1 Corinthians 3:16 Know ye not that ye are the temple of
God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you? 17 If any man defile the
temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which
temple ye are.
18 Let no man deceive himself. If any man among you
seemeth to be wise in this world, let him become a fool, that he may be wise.
19 For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, He
taketh the wise in their own craftiness. 20 And again, The Lord knoweth the
thoughts of the wise, that they are vain.
Our schools and colleges are filled with highly educated
people who believe Christians are fools and idiots. They invent new ways to explain their
universe without any proof whatsoever. Every
time science has caught up to the Bible’s claims and can absolutely prove or
disprove a Biblical truth it has always PROVED the Bible truth. The Word of God is perfect and true. Scientists have taken on the deepest meanings
of the universe and have called theories truth.
Without any proof they have even managed to pass laws to force everyone
to accept their agreed upon wildly imaginative ideas.
Except the Lord build any house, the work is being done in
vain. It really doesn’t matter if
another way of living offers long life and wealth, the final truth is that God
will send that life to eternal damnation for living against His purpose.
Foundation (1
Corinthians 3:10-11)
10 According to the grace of God which is given unto me,
as a wise masterbuilder, I have laid the foundation, and another buildeth
thereon. But let every man take heed how he buildeth thereupon. 11 For other
foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ.
No other foundation can be laid than Jesus. Today someone has killed and wounded several
people in Boston, this happens all around the world, usually in the name of religion.
A religion based on hate and violence will always cause the people in it
to be unstable and off balance. Our Lord
came so we might have life and have it more abundantly. Satan came to kill, steal and destroy. Which foundation will you build your life
upon? Will you allow anger and rage to
steal your future and keep you off balance or will you release the hatred and
anger and allow the peace of God to preserve you?
Paul says he laid the foundation but what he means here is
he laid the understanding of who the foundation is. Jesus laid the foundation when he died for us
and rose again. A pastor in Minnesota
recently said that Jesus was mistaken when he taught against same sex
marriage. He actually said that if Jesus
were still here he would say, “I made a mistake.” This statement goes completely against
scripture (Leviticus 20:13). John 1
says, “1 In the beginning was the Word,
and the Word was with God, and the Word WAS God. 2 The same was in the
beginning with God. 3 All things were made through him; and without him was not
anything made that hath been made. 4 In him was life; and the life was the
light of men.
In other words, “Jesus is the Word of God made flesh and dwelt
among us.” To deny scripture is to deny
Himself. To say He could have made a
mistake about homosexuality means he would have to deny his deity. God is His Word. Jesus is the Word of God made flesh. They are not like each other; they are one. Is Jesus your foundation? If not it doesn’t matter what I say
next. If Jesus is your foundation and
you believe the Bible that He is the Word of God and God incarnate then please continue.
Earthquake Straps
(Hebrews 4)
14 Seeing then that we have a great high priest, that is
passed into the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our profession.
15 For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of
our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin.
Houses built in California have earthquake straps. These steel straps are embedded in the
concrete of the foundation and become a part of it. The other ends are attached to the sill plate
or sole plate which is a large piece of the building framework that everything from
there up is attached to. The earthquake
straps make sure a building will not shake off its foundation and slide down a
hill. The foundation is dug down to
solid rock and in our case our foundation is the Rock Christ Jesus. Without this attachment a building is just a
house of cards waiting for a strong wind or minor earthquake to knock it off
its foundation.
Jesus is our foundation.
Our earthquake straps come in many styles from the Holy Spirit to faith
to prayer and fasting. All these things
serve to connect us to the great foundation and make us secure and solid. If you remove too many earthquake straps it
leaves you too weak to hold onto the foundation.
Hebrews 12 says, “25
See that ye refuse not him that speaketh. For if they escaped not who refused
him that spake on earth, much more shall not we escape, if we turn away from
him that speaketh from heaven: 26 Whose voice then shook the earth: but now he
hath promised, saying, Yet once more I shake not the earth only, but also heaven.
