With two preschoolers in my house, there are plenty of building projects happening each week. Our kids are building forts out of blankets and pillows, houses out of blocks, and masterpieces with crayons and stickers. Each room is it’s own mini-construction site managed by the imaginations of our kids.
As we mature our desire to build doesn’t fade away, it simply morphs into building up different areas of our lives. Middle schools begin to build friendships, high schoolers build dating relationships, college students begin building their careers, and young adults begin building their families. Add in building up our bank accounts, reputations, marketability, and personal disciplines and you can see why people start noticing grey hair in their thirties!
Everyone is building something. Our human nature craves creating, building, working, and producing. Whether with our relationships, jobs, families, or hobbies, we wake up knowing that our daily to-do list awaits.
This desire to create and build is a God-given attribute. Creating sets humanity apart from the rest of God’s creation and it reflects the nature of God in us.
In Matthew 7:24-27 Jesus closes out the Sermon on the Mount – one of the greatest teaching sessions of His ministry – by saying these words:
“Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock. The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because it had its foundation on the rock. But everyone who hears these words of mine and does not put them into practice is like a foolish man who built his house on sand. The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell with a great crash.” – Matthew 7:24-27
Jesus give this beautiful description of what it means to wisely build one’s life. Wise builders are those who understand Jesus’ teachings AND apply them to their daily lives.
Building your life, job, family, or relationship without an understanding and practice God’s Word leads to a shaky foundation – and potentially a crash – when hard times hit.
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Have you seen this play out in your life before? Has their been an area of life where you failed to seek out Jesus and it ultimately led to the inevitable crash of what you were building? We see this all the time in relationships and careers don’t we?
Now What?
There is no way for me to know what aspects of life you are focusing on this week, but my question for you is simple. Are you spending time reading, hearing, understanding, and practicing God’s Word? If so, you are operating as a wise builder. If not, the foundation of what you are building may not be as strong as you think it is.
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