【诗127:1】（所罗门上行之诗。）若不是耶和华建造房屋，建造的人就枉然劳力；若不是耶和华看守城池，看守的人就枉然儆醒。【Psalm 127:1】A Song of Ascents. Of Solomon. Unless the Lord builds the house, the builders labour in vain; unless the Lord watches over the city, the guards stand watch in vain.

诗篇127篇把我们带到一个很深的属灵功课：人生有两件事我们一直在做——建造和守护。建造房屋，是建立家庭、事业、服事和教会；看守城池，是保护神所托付的生命、家庭和群体。Psalm 127 brings us into a deep spiritual lesson: there are two things we are constantly doing in life—building and guarding. Building a house means building our family, career, ministry, and church; guarding a city means protecting the lives, families, and communities God has entrusted to us. 神没有叫我们停止劳力，也没有叫我们放弃儆醒，而是要我们在尽本分的时候承认：真正使一切建立并有永恒价值的，不是人的能力，而是耶和华自己。God has not told us to stop labouring, nor has He told us to stop being watchful. Rather, while fulfilling our responsibilities, we are to acknowledge that the One who truly establishes everything and gives it eternal value is not human ability, but the Lord Himself.

我们常常以为，只要更加努力、更加谨慎、计划得更加周密，就能使事情照着自己的意思发展。于是，一边建造，一边害怕失败；一边守护，一边害怕失去；用焦虑代替信靠，用控制代替祷告。We often think that if we simply work harder, become more careful, and plan more thoroughly, we can make things develop according to our own wishes. So while we build, we are afraid of failure; while we guard, we are afraid of loss; we replace trust with anxiety and prayer with control. 人的努力不能取代神，人的儆醒也不能代替神的保守。Human effort cannot replace God, and human vigilance cannot take the place of God’s protection.

这节经文不是叫我们停止努力，而是呼召我们回转：不再把自己的能力当作保障，不再把自己的掌控当作平安。This verse is not telling us to stop making an effort, but calling us to turn back: no longer treating our own ability as our security, and no longer treating our own control as our peace. 我们可以忠心建造，却知道根基在神；可以认真守望，却知道保护来自神；可以计划，却把结果交给神。真正的信心，不是不劳力，而是在劳力中承认：我负责忠心，神掌管结果。We can build faithfully while knowing that the foundation is in God; we can watch carefully while knowing that protection comes from God; we can make plans while entrusting the outcome to God. True faith is not refusing to labour, but acknowledging in the midst of our labour: I am responsible for being faithful; God is sovereign over the outcome.

今天，我们不是为建立自己的名而建造，乃是遵行基督所托付的使命，传扬福音、牧养灵魂、建立教会，成为圣灵居住的所在。Today, we are not building to establish our own name, but to fulfil the mission Christ has entrusted to us—to proclaim the gospel, shepherd souls, build the church, and become a dwelling place for the Holy Spirit. 因此，我们必须谨慎敬畏，更是要让神自己作工。Therefore, we must walk carefully and in reverence, and even more, allow God Himself to work.

我们省察：我是在基督里忠心建造，还是在靠自己的能力建立自己的“房屋”？We examine ourselves: Am I faithfully building in Christ, or am I relying on my own ability to build my own “house”? 我是在信靠神的看守，还是用焦虑和控制代替信心？我的劳苦，是为彰显基督，还是为证明自己？ Am I trusting in God’s protection, or replacing faith with anxiety and control? Is my labour for the purpose of revealing Christ, or proving myself?

祷告 | Prayer

父啊，求祢赦免我常倚靠自己的聪明、能力和努力，以为做得更多、计划得更周密，就能掌控一切。Father, please forgive me for so often relying on my own understanding, ability, and effort, thinking that if I do more and plan more carefully, I can control everything. 求祢使我忠心劳力，却不倚靠自己；尽本分，却不抢夺祢的主权；认真建造，却把结果交在祢手中。求祢亲自建造我的生命、家庭和教会，也亲自看守祢所托付的一切。Please help me labour faithfully without relying on myself; fulfil my responsibilities without taking over Your sovereignty; build diligently while placing the outcome in Your hands. Please personally build my life, my family, and Your church, and personally watch over everything You have entrusted to me.

愿我跟随基督的脚踪，在顺服中建造，在信靠中守望，在等候中安息。May I follow in the footsteps of Christ, building in obedience, watching in trust, and resting while I wait. 愿基督成为我唯一的根基，使我所作的一切不是为建立自己的名，而是为彰显祂的名；不是倚靠自己的力量，而是让祂亲自建造，直到祂的工作成就在我里面。May Christ become my only foundation, so that everything I do is not to make a name for myself, but to reveal His name; not to rely on my own strength, but to let Him Himself build, until His work is accomplished in me. 奉主耶稣基督的名祷告，阿们。In the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, Amen.

(Sister Carol)