Monday 17 July 2006

Except the Lord build the house

“Except the LORD build the house, they labor in vain that build it: except the LORD keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain.” - Psalms 127v1

Homebuilding is one of the greatest responsibilities that Christians have. There is only one way to build a home though - everything else is vanity. We try all kinds of things in building our home, not all of them bad. But, unless we allow the Lord to build the house and we follow His directions for doing so we are truly wasting our time.

Fortunately God does not leave us without a plan. He tells us exactly what to do. His basic plan is simple – husbands love your wives as Christ loved the church, wives submit to your husband’s leadership, children obey and honour your parents, and parents bring your children up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.

If we don’t follow God’s homebuilding plan we are doing it all in vain.

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