Here are a few truths to guide us as we build our lives:
1. “The earth is the Lord’s, and all its fullness,
The world and those who dwell therein – Psalm 24:1-2
Everything is the Lord’s. We must consult with the Lord before building anything. He owns all the property and building resources. Having our way with His stuff is stealing.
2. “So this is what the Lord God says: “Behold, I lay in Zion a stone, a tried stone, a precious cornerstone, a sure foundation.” - Isaiah 28:16
Praise God for providing a sure foundation! There is a secure foundation that can be built upon with confidence. Rejecting this foundation leads to destruction.
3. “For no one can lay any foundation other than the one we already have, Jesus Christ” – 1 Cor 3:10
There is NO other foundation to build upon. Jesus is the precious cornerstone. All other ground is sinking sand.
4. “Unless the Lord builds the house, those who build it labor in vain.” – Psalm 127:1
The Lord is building a house on Jesus Christ, the foundation that He has laid. We are unable to build a lasting house, for God or for ourselves, in our own strength.
5. “He has promised, saying, “Yet once more I shake not only the earth, but also heaven.” Now this, “Yet once more,” indicates the removal of those things that are being shaken, as of things that are made, that the things which cannot be shaken may remain.” – Hebrews 12:26-27
Our God is a consuming fire. Everything we have built will be tested by Him.
Paul reminds us,
“According to the grace of God given to me, like a skilled master builder I laid a foundation, and someone else is building upon it. Let each one take care how he builds upon it. For no one can lay a foundation other than that which is laid, which is Jesus Christ. Now if anyone builds on the foundation with gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, straw— each one's work will become manifest, for the Day will disclose it, because it will be revealed by fire, and the fire will test what sort of work each one has done. If the work that anyone has built on the foundation survives, he will receive a reward. 15 If anyone's work is burned up, he will suffer loss, though he himself will be saved, but only as through fire.” – 1 Cor 3:10-14
What are we building now that will remain?
In Christ,
—Roger Garrison
