ARE YOU STRUGGLING TO WORK SOMETHING OUT OVER AND OVER AGAIN ONLY TO FIND A CONSTANT DISAPPOINTMENT WITH WHAT YOU ARE INVESTING IN OR TRYING TO REPAIR? WHETHER IT IS A RELATIONSHIP, A MARRIAGE, A FAMILY SITUATION, FINANCIAL OR EVEN A FRIENDSHIP. BY GOD'S REVELATION KNOWLEDGE; IT WAS SPOKEN TO ME THAT SOME SITUATIONS NEED A NEW FOUNDATION.
FOR EXAMPLE: I WAS DATING SOMEONE AND I WAS INVESTING ALOT OF MY TIME ENERGY AND INTERESTS IN THAT RELATIONSHIP. NOTHING THAT I DID WORKED. I MEAN I PRAYED AND FASTED, BUT NOTHING CHANGED. IN FACT THINGS GOT WORSE. ONE DAY I PLEADED WITH GOD THAT HE GIVE ME HIS BLESSINGS ON THIS RELATIONSHIP AND GOD SPOKE TO ME AS CLEAR AS A BELL. HOW CAN TWO WALK TOGETHER UNLESS THEY AGREE. WHEW!!! NOW THAT IS ANOTHER SUBJECT I MAY WRITE ON LATER, BUT THE FACT THAT THE FOUNDATION TO THAT RELATIONSHIP WAS BAD IS WHAT GOD WANTED ME TO SEE. THE GUY STARTED OUT LYING ABOUT THINGS AND IT WAS ABOUT A YEAR BEFORE I KNEW THAT HE WAS LYING. SO NO MATTER HOW MUCH I PRAYED, GOD NEVER GAVE ME A RELEASE TO MARRY THIS MAN. THE FOUNDATION NEEDED TO CHANGE.
I KNEW THIS BUILDER WHO WAS A FOURTH GENERATION CARPENTER. THIS GUY WAS REALLY, REALLY GOOD. THIS FAMILY HAD WANTED HIM TO DO SOME WORK FOR THEM, BECAUSE THEY HAD HEARD HOW AWESOME HE WAS. WHEN HE TOOK A LOOK AT THE MAJOR REPAIRS THAT THEY NEEDED HIM TO DO; HE NEVER MADE MENTION ABOUT ANY OF THE WORK. AS HE WALKED AWAY TO LEAVE THE COUPLE WALKED OUT WITH HIM. THE WIFE STATED, "WELL SIR WHAT DO YOU THINK?"
HE SAID "ABOUT WHAT?" SHE SAID, "YOU KNOW, THE WORK THAT WE JUST SHOWED YOU." HE SAID, "I DON'T THINK ANYTHING." THE LADY WAS SHOCKED BECAUSE OF ALL THE RAVE REVIEWS THAT SHE HAD HEARD ABOUT HIM. SO SHE PROBED A LITTLE FURTHER. "WHAT DO YOU MEAN?" THE MASTER CARPENTER SAID, "LADY I CAN'T DO ANY WORK HERE; UNLESS YOU FIX YOUR FOUNDATION." HE TOLD HER, "NO MATTER HOW BEAUTIFUL A JOB I WOULD DO HERE FOR YOU; IT WON'T LAST AND I DON'T RECOMMEND THAT YOU FIX THE INSIDES UNLESS YOU FIX THIS FOUNDATION."
That is very important, beloved. A foundation, of course, is always important, important for the building. For the foundation in many respects determines the superstructure that must be built on it. It stands to reason that the foundation already determines the size and the strength and the shape of the superstructure. You cannot build a palatial edifice on a flimsy foundation, say, of twenty-by-twenty. You cannot build a perfectly square edifice on an oblong foundation. You cannot build a skyscraper on a foundation that is intended for a garage. The strength and the size and the shape of the foundation already determine the superstructure. For that reason, when the superstructure is planned, the foundation must be planned.
NEEDLESS TO SAY THERE ARE SOME OF YOU THAT ARE TRYING TO START OVER, BUILDING YOUR MARRIAGES, RELATIONSHIPS, FRIENDSHIPS, FAMILY MATTERS OR EVEN YOUR BUSINESSES ON A FOUNDATION THAT HAS BEEN COMPROMISED. THERE ARE SITUATIONS THAT HAVE NEVER CHANGED IN YOUR LIFETIME. WHATEVER THE SITUATION IS; NO MATTER HOW HARD YOU TRY, AND HOW HARD YOU PRAY NOTHING HAS EVER GOTTEN BETTER. YOU HAVE POURED COUNTLESS AMOUNTS OF YOUR TIME, CONCERNS AND EVEN RESOURCES INTO IT; ONLY TO FIND DEFEAT.
GOD SAYS IT'S TIME TO REBUILD; BUT NOT ON THAT SAME FOUNDATION. START OVER WITH JESUS. START WITH TRUTH. BRING EVERYTHING OUT IN THE OPENING AND BE HONEST. ONLY GOD CAN BUILD A HOUSE. THE SCRIPTURE SAYS IN:
Psalms 127:1 Except the LORD build the house, they labor in vain that build it...
Matthew 7:24-27 (New International Version)
The Wise and Foolish Builders
24"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. 25The 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. 26But 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. 27The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell with a great crash."
ALSO THE LORD SPEAKS ABOUT BUILDING ON A SURE FOUNDATIONS. JESUS IS THE ROCK THAT DON'T ROLL. HE IS THE FOUNDATION TO BUILD ON.
(1 Corinthians 3:11)
There is a hope that does not disappoint, a faith that never fails. That kind of faith is built on the Rock, Jesus Christ. There is no other foundation that is worth building on.
MY QUESTION TO YOU TODAY IS, WHAT ARE YOU BUILDING? YOUR LIFE, YOUR HOPE AND DREAMS? YOUR FUTURE: HERE AND ETERNITY? ARE THEY BUILT ON A SURE FOUNDATION?
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