INTRODUCTION
• SLIDE #1
• Today is Father’s Day and we are going to continue with part two of our Life Series, today we will examine the issue of building without blueprints.
• This message is timely given that it is Father’s day and dads, we like to build stuff, except IKEA or Sauder furniture.
• If you want to build something right, you need a plan.
• WE have some folks here who have built houses before, would you want to build a house without a plan or a blueprint?
• What would happen if you decided you were going to build a house, but you decided to wing it? You decided that plans are for sissy’s or that even though you never built a house, that you watched enough HGTV to be able to build your home from your head.
• I bet that house would not turn out too well, you might not want to live in it. When I was a child, my friends and I used to build club houses with no plans, he had a few collapse on us.
• As foolish it would appear to want to build a home with np blueprints, consider the folly of building one’s life and family with no real blueprints.
• A house is just a building, a life is something so much more important, yet many live life without following any real plan or blueprint, they simply make it up as they go. Can you imagine what their house looks like?
• It is no wonder so many people make a train wreck of life.
• Do you know that there is a solid blueprint for life you can construct your life around? Today we will be in Psalm 127, we will focus on verses one and two together as we examine three principles that if grasped, will help us to have a much better life.
• SLIDE #2
• Psalm 127:1 (HCSB) Unless the Lord builds a house, its builders labor over it in vain; unless the Lord watches over a city, the watchman stays alert in vain.
• SLIDE #3
SERMON
God’s blueprint for life is that He is…
I. The builder of your home.
• This Psalm was written by Solomon. Solomon was one of the greatest builder ever, he was one of the wealthiest people ever, and he had a lot of issues within his own home with the numerous wives he had.
• Later in Solomon’s life, he built his home without a plan. The Psalmist is not talking about God pounding the nails and cutting the boards for one’s home, but rather, he is speaking about more than the building one resides.
• The Psalmist is speaking about how one builds their life and their family.
• Many people build their houses without a plan, with no blueprints, they kind of build it as they go and they build the home how they feel like building it.
• There are many of you here today who were raised in homes that were constructed with ZERO planning, with no blueprints to follow.
• This is reminiscent of the book of Judges.
• SLIDE #4
• Judges 17:6 (HCSB) In those days there was no king in Israel; everyone did whatever he wanted.
• People are building their homes with zero input from the master planner, they are paying no attention to the blueprint God has given us for the home, each family is doing whatever they want to.
• There are a good number of adults who are here today who have been damaged because of the homes in which they were raised was a total or near total train wreck.
• For one to allow God to build their home, the leader of the home must let God build them also! God has a plan for your life, the aim of the home is to do everything possible to make sure those within the home understand that God has a plan for them.
• At some point, and this has to start with Christians, we have to allow God to build our homes. Men, we need to be the leaders in our home, we need to show our families what a blessing it is to allow God to be the foundation of our life.
• For you ladies who have no husband or who have a terrible example of what a husband is supposed to be, you have to be the role model in the home so your children can at least see one person in the home God is building.
• God has a PLAN for all of us, He will not make you follow it; however, if you are not, how is that working out for you? How will it work out when you depart from this world?
• SLIDE #5
• Jeremiah 29:11–13 (HCSB) — 11 For I know the plans I have for you” —this is the Lord’s declaration—“plans for your welfare, not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope. 12 You will call to Me and come and pray to Me, and I will listen to you. 13 You will seek Me and find Me when you search for Me with all your heart.
• This was written to the people who were exiled to Babylon, Jeremiah wanted the people to know that in spite of their current circumstances, that God had a plan for them!
• The point of this Psalm is to get people to understand the need to desire to be more God-Centered in their everyday lives.
• When you look at the blueprint for the home, it is a loving husband who would lay down his life for his wife, who would put her first, and do everything in his power to show his wife his love for her.
• The wife would be a woman who would respect her husband and love him, the husband should conduct himself in such a way that he both earns and deserves her respect.
• I see a lot of men who demand respect they act like little boys and are unfaithful like dogs in the street. Then they wonder why they are not respected or loved.
• Husbands should be an example to the children as to how a man of God TREATS a woman. Both he and the wife should be parents who love their children no matter what. This blueprint is found in Ephesians 5:22-6:4!
• Children who come from this type of home will have a great advantage in life! Then it is up to them to take advantage of their upbringing and become God-loving productive citizens of both the country and the Kingdom of God!
• Let God build you and then let Him build your home!
