Psalm 127
June 28, 2026
preached by Paul Jeon
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Time of Reflection Quotations

“Trust thyself […] Nothing can bring you peace but yourself.”

~ Ralph Waldo Emerson, American writer and philosopher, in “Self-Reliance”

“I am the master of my fate, I am the captain of my soul.”

~ William Ernest Henley, English poet and writer, in “Invictus”

“I have got so much to do and life is so short, I am going to hustle.”

~ Thomas Edison, American inventor

“The opportunity cost of going to sleep is too high. If you go to sleep, you won’t be with your 20 AI coding agents.”

~ Marc Andressen, American venture capitalist and entrepreneur

“The best cure for insomnia is to get a lot of sleep.”

~ W.C. Fields, American actor and comedian

“Sleep is a parable that God is God and we are mere men. God handles the world quite nicely while a hemisphere sleeps. Sleep is like a broken record that comes around with the same message every day: Man is not sovereign. Man is not sovereign. Man is not sovereign.”

~ John Piper, American Baptist pastor and theologian

“We are able to have children because our hope is in God, who makes it possible to do the absurd thing of having children. In a world of such terrible injustice, in a world of such terrible misery, in a world that may well be about the killing of our children, having children is an extraordinary act of faith and hope. But as Christians we can have hope in the God who urges us to welcome children.”

“Christians, single and married, are parents. ‘Parent’ names an office of the Christian community that everyone in the community is expected faithfully to fulfill. […] God has not willed the church to be reproduced through biology but through witness and conversion.”

~ Stanley Hauerwas, American theologian and Christian ethicist

Sermon Passage

Psalm 127 (ESV), Psalm 127:1-2 (NLT)

Psalm 127 (ESV)

A Song of Ascents. Of Solomon.
1 Unless the LORD builds the house, those who build it labor in vain. Unless the LORD watches over the city, the watchman stays awake in vain. 2 It is in vain that you rise up early and go late to rest, eating the bread of anxious toil; for he gives to his beloved sleep.

3 Behold, children are a heritage from the LORD, the fruit of the womb a reward. 4 Like arrows in the hand of a warrior are the children of one’s youth. 5 Blessed is the man who fills his quiver with them! He shall not be put to shame when he speaks with his enemies in the gate.

Psalm 127:1-2 (NLT)

1 Unless the LORD builds a house, the work of the builders is wasted. Unless the LORD protects a city, guarding it with sentries will do no good. 2 It is useless for you to work so hard from early morning until late at night, anxiously working for food to eat; for God gives rest to his loved ones.