Every time we drive by the Barkman House and the Captain
Henderson House I am amazed at how they look. Both were built in the late 1800’s.
Still standing and still beautiful they are proof that the right architect
building a house will help it to keep strength and remain standing for
generations to come. Of course both have been taken well care of, but someone
had to start with a plan. Without an architect with a plan it’s hard to
conceive of anything that will be worth living in.
That is how it is with the life of a believer. Even though
saved, you must still have a plan for your life. Someone has to orchestrate
things so that you are built up correctly and can stand the faith test of time.
There are two major architects in the world today. They are
satan and God. Both are outstanding builders. Both want your business. Both
want to build your house. One wants to lock you in forever, just like a bad
mortgage. The other wants you to freely come and go with no burdens to keep you
stationary.
Whoever you let build your house is the one that will
ultimately decide how you live. The enemy of your soul wants to build the house.
He will showcase all the flaws mistakes guilt chains and locked doors. And yet
even though he builds on your fears and worries and unbelief, you will get all
the blame for the poor workmanship. He won't take responsibility for a thing
even though he will kill steal and destroy everything. All the time he is
building he will tell you about yourself and your home: no good, not enough,
poor quality, reject, impossible, second hand. He will try to build you a false
façade but the interior will be gutted and nothing will be there to keep you
safe and warm throughout your lifetime.
If God builds the house, there is an entirely different
outcome. He begins with the Perfect
Plan, which is His Word. His tools are the Truth of His Word. He builds your
interior first by giving you a Savior.
Jesus changes everything. Then He gives you His architectural book, He
hides nothing from you. He shows you how your home will be solid as though
built on the Rock. Every room will be
pristine for you are washed in the blood of the lamb. He will guide you into a home full of joy and
peace. He will talk to you along the way and remind you that He has made all
things new, including you. Perfected, gifted, strong, courageous, invincible,
first run. His workmanship will stand the test of your time on earth. And as He
is the finest builder in heaven or earth, He will get all the glory. You won’t
care that He gets the glory because you know that without the Master Architect
you would be nothing.
I don't know about you but I'd rather choose to give God all
the glory knowing that His ways are most magnificent. It’s hard sometimes
because we are human. We like to take matters into our own hands and do our own
choosing. But when we let God choose for us and work through us He creates a
masterpiece that will show forth the praises of Himself, for He brings us out
of darkness and into the light of His glory and grace.
Oh beloved, maybe you’ve been building on a poor foundation.
You may have been trying to build your own house but all your co-workers have
left you high and dry. Things are about to fall in. You have been crying in the
mess, but it’s time to cry out to the Only One who can fix the foundation,
redeem the plan and renew the interior. Jesus will come and together with God
the Father and the Holy Spirit, they will work as a team to set your home in
order. Your life will be polished with His Word and you will shine God’s glory
for the world to see. Others will come in and out of your life to be blessed by
the workmanship and you will share that God came in and changed everything.
What is breaking your heart right now will be remodeled so that you can live
safe and warm with the Lord no matter what.
God loves you and He’s for you and that’s why He will come
and help in whatever situation. He will let you know Him like a best friend. He
will care for you like a Father. And He will build on the foundation that no
man can destroy. Rejoice and let Him start building again as you live in the
Light of His Word.
Matthew 7:25 And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the
winds blew and slammed against that house; and yet it did not fall, for it had
been founded on the rock.
Isaiah 28:16 Therefore, this is what the Sovereign Lord
says: “Look! I am placing a foundation stone in Jerusalem, a firm and tested
stone. It is a precious cornerstone that is safe to build on. Whoever believes
need never be shaken.
Ephesians 2:10 For we are His workmanship, created in Christ
Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand so that we would walk in
them.
Colossians 1:11-13 We also pray that you will be
strengthened with all His glorious power so you will have all the endurance and
patience you need. May you be filled with joy, always thanking the Father. He
has enabled you to share in the inheritance that belongs to His people, who live
in the light. For He has rescued us from the kingdom of darkness and
transferred us into the Kingdom of His dear Son. NLT
1 Peter 2:5 you also, as living stones, are being built up
as a spiritual house for a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices
acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.
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