SONGS OF ASCENTS: STUDIES IN PSALMS 120-134 STUDY 8: PSALM 127 Step 8: Partnership with God 1 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. 3 Behold, children are a heritage from the Lord,The fruit of the womb is a reward. 4 Like arrows in the hand of a warrior,So are the children of one’s youth. 5 Happy is the man who has his quiver full of them;They shall not be ashamed,But shall speak with their enemies in the gate. INTRODUCTION To live a life fully pleasing to God, we need to take Step 8: Learn to work in partnership with God. This is suggested in Psalm 127. However, this is not a partnership of equals,; rather, it is a partnership to which we humans are invited by our Creator and Lord to join Him in His purpose. A. WHEN GOD IS NOT OUR PARTNER 1. Our best human efforts fail, vs. 1 2. We lose God’s blessings, vs. 2 B. WHEN GOD IS OUR PARTNER Children are a blessing of divine human partnership, vs. 3-7 APPLICATION Divine-human partnership has always been God’s way of forwarding His purpose in the world. Let’s look at three key passages. 1. Adam and Eve in the garden, Gen 2:15 2. Jesus and the boy with five loaves and two fish, John 6:1-13 3. Christians are partners with God in bringing forth spiritual children, John 15:1-8; 1 Cor 3:5-9
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