Prepare your work outside; get everything ready for yourself in the field, and after that build your house. Proverbs 24:27 – A very practical proverb…prepare before you build. For only the fool would stand up and say, I’m going to build a house and start immediately hammering wood together. No plans were made, no supplies were bought, and the ground wasn’t prepared for the build. Solomon’s wisdom was to prepare before you build. Make sure the ground is level and hardened so you can begin building. Make sure you’ve gathered the supplies you need to begin the construction. After you’ve gotten everything ready and together, then build the house. Again, a practical proverb that speaks some great wisdom for all the house builders out there, but does this apply spiritually? Let us recall we too are house builders in a spiritually sense. In Matthew 7 we find the story Jesus gave of the man who built on the sand and the man who built on the rock. This passage was referring to the spiritual life we are building and what foundation we are building upon. We too can be impatient and find ourselves building our life on just whatever seems to hold us at the moment. We can forsake the planning and thinking ahead, and just start throwing things together to get further in life and gain more worldly wealth. God though is speaking words of wisdom to us, prepare before you build. Build on the right foundation and use the right supplies. God is the solid rock foundation we are called to build on and that ground is ready and prepared for us. God’s wisdom and ways are the right supplies to build with and they are too available. Today, begin building and keep building using such things, and then you will begin to see an honoring to the Lord house take shape. I love you, but Jesus loves you more – Mac – Daily DEVO 2932
Question To Ponder: Think of your life as a house. What shape spiritually would you say it’s in currently? Why?
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