Principals of the House of God: A Psalm 127 Study
Today’s Focus: State of Mind of the Sons of God
Scripture: Psalm 127; Matthew 11:28-30; Psalm 23; Psalm 37:25; Romans 14:17; James 1:5
Greetings Kingdom Citizens
When we look at Psalm 127:2 we see that at the end of this scripture that the Lord gives His beloved sleep. Who are the beloved of the Lord? The beloved of the Lord is His children. Now when He speaks of giving His sons sleep, He is contrasting this against the mentality presented earlier in this scripture of waking up early, staying up late just to eat bread that leads to sorrows. Now God is not frowning upon work but upon the toiling that one puts themselves through to meet their basic needs when it is He that meets them. This is why he says it is vain, worthless, destructive to do this because His beloved trust in Him and rest in His presence. Let’s look at this first scripture to evaluate the state of mind of sons of God.
Psalm 37:25: I have been young and now am old; yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, nor His seed begging for bread.
If we look at this scripture we see it has been made aware by God to David that the righteous are not forsaken nor do they beg for bread. Who are the righteous? The righteous is the sons of God, the children of God. This means the sons of God are never forsaken nor do they beg for bread. The reason they do not beg for bread is because for them to be righteous, they understand first that the Father, God Almighty, supplies all of their needs. What is more unique is God understands that we need two types of bread on Earth. We need the physical and the spiritual. Now the physical bread which we consume is for our physical bodies. The spiritual bread is the Word of God and even as it pertains to the Word of God we do not have to beg and let me show you.
James 1:5; If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him
So God gives us His wisdom, which is also one of the seven spirits of Christ (Isaiah 11:1,2), freely if we ask of Him and He gives it freely. But we must seek Him in truth and in spirit. Let’s look at another scripture and remember we are talking about the state of mind.
Romans 14:17: For the Kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and peace and joy in the Holy Ghost
Now let’s end this here and continue this to the next message. First, righteousness is a state of mind as a result of positioning. Let me explain. The only way that you can be righteous is to be in right standing with authority. As it pertains to Christ. We must be first in the Body of Christ but ALSO we must be in right standing with Him. You can be in your parents house, be a part of the house, but not receive favor from them because of your disobedience. Hence you are not standing righteously in your parents at give home. Same thing with the House of God. Many people are in the House of God but many of them are standing in right-position with God, hence they are not righteous because mentally they still are living by the world’s standards and not our Father’s. So righteousness is a state of mind resulting from right positioning and favor with authority.
Next we have peace. Peace is the result of righteousness. Every son of God should have peace because it is a direct result of righteousness and doing the Will of God. This is precious because when we do not understand where we are or what is happening we have a place where we abide as the sons of God, in Christ, that gives us peace from doing what the Lord says in the time of trouble.
Finally, there is joy. Joy is the result of righteousness and peace. You can have joy in the midst of turbulent time because we know that the Lord has not forsaken us nor will He not provide for us. This is what the Kingdom of God is all about, righteousness, peace and joy in the Holy Spirit. So you must have the abiding of Holy Spirit to your spirit and be in the Body of Christ and when you abide there in the right position then you are in the state of mind of righteousness, peace and joy. This is the rest or sleep that Psalm 127:2 speaks about when we abide in Him.
We will continue to talk about the state of mind of the sons of God in the next message.
Peace, Love and Grace from the Father,
Calvin Calhoun, Jr.