27 And this word, Yet once more,
signifieth the removing of those things that are shaken, as of things that are
made, that those things which cannot be shaken may remain. 28 Wherefore we receiving a kingdom which
cannot be moved, let us have grace, whereby we may serve God acceptably with
reverence and godly fear: 29 For our God is a consuming fire.”
We must expect to be shaken and tested in our faith and
dedication to God. He wants us to be
strong and very courageous (Joshua 1) and this strength comes only from great
trials and afflictions. Once we are
certain to remain after these difficult days God can begin to build upon the
foundation that is laid and the sill plate that is attached to it. The soul plate is the interface between God
and us and must be strong enough to hold no matter what forces come against it.
Framing &
Backbone (Isaiah 28)
10 For precept must be upon precept, precept upon
precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little: 11
For with stammering lips and another tongue will he speak to this people. 12 To
whom he said, This is the rest wherewith ye may cause the weary to rest; and
this is the refreshing: yet they would not hear. 13 But the word of the Lord was unto them precept upon precept,
precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there
a little; that they might go, and fall backward, and be broken, and snared, and
taken.
God is the wise master builder and if we trust wholly in Him
He will make sure our house is strong and well designed. We must know that we have enough room for all
the work God has planned and that He will have parts of the house we do not yet
have a use for. Left to our own devices
we may build a house that is perfectly suited to life on Earth and not suited
at all to the life God has chosen for us.
Whom do you seek when choosing the size and dimensions of
your home? If your foundation is Christ,
it should fit that foundation perfectly, neither larger nor smaller than
it. In California homes are usually
built as ‘slab homes.’ They dig a
shallow trench in the desert sand some three feet deep and two to three feet
wide. This trench will become the
foundation footings which oddly enough rests upon sand. The builder will mark where the kitchen and
bathrooms are to be and place pipes in those places for drainage and water
supplies. These are placed in shallow
trenches, usually less than six inches so if there is ever a problem you can
break up the floor in the house and find it buried there rather than sealed
within the concrete.
Such homes are extremely susceptible to earthquakes and so
the straps between the footings and wooden structure above are quite important
to the strength of the structure. If
cracks from earthquakes appear in the foundation it will carry up through the
structure. It is not unusual for a crack
to begin at the ground and work its way up even into the second floor. Because of earthquakes these homes have heavy
plywood or steel braces installed in strategic places to strengthen the
structure to withstand any shaking or wind loads.
God sees your life from beginning to end in a moment. Perhaps there will be a strong wind at
fourteen or fifteen to experiment with illicit sex, drugs or alcohol. What in the connection between foundation and
framework will prevent these temptations from weakening your life, your
structure? As a youth you think the
entire world is a single level home with a few rooms but what of the additional
stories God planned for your future?
What if disease, heartache and sorrow have compromised your ability to
trust God because of your weak hold earlier in life? I’ve seen young girls have several children
by several men and when they finally meet that man of their dreams he is forced
to accept that burden or look elsewhere.
In cases like this I have even heard women say, “If he were
a real man he would accept me as I am.”
Nonsense. He lived by God’s rules
and came to you holy and you offer him seconds?
Perhaps it is the woman who lived holy and upright and presented herself
a virgin only to have fallen in love with someone carrying a steamer trunk of
baggage. We have heard the excuses for
so long that we consider them normal. “You
have no right to judge me,” we say while expecting them to accept our lifestyle
as holy. This is antichrist. To be sure, Jesus will forgive us our sins
and redeem our souls but at what cost?
Beside the cost of His sinless life we have twisted the structure of our
life all out of useful shape. In a case
like this we will require a complete remodel before God can once again begin to
build us up into the ministry and life He originally planned.
I have often wondered over the years why so many new
Christians went through such hell before God could use them. At first I attributed it to the fallen nature
of this world and Satan’s actions. Now I
believe that much of these trials are not punishment at all but a loving God
trying to break old and twisted boards and shaping them into useful building
materials (Hebrews 12:11-13, Luke 20:18).
God does not offer us shortcuts.
