Who's in charge of building your house?

Psalm 127:1-2 1.A Song of Ascents. Of Solomon. 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. 2.It is vain for you to rise up early, To sit up late, To eat the bread of sorrows; For so He gives His beloved sleep."

Who is in charge of building your house? Who do you have looking after your affairs? I admit that while writing this I am still trying to figure it out for myself. Am I working too hard? Am I worrying too much about things I can't control. When I think about scripture I like to see if there is any historical significance that might lend some insight. It may seem as if I am about to get a little off track here, but I promise to bring it all together in the end.

Many scholars believe that Solomon was in the midst of building the temple when he wrote this psalm. It is possible to have no exposure to the church and still have, heard about the "wisdom of Solomon". Well, outside of his legendary wisdom, his greatest claim to fame was the building of the temple. After all this was the place that God's very presence was going to dwell. You might say the Solomon was God's general contractor.

Solomon went on to have many great achievements. As a matter of fact. If you study his life you will find that he had many great achievements. Every great achievement that can be attributed to Solomon though brings you back to wisdom. It is only when he strays from that Godly wisdom that he invites trouble in his own life and the kingdom of Israel.

Since the bible shows men, warts and all, we can reflect on their lives in a way that better helps us to come to grips with our own misgivings. You see, we don't have to be perfect to have Godly wisdom. We can correct our course when we realize we are headed in the wrong direction.

So here it is. Unless you hand your dreams over to God they are going to die. "They labor in vain" I know that sounds harsh, but think about it a moment. If you are not at peace with your self it is very likely you are trying to force your dreams to come true. Dreams are big. Too big to accomplish without God. Solomon's building of the temple helped him to understand this in a very practical way. He wasn't just building a church. He was building the very house of God. God made it very clear He wanted it to be perfect. When God is your customer "the customer is always right".

You can never see as much as God can. "Unless the Lord guards the city" "The watchman stays awake in vain".

I am going to tackle the rest in the next blog. I think we can all let this sink in until then.