Tuesday... It is useless, unless.

In his time, Solomon was the wealthiest and the wisest man living. And in Psalm 127:1 (NLT) he writes, "Unless the Lord builds a house, the work of the builders is wasted. Unless the Lord protects a city, guarding it with sentries will do no good." He says "Unless the Lord, Unless the Lord."

He goes on in verse 2 and says, "It is useless for you to work so hard from early morning until late at night, anxiously working for food to eat; for God gives rest to his loved ones." That last part of verse 2 the Amplified Bible says,,"For He gives [blessings] to His beloved even in his sleep."

It is useless for us to do anything unless the Lord is a part of it. We cannot make a life on our own, it is useless to try. Oh Solomon was the richest man in his time but God was the one who gave it to him and in Solomon's wisdom he realized that fact.

Now God blesses hard work. God gives blessings to those who work hard for Him. They can sleep peacefully because they did their best for God. God doesn't bless laziness. Over and over Solomon writes in his book of Proverbs of that fact. He also knew it wasn't the hard work but it was God using his hard work.

Over in Matthew 12:42 (NLT) Jesus says, "The queen of Sheba will also stand up against this generation on judgement day and condemn it, for she came from a distant land to hear the wisdom of Solomon. Now someone greater than Solomon is here - but you refuse to listen." Jesus was talking about Himself. Soloman knew where his wisdom came from. It came from Someone greater than him.

So let's get up and go do it knowing that God is with us and will bless us. Remember, it is useless unless the Lord does it through us and we do it for Him. Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning

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