Psalm 127
Without the help of the Lord all is in vain. This is not to say that you can't accomplish things without God, people do it all the time. The Psalmist says that cities guarded without the help of the Lord is in vain which doesn't mean they can't be guarded, but rather what's the point in guarding them. What's the point in building a house or a household if you don't do it with the help of God? Seriously, what's the point? If my child is on his own once I stop breathing, what's the point? If I'm alone right now, what's the point? Isn't it all in vain if it's not done for something greater? If it is just my health and my wealth and my power, what's the point?
Some of those questions may seem a bit outlandish, and maybe some of them are, but do you get my point? We are made for something greater, to be something greater, to do something greater, but if we only seek after our own ends its like chasing down the wind, you can't catch it, and if if you do it stops being what you went after in the first place. That is true in a whole host of ways, if we chase after something for our own good we are seriously missing the point. The world's best mansion inhabited by a lone person is not a home. The fastest car driven by someone who has no friends can't take you anywhere. The world's highest paying job is meaningless if you have no one to spend the money on. So don't labor in vain, don't seek in vain, don't live in vain. Instead live for the Lord and those around you and whatever you have will be so much better because of it.
+ How have you labored in vain? How have you labored in the Lord?
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