Unless the Lord builds the house, those who build it labor in vain. Unless the Lord guards the city, the guard keeps watch in vain.
It is in vain that you rise up early and go late to rest, eating the bread of anxious toil; for he gives sleep to his beloved.
(Psalm 127:1-2, NRSV)
Unless the Lord does it, it is in vain…
For everything done in the Lord is done for the right reasons and not for personal gain.
So unless the Lord is in it, it will not prosper. It may at first appear to be good, but then it will all be for not, for unless the Lord is in it, it is in vain!
