Psalm 127
The Greatest Vanity of Life!
Good morning! This is Pastor Jerry Ingalls from New Castle First Baptist Church and today is Wednesday, August 30.
There are so many vanities in this life! Of all the ones you can think of, which is the greatest? Is it the houses, the cars, or the cash? No, it is when a person seeks to rule over his or her own life. The greatest vanity of life is self-idolatry, when I believe I am my own savior – the master of my own fate or the captain of my own soul. Self-worship is the greatest threat to the health of your soul! Psalm 127:1-2 challenges us to remain sincere in our fundamental need for God, “Unless the Lord builds the house, they labor in vain who build it; unless the Lord guards the city, the watchman keeps awake in vain. It is vain for you to rise up early, to retire late, to eat the bread of painful labors; for He gives to His beloved even in his sleep.”
Today’s psalm challenges us, at our basest level, to live free of vanity by trusting God as the Lord of our lives, inviting His involvement in everything we think, say, and do. It is not surprising that it was Solomon who wrote this because he had to learn it the hard way. In Ecclesiastes 1:2-3 he wrote, “‘Vanity of vanities,’ says the Preacher, ‘Vanity of vanities! All is vanity.’ What advantage does man have in all his work which he does under the sun?” The Hebrew word for vanity literally means “empty” or “without result.” We are exhorted in James 4:14-15, “You are just a vapor that appears for a little while and then vanishes away. Instead, you ought to say, ‘If the Lord wills, we will live and also do this or that.’”
Seize the moment and pray Psalm 127, meditating upon God’s will for your life – “Whatever you do, do your work heartily, as for the Lord rather than for men” (Colossians 3:23). Do something of eternal significance today!
God bless you!
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