I have seen those who walked hand in hand with Him since a child and
their walk has been tested but not broken up and remade. You can do the right things in life and while
you will go through trials to build your spiritual strength, they will not be
the life crushing trials of a complete remodel.
God will indeed use you in spite of your flaws, but those
who would be truly great in the house of God must have those flaws rebuilt into
strengths. My late Apostle once told me
he had to stop being a street fighter because he actually began to enjoy the
pain he inflicted on others. By the time
he went home to be with Jesus he had endured years of pain at the hands and
tongues of others until he learned to love everyone, no matter how twisted they
were. It was this willingness to endure
the remodel that made him a great rescuer of lost talents. He pulled drug addicts, gang bangers,
whoremongers, adulterers and criminals out of the hands of Satan and inspired
them to become Pastors, Apostles, Teachers, Evangelists and lovers of
righteousness. I can only hope to attain
a portion of that structure in my life.
Window Framing &
Installation (Matthew 6)
19 Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where
moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal: 20 But
lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth
corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal: 21 For where your
treasure is, there will your heart be also. 22 The light of the body is the
eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light.
23 But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness. If
therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is that darkness! 24
No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the
other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve
God and mammon.
Cicero is one of the first quoted who said, “Your eyes are
the windows of the soul.” It has been
said by poets and in proverbs over the centuries. God said that your eye should be single
(focused only in the direction of God).
In God’s opinion the eye is a window that either lets in light or
darkness. I have been in a house with
windows all around but no curtains. In
the darkness they appear as windows into the abyss of darkness. You cannot see past them into the night and
yet all evil can see in to your life.
If our eyes are focused on God alone we will see well and
never stumble (John 9:4-5). Jesus is our
light and lights our path. Psalm 119:105
says, “Jesus is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path.” Totally off the subject here but Psalm 119:11
says, “I have hidden Jesus in my heart so I might not sin against thee.” With Jesus hidden within and Jesus our focus
without we will not sin against God. So
what do we have to do to obtain this clarity of purpose and holiness?
Choose what you will see.
In a house you can place windows in whatever direction you choose. That means you can set them on the south side
facing the nudist camp or on the east side facing the rising sun or on the
north side facing the Old North Church.
You choose where your window will face.
There would be no problem with pornography or lust if our eyes were
single and focused on God. In addition
to where you look, what you choose to see is up to you as well. If you choose to see the look of contempt on
someone’s face you may not be willing to work with them. If you only see a wounded soul however you
may be willing to help them. Where you
look and what you see are all up to you.
Exterior
Waterproofing Siding & Roof (Ephesians 6)
11 Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to
stand against the wiles of the devil. 12 For we wrestle not against flesh and
blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the
darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places. 13
Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand
in the evil day, and having done all, to stand. 14 Stand therefore, having your
loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness; 15
And your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace; 16 Above all,
taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery
darts of the wicked. 17 And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the
Spirit, which is the word of God:
How do you present yourself to those around you? Do you accurately represent Jesus or someone
else? The interior and exterior of a
home say a lot about us. A home’s
exterior keeps out rodents and foul weather.
Your exterior must be strong enough to stand against the rude and
hurtful people you are bound to run into.
It must also be attractive enough to be welcoming and draw in lost
souls. Jaded and angry saints are not
attractive. One truth of life in Christ
is that you will be hurt. We are sent to
help the lost and lost people are hurt people.
Hurt people hurt others in return.
We must be willing to endure that rudeness or disrespect and offer grace
and mercy in return.
