it is in vain. My work profits them very little. But the work of the Lord will profit them for eternity and that is what I want......
So, they have clean underwear, BUT do they have a clean heart?
So, they have food to eat, BUT are they hungry for God?
So, they have a roof over their heads, BUT are they in a house that God built?
It is good that God reminds me that even tho I am running my kids to soccer, playdates, field trips..thinking this is what they MUST have in life, that doing these things will make me a good mom...it is all in vain compared to the building blocks of righteousness I need to build in them to make them strong in this world. I want them to have a Godly foundation of prayer, worship, Bible and church fellowship. Then we can build other things on top of that, but if God is not their foundation, it will crumble. Those other things will fall away and when they hit bottom, God will be there! That is what I want .........
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