day no. 14,866: that which lasts

Psalm 90:16-17
Let your work be shown to your servants,
and your glorious power to their children.
Let the favor of the Lord our God be upon us,
and establish the work of our hands upon us;
yes, establish the work of our hands!

All of us are by nature children of wrath. When God by grace through the gift of faith made us His children and adopted us into His family bearing His Son's image and having His last name, He made manifest to us His work on our behalf. He revealed to us what He had been working in previously unbeknownst to us. His Spirit unveiled our eyes to see what was already true: God had been at work all along.

This revelation is not for our eyes only, but for our children. The power of God is observed by our children when we work out what God has worked in. His power and presence in our present tense gives hope for our children's futures.

All of our hard work in raising and releasing our children can only be established by the favor and grace of God.

If He does not establish it, how could it last?
If He establishes it, how could it ever fail?