God’s Word is sufficient to strengthen you if you will let
it. Let’s consider the armor
briefly. If someone is calling you a
loser and telling you that you will never amount to anything but the Word of
God says you are fearfully and wonderfully made, who are you going to
believe. God’s Word is the truth. The truth will make you free. Keep that belt on. All the faith in the world will not make you
look good if your life is a mess and God does not have the freedom to make
changes in it. Fill your heart with the
righteousness of God and let your own feelings go. They are fickle anyway and will fail
you. Satan will bruise your heel while
you can bruise his head. Have you ever
tried to walk with a bruised heel? It is
uncomfortable and makes you clumsy. If
your feet are shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace you will not
walk against those around you or have feet swift to shed blood. Your steps will be sure, your direction will
be absolute and your path will be lit by the Savior within. You can never get lost. There will be times when Satan will attack
you directly. His desire is to catch you
without your breastplate and not paying attention. If he can slip in and stab you with a lie or
half truth he can make you fall. Your
shield of faith must be guided by your strong arm. Just carrying it is not enough. Faith requires an action on your part. You must direct your faith and stand on it to
succeed. Faith will smash through the
enemy but requires follow-through of the whole body to continue moving. Faith requires movement. Finally, have your helmet of salvation to
keep out the principalities and powers in heavenly places. They may slip past your shield from time to
time but they cannot overcome your helmet of salvation. This is how the walls of your house must be
built. They are the walls of your
church, your home, your life and the entire body of Christ. They apply equally to all of these. Make absolutely sure that you have the sword
of the Spirit so you can drive back the enemy who attacks your house. Whenever Jesus told Satan, “It is written,”
He was using the sword against him.
Jesus was defending His physical and spiritual house.
Plumbing Installation (Jeremiah 2:13; John
4:10, 7:37)
13 For my people have committed two evils; they have
forsaken me the fountain of living waters, and hewed them out cisterns, broken
cisterns, that can hold no water.
10 Jesus answered and said unto her, If thou knewest the
gift of God, and who it is that saith to thee, Give me to drink; thou wouldest
have asked of him, and he would have given thee living water. 11 The woman
saith unto him, Sir, thou hast nothing to draw with, and the well is deep: from
whence then hast thou that living water? 12 Art thou greater than our father
Jacob, which gave us the well, and drank thereof himself, and his children, and
his cattle? 13 Jesus answered and said unto her, Whosoever drinketh of this
water shall thirst again: 14 But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall
give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in
him a well of water springing up into everlasting life
37 In the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus
stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink. 38
He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall
flow rivers of living water. 39 (But this spake he of the Spirit, which they
that believe on him should receive: for the Holy Ghost was not yet given;
because that Jesus was not yet glorified.
Every home needs plumbing.
The water of the Spirit is there to cleanse us and refresh us. It washes away the dirt that Satan has tried
so hard to cover us in. It wakes us up
and is available for us to pour into the lives of those who come to our house
for comfort. Scripture says that if
anyone gives a drink of water to a prophet in the name of the prophet he shall
receive a prophet’s reward. Make sure
the plumbing of your home is always working well, that there are no sin caused
breaks in the pipes, that no backsliding winter cold has caused them to freeze
up and crack. Let the warmth of the love
of God keep the water pure and flowing.
Electrical Wiring (Ephesians 4; 2 Timothy 2)
22 That ye put off concerning the former conversation the
old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts; 23 And be renewed
in the spirit of your mind; 24 And that ye put on the new man, which after God
is created in righteousness and true holiness.
14 Of these things put them in remembrance, charging them
before the Lord that they strive not about words to no profit, but to the
subverting of the hearers. 15 Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a
workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth. 16
But shun profane and vain babblings: for they will increase unto more
ungodliness. 17 And their word will eat as doth a canker:
Our minds can only function as well as our understanding of
the Word of God. Your thoughts without
scriptural training are like a house with overloaded wiring and dangerous
shorts. Untrained saints get short with
others and overheated and angry with the lost.
The sweet flow of the Word of God is required to make your natural
responses the same as your spiritual responses.
When I hear a saint of God telling me that they don’t have to put up
with something I know they have not been spending time in the Word of God.
Notice it says in verse 16 above to shun profane and vain
babblings. Do you know those
people? Are there people in your life
whose words are eating holes in the walls of your house like overloaded
wiring? Those overloads to your life
must be cut off and removed. They will
destroy your thoughts and fill you with anxiety and grief. Remove them and allow your heart to be
renewed by the Word of God. Perhaps when
you are strong enough you can finally allow them close and be able to influence
THEM instead of the other way around.
