"The Heritage of a House"
Psalm 127

I.     We must  confirm  the  builder  of the house. (vs. 1a)

            Christ, God must build the house.
            Build--train--to exercise--doing over and over where we will do it right.
            Labor--work severely--do hard work--trying to do it right.
            Vain--idolatry--do things in vain.
            We must do things for God or we do it for evil.           
 

II.    We must  confirm  the  keeper  of the house. (vs. 1b)

            Keep--protect or attend to something.
            In verse 37, the Syrians were conquering all. Rest in God to take care of everything.
            The Angel of God killed 186,000 Syrians that night.
            We must let God keep the house.            

III.    We must  maintain control  against the  busy-ness  of the house. (vs. 2)

            Luke 11:9--Some voids are bigger. Working all the time. Overwhelmed with being busy.
            Get to the point that you say "I can't do it anymore".
            If one is working all the time, then we are not there for the children.

            Luke 11:9--Ask--beg, call for, crave for.
                              Seek--to worship.
                              Unlock, Open--announce your arrival. 
 

IV.    We must  carefully  consider  the  continuation  of the house. (vs. 3-5)

            Heritage--Inheritance.
            If we have not laid the right foundation, we won't raise our children right.
            Children will be a blessing with the right foundation.

            With a basic bow, the arrow will go only as far as you are strong--done in your own strength.
            With a compound bow, we are allowed to shoot further than a basic bow and our strength, due
                to technology--Example of Christ in us; We have the help of Christ.
            With a cross bow, once it is loaded, you must shoot it. With Christ help, we must shoot our
                children straight. Without Christ, this is impossible.

            A practice arrow is different from a real arrow. A practice arrow can be shot more than once,
                but a real arrow can only be shot once. Children are the real arrows--only given one chance
                with them.

            Children are an inheritance---A GIFT FROM GOD!!