Today’s passage: Psalm 127
Helpful thoughts:
- It is right for Christians to work hard and to work well. And it is right for Christians to work in faith.
- Work that becomes motivated by fear/anxiety or greed is not a work of faith. God is the one who gives the increase. Therefore, we can also rest in the right time, trusting in Him.
- Children are a blessing, a reward and a joy. They are gifts from God.
Questions to consider:
- How do we see two aspects of the Lord “building the house” in this psalm? What kind of house building is going on in verses 1-2, then 3-5? How can this truth give us contentment and joy in whatever God has given us?
- In what situations do people sometimes view children as a burden or extra trouble? Is there a time when a child should be seen as a drag or inconvenience, or as a negative consequence? Why not?
- What does it mean to say a child would be like an “arrow” in the hand of a warrior? What is our warfare? How can parents be thinking about sharpening our arrows? How could children be thinking about being sharpened and preparing to be launched?