Principals of the House of God: A Psalm 127 Study
Today’s Focus: The Builder and the House
Scripture: Psalm 127:1
Greetings Kingdom Citizens
When we look at principals of the House of God we will be looking at it’s construction, composition and how it functions in the earth. So let’s get right to it.
Psalm 127:1: Except the Lord build the house, they labour in vain that build it: except the Lord keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain.
There is so much here so let’s start to deconstruct and get an understanding. First from a historical perspective we know that Solomon was given the grace by God to build the temple at Jerusalem. Now there was explicit instructions to how to build the temple. David received the vision and Solomon, his son was the one to build it. All instructions and measurements were given by the Lord. So there was no mistake to how this temple was to be built because the contractor gave the worker’s the blueprint and expected them to carry out His blueprint and this brings me to the first part of this scripture, “Except the Lord build the house”.
Now we already discussed that the Lord gave instructions and directions on how to build the temple but there is eternal reality that God was speaking through this type and shadow. The key words to unlocking this mystery is in the phrase “build the house”. The word build in Hebrew is the word “banah” and it has a very unique meaning and it means “obtain children”. The word house in Hebrew is “bayith” which means “family”. Now if that is the interpretation this is what we have: “Except the Lord obtains children for His family”. Is this not what we should know about the House of God being a family! Look at the first two words, except the Lord. What does this tell us?
It is only by the Lord can the House of God be built. Him and Him exclusively. So many people take scriptures like this and pervert it to mean the church house. Now what has happened is there is such focus on the building and its size and the ministries within it. There is focus on members and having a lot of them and doing all this ministry work. Now it may look good and it may feel good but if God did not have His Spirit, power and grace in it, it is worthless no matter how big it is. So many people put a focus on going out and drawing people into the church house to build up members and some in good intentions invite people to the church house for service, nothing wrong with that. However if your intentions are wrong then you are building in vain. Everyone who comes into the Kingdom and House of God MUST BE DRAWN BY HIS SPIRIT. We have built huge churches and many of them were built in the wrong spirit and because of the cost to build such a structure, the focus is not on discipleship but prosperity, giving, tithing and feel good messages to make people stay to pay.
The Lord knows who is supposed to be a part of what flock and household. If the children of God would just submit to His rulership and present their bodies to Him as a living sacrifice, then God can draw them in by His Spirit and then He gets the credit. It will be His Spirit that draws them and His Spirit that keeps them. But when we use gimmicks and manipulation to draw people into the church house, then you will have to continue to deceive them and manipulate them to stay. It is a modern day brainwashing because you never really experience the true power of God because you were not drawn by His Spirit to that flock of believers. The Lord knows who is to disciple who, the key is allowing Him to show you and you follow.
We will continue with study Psalm 127:1 in the next message and we will continue to discuss the building of the House.
Peace, Love and Grace from the Father,
Calvin Calhoun, Jr.
