WHAT WE MUST KNOW TO REST

WHAT WE MUST KNOW TO REST

WHAT WE MUST KNOW TO REST
Psalm 127    

vv. 1–2 “… its builders labor over it in vain … the watchman stays alert in vain. In vain you get up early and stay up late …” (csb)

Ecclesiastes 1.2 “’Absolute futility,’ says the Teacher. ‘Absolute futility. Everything is futile.’” (csb)

GODLY RESTFULNESS COMES AS WE REALIZE THAT …

Self-Reliance ISN’T Productive

James 4.14 “Why, you do not even know what will happen tomorrow. What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes.” (niv)

v. 1 Unless the Lord builds the house …” (esv)

Self-Discipline WILL STAY Receptive

v. 2 “It is in vain that you rise up early and go late to rest, eating the bread of anxious toil …” (esv) 

v. 2 “… yes, he gives sleep to the one he loves.” (csb) 

v. 2 “… He gives to His beloved even in his sleep.” (nas) 

Psalms 121.2-4 “My help comes from the LORD … He will not let your foot slip—he who watches over you will not slumber; indeed, he who watches over Israel will neither slumber nor sleep.” (niv) 

God’s Provision IS Procreative

v. 5 “He shall not be put to shame when he speaks with his enemies in the gate.” (esv)

v. 4 “Like arrows in the hand of a warrior are the children of one’s youth.” (esv)

Genesis 22.8 “Abraham said, ‘God will provide for himself the lamb for a burnt offering, my son.’” (esv)