Psalms 127:1-3. Except the LORD build the house, they labour in vain that build it: except the LORD keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain.
It is vain for you, to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the bread of sorrows for so he giveth his beloved sleep. Lo, children are an heritage of the LORD and the fruit of the womb is his reward.
The psalmist had been speaking about house-building, and there is the building up of the house in the sense of a family being built up by children. Some people think children an encumbrance, but they are "a heritage of the Lord," and they are to be looked upon with gladness. One said, "I have twelve sons," and his friend answered, "That is exactly Jacob’s number." "Yes," said the first speaker, "and I have Jacob’s God to enable me to sustain them." There is a comfort in that thought; may God grant that none may be troubled by those whom God sends to us for a heritage!
Psalms 127:1-3. Except the LORD build the house, they labour in vain that build it: except the LORD keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain.
It is vain for you, to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the bread of sorrows for so he giveth his beloved sleep. Lo, children are an heritage of the LORD and the fruit of the womb is his reward.
The psalmist had been speaking about house-building, and there is the building up of the house in the sense of a family being built up by children. Some people think children an encumbrance, but they are "a heritage of the Lord," and they are to be looked upon with gladness. One said, "I have twelve sons," and his friend answered, "That is exactly Jacob’s number." "Yes," said the first speaker, "and I have Jacob’s God to enable me to sustain them." There is a comfort in that thought; may God grant that none may be troubled by those whom God sends to us for a heritage!