Devotion

I read this today:

Psalm 127:1-3

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. It is in vain that you rise up early and go late to rest, eating the bread of anxious toil; for he gives to his beloved sleep.

I read this today and was instantly reminded of the peace that God offers. I was reminded that to build your life without God is like building your house without a foundation. You will toil until you think your at the point of satisfaction yet it will never fully satisfy. You will toil until you think you might be close to what you want, and without a foundation the house you’ve built will fall crashing to the ground. You will eat yet you will never full. You will thrust for something yet nothing truly will even wet your lips. We are all made with a yearning for something. Its a yearning to be filled, and there is a void within us that only God can fill.

God is the bread of life and as we put our trust and faith in Him, He starts to give us rest. (John 6:35) He lies us down on green pastures and says sleep a while, while I build your house for you. Take a rest from your anxious toil, there is never a need to be anxious.

He feeds us with His words of truth, wisdom, peace, and sweet love. His grace for our lives is like a circle, its endless and will never cease.

There is no need to stay awake lying in torment over things in this life when God is our Watchman. What better watchman than the one who sees all things? How much safer could we possibly be except in the arms of the one who created us all?

With Him, we have peace, and the power to overcome the things of this world. With Him we can live a life of freedom built on a foundation of solid rock. He has a promise for our lives, a purpose for our work, and a Joyful reward in the end. He has a life built already for us, a promised world in which no tears exist, we will run and not get weary, we will be like the angels in Heaven. If we truly seek for ourselves the things God has for us, only then can we find what life is truly meant to be. Restful, full, and always supported by an unshakable foundation.

John 6:35, Revelation 21:4

Lauren Vopatek