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CONSTRUCTION ZONE: THE FOUNDATION
“we are living stones
being built up into a spiritual house”
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“As you come to him, a living
stone rejected by men but in the sight of God chosen and precious, you
yourselves like living stones are being built up as a spiritual house, to be a
holy priesthood, to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus
Christ.
“For it stands in
Scripture: ‘Behold, I am laying in Zion a stone, a cornerstone chosen
and precious, and whoever believes in him will not be put to shame.’” 1
Peter 2:4-6
As we continue our series “Construction Zone,” we can’t move
forward without taking a look at our foundation.
Everyone who’s ever built a house or even seen one built is
aware of the great time and measuring and care that goes into laying the
foundation.
It is no different with our spiritual house than it is with
physical structures; we must carefully lay our foundation to have a strong
house.
As 1 Peter 2 reminds us, we are living stones being built up
into a spiritual house, and Ephesians 2:20 tells us that Jesus Christ himself
is the chief cornerstone.
You’re most likely familiar with the term “cornerstone.”
Before the advent of poured cement, the cornerstone was that
perfectly strong, perfectly hewn, and perfectly positioned boulder that was
laid in the dugout earth to give strength and accuracy to the new structure
being built.
Jesus is that for us. He is our cornerstone in building our
spiritual house that makes it a strong and well-built home.
As we construct our
spiritual lives, we have to ask ourselves first, “Am I built on the best
cornerstone?”
Some of us have built our lives on lesser cornerstones of family
or a certain person or religion or even the unstable mud of money and
possessions.
Early on those things may have seemed to us as a teenager or
young adult as The Thing that would make our life perfect.
And newly built structures all look equally perfect at the
moment.
Only after years of living on a faulty foundation do we find our
lives looking like the leaning tower of Pisa or crumbling in shambles and
having to be torn down and painfully started all over from scratch so to speak.
An examination today of what your life is built upon will save
you pain and confusion in the future.
It’s better to find the termites early, by accident, than years
later when the destruction is irreparable.
If we answered that above
question with a firm, “Yes. My life is built on the Chief Cornerstone,”
then the next question is, “How are you continuing to build?”
Jesus tells us a story about a couple of builders in Matthew
chapter 7.
You’ve probably all heard it and maybe even sung a little song
about it as a kid, but have you thought about the application of it to your
life? Here’s the story:
“Everyone then who hears these
words of mine and does them will be like a wise man who built his house on the
rock.
“And the rain fell, and the
floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house, but it did not fall,
because it had been founded on the rock.
“And everyone who hears these
words of mine and does not do them will be like a foolish man who built his
house on the sand.
“And the rain fell, and the
floods came, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell, and
great was the fall of it.” Matthew 7:24-27
Ladies, even if we acknowledge Jesus Christ as the Chief
Cornerstone in our lives, we still have work to do. There is more to be built.
The first choice is our choice of the foundation onto which we
allow this cornerstone to rest.
Is your Chief Cornerstone surrounded by the strong rock of
hearing and obeying God’s Word or by the shifting sand of disobedience and lack
of commitment to His Word?
The rock of a heart that is committed to obey will choose to
obey in the toughest storms and darkest hours of life.
But the wishy-washy heart of those who hear God’s word and do
not do them will lead to an unstable foundation that will shift and wash away
when storms arise and times get tough, thus leaving an unstable home and life.
We tell our children, “Choices have consequences.”
They do. Even for us as adults.
Spend some time with your Father this morning and allow your “foundation
specialist” to diagnose what is going on out of sight just below your
floor.
It may be time for some needed repairs before your structure
crashes down around you.
Build your foundation wisely!
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