Lectio Divina: 25Mar10
Unless the Lord protects a city, guarding it with sentries will do no good. ~ Ps 127: 1(b)
Lectio divina consideration of Psalm 127 has moved from the inside out. I began reading for myself and am now reading for myself and those I lead.
The Lord builds a house first. Our building then will not be in vain. The Lord protects a city first. Our efforts to protect a city will succeed if God protects before we guard. The Lord is building our family's home; we are then able to have our work be meaningful. Our home is a part of the larger city. We need the city protected for our home to be protected. A city is too large for just me. Verse 1 says "sentries". If the Lord protects a city, by association our house is protected. The sentries are probably more interested in they're home owners, home builders.
A church is a house that God builds. People work in vain if God hasn't worked first. A city is a catchment area for / a mission field for a house of God. If the mission field (city) is the preoccupation of the church (builders), the house is protected because the city is protected.
Lectio divina consideration of Psalm 127 has moved from the inside out. I began reading for myself and am now reading for myself and those I lead.
The Lord builds a house first. Our building then will not be in vain. The Lord protects a city first. Our efforts to protect a city will succeed if God protects before we guard. The Lord is building our family's home; we are then able to have our work be meaningful. Our home is a part of the larger city. We need the city protected for our home to be protected. A city is too large for just me. Verse 1 says "sentries". If the Lord protects a city, by association our house is protected. The sentries are probably more interested in they're home owners, home builders.
A church is a house that God builds. People work in vain if God hasn't worked first. A city is a catchment area for / a mission field for a house of God. If the mission field (city) is the preoccupation of the church (builders), the house is protected because the city is protected.
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