Psalms 127-132: A Lord Built House

Unless the LORD builds the house, its builders labor in vain.
Unless the LORD watches over the city, the watchmen stand guard in vain. - Ps. 127:1 NIV

Psalms 132 talks about David and the vow he made to God:

"I will not enter my house or go to my bed-
I will allow no sleep to my eyes, no slumber to my eyelids,
till I find a place for the LORD, a dwelling for the Mighty One of Jacob."  - Ps. 132:3-5 NIV

David was intent on finding a place for God.  He knew how the ark had been shuffled from place to place and he wanted a permanent site for God's dwelling.  But, instead of David building the temple for God, he was told that God would build a house for him. 

Unless the Lord builds the house, it's builders labor in vain.  It's hard to grasp sometimes that we really have nothing to contribute.  It is all the Lords.  It is all his creation, and has been from the beginning of time.  Most of us get a sense of our self worth from what we accomplish.  But God wants us to recognize that it is all from him. He is the builder:  of empires, of cities, of our houses and homes.  Blessing comes when we realize that He is the architect, He is the builder.  While we labor along with him, blessing comes when we fear him and walk in his ways.

Blessed are all who fear the LORD, who walk in his ways.
You will eat the fruit of your labor;
blessings and prosperity will be yours.
Your wife will be like a fruitful vine within your house;
your sons will be like olive shoots around your table.
Thus is the man blessed who fears the LORD. - Ps. 128:1-4

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