Rampant divorce, skyrocketing rates of mental illness, the #MeToo movement, homosexuality, transgenderism – all are the fruit of our hatred of God and our hatred of the fruit of the womb. Tired of confining the fire of sexual passion to the fireplace, we have lighted it in the middle of the house – and now the house is burning down around us. Rather than extolling the glory of sexual chastity and celebrating the wonder of children conceived in wedlock, the culture of death has endeavored to divorce the sexual act from fertility. Our culture of death has not only aborted over 60 million children, but is now making the morning after pill increasingly available to stave off the supposed curse of fertility. Increasingly, however, our broader society tempts us to view children as a burden rather than a blessing.
They received these children with joy and praise.
Joseph obeys the command of the Lord and raises the Christ-child as his own, despising any shame that others would put upon him. Mary welcomes the news of the angel Gabriel that she will bear a child and embraces the social scandal that accompanies her pregnancy. Zacharias and Elizabeth rejoice that now, in Elizabeth’s old age, God has seen fit to give her a son. Hence, our fathers and mothers joyfully received children from God. But Psalm 127 reminds us that even so children are a blessing and reward from God. Is it at times a struggle to bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord? Absolutely. Does it cost to have children? Absolutely. The fruit of the womb is his reward – a treasure far greater than second homes, new cars, expensive toys, or undistracted minds.
“Behold children are a heritage from the Lord, the fruit of the womb is his reward.” Children are a heritage from the Lord – God’s reminder that he intends to bless us and to cause His people to inherit the earth. And it is of this blessing that Psalm 127 teaches us to sing.
BLESSED ARE THE UNDISTRACTED FULL
5Happy is the man who has his quiver full of them They shall not be ashamed, But shall speak with their enemies in the gate.Ĭhristmastide reminds us of the blessing of children. 4Like arrows in the hand of a warrior, So are the children of one’s youth. 3Behold, children are a heritage from the Lord, The fruit of the womb is a reward.
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