Insulation (Joshua 1; Luke 8)
3 Every place that the sole of your foot shall tread
upon, to you have I given it, as I spake unto Moses. 4 From the wilderness, and
this Lebanon, even unto the great river, the river Euphrates, all the land of
the Hittites, and unto the great sea toward the going down of the sun, shall be
your border. 5 There shall not any man be able to stand before thee all the
days of thy life. as I was with Moses, so I will be with thee; I will not fail
thee, nor forsake thee. 6 Be strong and of good courage; for thou shalt cause
this people to inherit the land which I sware unto their fathers to give them.
7 Only be strong and very courageous, to observe to do according to all the
law, which Moses my servant commanded thee: turn not from it to the right hand
or to the left, that thou mayest have good success whithersoever thou goest. 8
This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth, but thou shalt meditate
thereon day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is
written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou
shalt have good success. 9 Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of good
courage; be not affrighted, neither be thou dismayed: for Jehovah thy God is
with thee whithersoever thou goest.
49 While he yet spake, there cometh one from the ruler of
the synagogue's house, saying to him, Thy daughter is dead; trouble not the
Master. 50 But when Jesus heard it, he answered him, saying, Fear not: believe
only, and she shall be made whole.
Insulation is what keeps the temperature within the house
constant. It allows you to hear bad news
and angry people without losing your calm.
The greatest insulation is faith.
Faith fills the voids in our vigilance and reminds us that God is in
control when gale winds are howling outside.
Faith lowers the exterior sounds of sin, anger and temptation to
manageable levels and allows us to keep our peace. Faith can be mixed with hope by using
experience to stir and the two together will become a highly effectual insulation. In some ways the outside walls insulate but
the more you study, pray and walk before God the thicker your insulation
becomes. The best insulation will
protect you from harm and yet allow your heart to be tender enough to still
experience the hurts of those outside.
You will care for them and still be safe when you expose your heart.
Interior Walls (Matthew 12)
43-- When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he
walketh through dry places, seeking rest, and findeth none. 44 Then he saith, I
will return into my house from whence I came out; and when he is come, he
findeth it empty, swept, and garnished. 45 Then goeth he, and taketh with
himself seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and they enter in and
dwell there: and the last state of that man is worse than the first. Even so
shall it be also unto this wicked generation.
Once your insulation is complete and protecting you from the
extremes of weather, you must cover the walls inside the house. How you paint your walls determines your mood
and outlook toward others. If you live
in a home with black or blood red walls and dreary paintings your outlook will
probably be dark and dreary. You should
paint your interior walls with the bright colors of good self-esteem and
generosity. You can hang curtains that
allow plenty of light in and when you walk through a dark and dreary place
allow your interior light to shine out.
Satan will often try to decorate your interior with dirty floors and
disease polluted walls. Leprosy can get
into walls if you aren’t careful to keep your windows clean and the front door
guarded. If this happens, God must strip
out all the old walls and completely redecorate. The process is expensive and painful. I recommend seeking His help decorating and
avoid having to do it over.
Finish Electrical (Romans 8)
11 But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the
dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken
your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you. 12 Therefore, brethren,
we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live after the flesh. 13 For if ye live
after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the
deeds of the body, ye shall live. 14 For as many as are led by the Spirit of
God, they are the sons of God. 15 For ye have not received the spirit of
bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we
cry, Abba, Father.
There is nothing Satan likes better than leaving dark spots
inside our homes where the light and glory of Jesus has not been given free
reign. Jesus wants nothing more than to
enter into our hearts and hang lights everywhere. According to Matthew 6:23 above it is
possible to have our windows darkened to where the light of Christ cannot enter
in and set us free. If your outlook
(window) is darkened, it takes a strong internal light to drive the darkness
from you. I recommend you fill your
house with scriptural lamps and doctrinal fires. Make sure it is a cheerful place so all those
without can see the cheery lights and fires burning in your hearth and
heart.
