There are 1189 chapters in the Bible. As we open to Psalm 127-128, we open to two of the most beautiful pictures of marriage and family life in all of God's Word, captured on paper for us to read. God allows us to see marriage and family life from His perspective, with children described as growing like these healthy green, fruitful trees, entwined lovingly into our lives as parents, and growing with us in godliness. The picture seen in this Psalm would be the dream come true for every parent who knows and loves God today. But we must balance this picture with the reality taught by the other 1187 chapters of God's Word:
• God will NEVER MAKE BELIEVERS ANSWER for how their children turned out—only for how they raised them.
• God wants us prayerfully living out our marriages and families based on prayer and His Word. That is all He expects from each of us His children.
God’s Amazing Grace
Amazingly the 127th Psalm, breathed out by God’s Spirit through Solomon, came through a man who would be considered:
a disaster in his personal life (lost pagans deeply influenced him),
a disaster in his married life (he couldn’t stop chasing after and acquiring more women), and
a disaster in his family life (his son Rehoboam wreaked havoc on the nation he inherited from his dad, by his proud, arrogant dismissal of any wise advice).
Yet, God in His grace used Solomon greatly for His Glory, and does so even to this day by the Scriptures Solomon wrote. Listen to what God describes about the delights of a Word filled marriage in this wonderful chapter. (BC&D-33)
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