The Psalms: House Vs Home Series

Proverbs 3:5-6 Trust in and rely confidently on the Lord with all your heart

And do not rely on your own insight or understanding.

6 In all your ways know and acknowledge and recognize Him,

And He will make your paths straight and smooth [removing obstacles that block your way].

This verse describes it this how the foundation will look. This is how it will look for us when we lay the foundation, we trust we rely on we are confident, in God, recognize Him in every aspect and he will remove the obstacles.

2nd thing is when we build a home, we need to build a home that rests in God peace. Verse 2 says: It is vain for you to rise early, To retire late, To eat the bread of anxious labors— For He gives [blessings] to His beloved even in his sleep.

In our modern world, busyness is often seen as a virtue. People wake up early, stay up late, and sacrifice their health and relationships in pursuit of success. Yet the psalm warns that this striving is in vain if it’s done apart from God. The word for “toiling” (?????, amal) in afrikaans. Amal jy raak mal. No just kidding refers to burdensome, exhausting labor. I mean look at our lives, how much time we are at work, doing work, and someone we think it is ok to available 24 hours a day. That is a Godly expectation. Only God can do this and what did He do on the 7th day. Even God rested but somehow, we think we need to be available for people 24/7.

Can I be honest here, honest. As I Pastor I thought I needed to be there, and man I tried. Out every night, dropped everything at a drop of a hat, and you know what happened, well my marriage my covenant my first ministry and my relationship suffered. I thought I can be Jesus and save people, I am so thankful for Ryan and the eldership that put measures in place so that does not happen anymore, but I want to say the reason why I am saying this, is that you need in your own way need to trust and Rely on God and rest, create a home where there is rest. How does this look at your work, what did you allow to become the norm?

Create a home where you have Rest, where you have your family together to spend time in the word, to spend time around the table. I know there is some of you that work out of the country, but schedule that WhatsApp call, have dinner together, pray together, study the bible together. Trust that God will provide, and teach your home that rest is good, that it is from God, and you are not lazy.

When we look now at the Foundation, and we built it on Jesus, when we look at what is important, we also need to look at this

Psalms 127:3-5Behold, children are a heritage and gift from the Lord, The fruit of the womb a reward. [Deut 28:4] 4Like arrows in the hand of a warrior,

So are the children of one’s youth. 5How blessed [happy and fortunate] is the man whose quiver is filled with them; They will not be ashamed When they speak with their enemies [in gatherings] at the [city] gate.

Legacy, in our homes we need to build a legacy

Children are the legacy of your home. When we build a Godly home, we need to know that Children are a blessing of the home, and they are your legacy. You see when you look at these verses, when we build a home, it must not be house, it is more spiritual and deeper as that? we build a home, and for those who are fortunate to have children, you need to see them as God sees them as a gift. Verses 3 to 5 does say that.