The artist Thomas Kincaid was famous for his paintings of
homes filled with the light of God. Look
up some of his works online and consider what your own life might be like if
you had such inner lights shining through your eyes and actions. You might even choose to make those lights
brighter so you can draw those lost in darkness to the light they see coming
from you.
Looking in the mirror right now can you see it? Can you see the light of God or the shadows
of fear and darkness when you look in your eyes? Perhaps you aren’t the most sensitive person
in the world. Don’t be embarrassed. Many people aren’t. Some saints have been so abused before coming
to Jesus that they cannot maintain a bright light for any length of time. It’s okay.
You can improve if you press toward that goal and fill your house with
lights. Every lesson on love and every
moment praying for others will add another light to the inner rooms of your
house.
It’s not an instant thing that comes from the salvation
experience. Jesus’ love is shed abroad
in your heart by the Holy Spirit and in that moment you might even be
frightened by the change in your feelings.
If we allow Him to have His way in our life and continue to add to the
light of change He will eventually drive out all the islands of darkness in our
thoughts and dreams. I would like to say
this conversion is easy but the more pain and suffering you have been through
before Jesus came the more time and effort it will take to add light. One very important and positive fact remains
though. The darker and more painful your
past the more powerful and life changing the work of the Holy Spirit will be in
your future.
And the Floods came. And the winds blew. (Matthew 7)
24 Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and
doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a
rock: 25 And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and
beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock. 26 And
every one that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them not, shall be
likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand: 27 And the
rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that
house; and it fell: and great was the fall of it.
Jesus came that you might have life and have it more
abundantly. What is life? Do you know?
Is life the abundance of cars, houses and land? What does an abundant life mean to you? I suppose the first thing is whether you can
see past your reflection in the mirror and into the realm where God
dwells. God is a Spirit and they who
worship Him must worship Him in Spirit and in Truth. Scripture says that if we die to the flesh we
will live in the Spirit. Real safety
from the storms comes from trusting God on every level and not to struggle so
much in this present realm. If God chose
to keep you in apparent poverty and yet your day to day needs were met, aren’t
you living in abundance? Millions around
the world go to bed hungry and yet if we will but trust God He will make sure
we have our daily bread.
Let’s look at that for a moment. Matthew 6:9 says, “Our Father which is in
Heaven, hallowed be your name. Your
kingdom come. Your will be done; on
Earth as it is in Heaven. Give us day by
day our daily bread and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who
trespass against us, and lead us not into temptation but deliver us from
evil. For thine is the kingdom, and the
power and the glory for ever. Amen. Can you really see the heavenly host struggling
over food or a place to call home?
No. They walk in certainty of the
love and care of God and so should we.
We need not fear and we need not ever doubt the love of God
in our lives. When the winds of
adversity and the flood of worldly oppression come against us we will continue
to remain unmoved because we are attached to and standing upon the Rock of
Ages!
And The House Stood! (Luke 6:48)
48 he is like a man building a house, who digged and went
deep, and laid a foundation upon the rock: and when a flood arose, the stream
brake against that house, and could not shake it: because it had been well
builded. 49 But he that heareth, and doeth not, is like a man that built a
house upon the earth without a foundation; against which the stream brake, and
straightway it fell in; and the ruin of that house was great.
I was thinking about the man in Florida who thought he was
safe at home when the ground opened up under him and swallowed him whole. The
foundation of his home failed and broke, carrying him away. The home was a slab home but did not have
enough strength in the slab to bridge the opening. A properly reinforced slab would have bridged
the space with steel rebar holding it all together. The fact that the walls stood and the floor
did not showed a terrible flaw in the construction. Had they built it more strongly it would have
held his weight. That terrible accident
was a reminded of what happens when we do not build upon a strong
foundation.
Jesus is a strong foundation. He will never let the floor drop out beneath
us. His great strength will anchor our
souls and give strong purchase for us to build our lives upon. Beloved, learn
to build the way God has ordained. Never
let the stresses and trials of life force you into shortcuts. His strength will overcome all the tricks of
the Devil.
Bishop J
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