The Real Source of Blessing
As I sit here with a full plate as far as work goes, I read the 127th Psalm:
Unless the Lord builds the house, its builders labor in vain,
Unless the Lord watches over the city, the watchmen stand guard in vain.
In vain you rise early and stay up late, toiling for food to eat - for he grants sleep to those he loves.
Before reading this I had an almost perverse delight in thinking of the kinds of things I can buy with the extra money I will make from this recent spate of freelance projects that have come. When in reality, this means long hours of work with minimal sleep — time away from home and the family. I must put things in perspective, acknowledging God as the true source of my blessing and even humbly accepting that without him, this type of work would not have come. And of course, as I do the work, I must strive to do my best, as working for the Lord, for he is the one I truly serve.