• When one decides to build their home on their own, their labor is in vain!
• Let’s revisit verse 1 for our next observation!
• SLIDE #6
• Psalm 127:1 (HCSB) Unless the Lord builds a house, its builders labor over it in vain; unless the Lord watches over a city, the watchman stays alert in vain.
• SLIDE #7
God’s blueprint for life is that He is…
II. The protector of your home.
• Unless the Lord watches over a city, the watchman stays alert in vain.
• In the days this Psalm was written, the security of a city was a big issue. Cities built fortified walls, they had watchmen guarding the city gates.
• Wouldn’t it be sad to spend your life savings building a house only to sit back and watch it be destroyed?
• In life, we have to depend of God to be the protector of our home, Glock can protect you from intruders; however, we need spiritual protection so that our homes do not become destroyed.
• Wouldn’t it be sad to spend your life building a life only to sit back and watch it be destroyed?
• One of the more stressful times for me was when Rachel went off to ASU. She has always been an awesome child; however, once they leave the nest, who knows what can happen.
• Since it would be weird for me to go to all of her classes and hang out with her all the time outside of class, or to hire someone to watch over her, or to have a drone follow her around, I had to trust God to protect her and to watch over her.
• In life, God will offer protection from the destructive factors of life.
• SLIDE #8
• 1 Corinthians 10:13 (HCSB) No temptation has overtaken you except what is common to humanity. God is faithful, and He will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation He will also provide a way of escape so that you are able to bear it.
• How many marriages are destroyed because of falling for the temptation of another? I love it when someone tells me it was God’s will for them to be with the person they cheated with.
• Life is rife with temptations, and on your own, you will be powerless.
• God offers a way of escape from every temptation you face; however, He will not make you go through the escape hatch!
• We have an adversary who seeks to destroy us.
• SLIDE #9
• 1 Peter 5:8 (HCSB) — Be serious! Be alert! Your adversary the Devil is prowling around like a roaring lion, looking for anyone he can devour.
• God is who we need protecting our homes from the attacks of the enemy.
• God gives us a blueprint for protection.
• SLIDE #10
• Proverbs 3:5–6 (HCSB) Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not rely on your own understanding; think about Him in all your ways, and He will guide you on the right paths.
• Let us look at verse 2 for our final observation.
• SLIDE #11
• Psalm 127:2 (HCSB) In vain you get up early and stay up late, working hard to have enough food— yes, He gives sleep to the one He loves.
• SLIDE #12
God’s blueprint for life is that He is…
III. The provider of your home.
• Verse 2 speaks of where look to for provision.
• Verse 2 is not a knock against hard work, it is a knock against thinking you are the one who provides.
• Let me ask you a question. How many sleepless nights have you had in your life when it comes to the issue of having your needs met?
• I have had a few. The Psalmist reminds us that when we trust God, He will take care of us, He will bless our efforts.
• When I decide I am the provider, I take on all the worry and stress that goes along with it.
• Last week we talked about Matthew 6:25-ff, where Jesus spoke to people who were worrying about their daily needs being met. Remember this verse?
• Jesus talks about how the birds of the field are fed, how the fields are clothed.
• He asked can one add a single cubit to their height by worrying? I KNOW THAT ONE DOES NOT WORK!
• SLIDE #13
• Matthew 6:33 (HCSB) But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things will be provided for you.
• All we have is from God; we need to make sure to understand that. One gentleman in the book of Luke.
• SLIDE #14
• Luke 12:16–21 (HCSB) — 16 Then He told them a parable: “A rich man’s land was very productive. 17 He thought to himself, ‘What should I do, since I don’t have anywhere to store my crops? 18 I will do this,’ he said. ‘I’ll tear down my barns and build bigger ones and store all my grain and my goods there. 19 Then I’ll say to myself, “You have many goods stored up for many years. Take it easy; eat, drink, and enjoy yourself.” ’ 20 “But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your life is demanded of you. And the things you have prepared—whose will they be?’ 21 “That’s how it is with the one who stores up treasure for himself and is not rich toward God.”
• The point from Jesus is that God is the provider of our time, talents, and treasure, and we should handle them as such.
CONCLUSION
• Building a life and family without God’s blueprints is a sure fire way to damage those within your family for a lifetime.
• Those of you raised in a home with no plan and no God know I am being truthful.
• It is time for all of us to let God be our builder, protector and provider!
• Next week we will conclude this series with a message entitled “BLUEPRINT FOR PURITY!
