It is a Psalm kind of day!

I cry out to the Lord;
::::I plead for the Lord’s mercy.
I pour out my complaints before him
::::and tell him all my troubles.
When I am overwhelmed,
::::you alone know the way I should turn.
Then I pray to you, O Lord.
::::I say, “You are my place of refuge.
You are all I really want in life. Psalm 142:1-3b, 5 (NLT)

Luke 6:46-49 (<<click to read the passage)

I have a dear friend whose daughter, several years ago, out of necessity accepted a position in another country as an architect. She quickly found out that they do things a little differently…actually a lot differently! If I understood correctly, companies begin to build a structure and they get along as far as they can but if something comes up that stops their progress, that is when they call in an architect! Talk about crazy!

But how often do we do the same thing with our lives? We know that there is an “Architect” out there, but we think that we know what we are doing, and we can handle things. So, we start to build our lives and things may be a little off-kilter but it’s all good and we are relatively content. But then, storm clouds start rolling in. We may not even notice and continue on our merry way but then the rain starts, and the wind picks up and the waves begin to pound the shore. And before we know it our lives start taking a beating. And things start collapsing around us.

And here’s the crazy part, that is when we start calling out to the Architect for help. He is surely there for us. And we know He can help us, and we know He will help us.

I imagine it can run like this. The Architect says, “Well, what you’ve built just isn’t holding up against what life is throwing up against it. I love you but what you’ve built…it really needs to come down. See look here. Your problem is that you don’t have a foundation! No wonder everything is falling apart. Why don’t we just start over? I’ve already paid the asking price for your remodel. Really, all you have to do is let me get at it. We’ll take down the old and get the new up and going with a foundation that has an eternal guarantee! And best of all, I can have it done for you today!”

Now if we have any amount of wisdom whatsoever, we won’t pass up that offer…but we do…time and time again. We aren’t surprised at the world for building their lives that way but how many believers do the same thing? For us, we may allow Him to lay the foundation but immediately take over and begin to build what we want. Foolishness!

Lord Jesus, may we hold nothing back. May we hand over every piece of our lives to You. Build us up to be strong and loving and compassionate as You are. And when people ask us about the grand, solid structure that we have become…may we pass along Your business card. You are always looking for new makeovers! Amen.

Feb 26th, 2020, Wed, 12:32 pm