Abiding in the PsalmsSample

All Effort, No Reward 

This psalm asks two really powerful questions: “What are you building with your life?” and “who is building it?” We are told from day one to work hard at everything we do and build a good life for ourselves. But how often do we stop and ask ourselves what God wants for our lives? The problem with what were told to do isn’t the working hard, it’s that the focus is on what we can build for ourselves instead of what God wants to build for His plan. What does God want to build in and through you? We work and work and work to achieve our goals and are never satisfied when we reach them. We must remember that only through God can we build something of eternal significance; only through God can we walk in step with the plan to work through all things for our good.

This is an invitation to take a step back from your life, press pause on the frantic building, and ask God what He wants for you and what He wants to build. This doesn’t mean we become lazy or stop working but we work within God’s plan, not ours. When we do this, we will get to the end of our lives, look back and say “look at what God has done” as we are carried into eternity. 

Questions

1. What are your goals for your life?

2. Have you prayed about them or given them to God?

3. What would it look like to let God take control of building your life?

Pray 

Pray that you won’t work in vain, but that God will build your life according to His plan. Pray that He will reveal to you what that plan is .