1 Unless the Lord builds the house,
those who build it labor in vain.
Unless the Lord guards the city,
the guard keeps watch in vain.
2 It is in vain that you rise up early
and go late to rest,
eating the bread of anxious toil,
for he gives sleep to his beloved.
Prayer Focus: The danger in reading these words is to say, “my word doesn’t matter, so I might as well just go home and take a nap.” I do not think that is what the psalmist intends. Remember we are singing and praying these words as pilgrims make their way toward Jerusalem. This journey is work – but it is the Lord’s work. Pray that you might see your work as a part of God’s reconciling and redeeming work in the world. Do not try to go it alone – do not just give up. Join in the work of building with the Lord.
“We live in a universe and in a history where God is working. Before anything else, work is an activity of God. Before we go to the sociologists for a description of work or to the psychologists for insight into work or to the economists for an analysis of work, we must comprehend the biblical record: God works.” Peterson, 102.
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