Last month looked at the first two verses of Psalm 127, and I promised we would return to look at the psalm as a whole. Remember, the theme is the sovereignty of God. "Unless the LORD builds the house, those who build it labor in vain. Unless the LORD watches over the city, the watchman stays awake in vain." Nothing we do can prosper without God's involvement. And when we prosper, He deserves the all the credit and glory for it.
That is a consistent theme throughout Scripture. We have nothing to boast about. First Corinthians 1:29: "No human being [can] boast in the presence of God." And, "As it is written, 'Let the one who boasts, boast in the Lord.'" Jeremiah 9:23: "Thus says the LORD: 'Let not the wise man boast in his wisdom, let not the mighty man boast in his might, let not the rich man boast in his riches. . .'" but "Let the one who boasts, boast in the Lord." Isaiah 10:15: "Shall the axe boast over him who hews with it, or the saw magnify itself against him who wields it? As if a rod should wield him who lifts it, or as if a staff should lift him who is not wood!" And Romans 3:27: "Boasting . . . is excluded . . . . by the law of faith." That's one of the great lessons of the truth that God is sovereign over all things.
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