It’s not our building we’re building. Luke 14:28

Posted on by Just broken

Luke 14:28 (NLT)
28 “But don’t begin until you count the cost. For who would begin construction of a building without first calculating the cost to see if there is enough money to finish it?”

Probably no one (except the State of Illinois, then the complaint of shutting down schools and kids programs starts, but that’s another story). Yet, I’m prone to get the numbers to the point that I want to see and then move from there. It might or might not reflect reality.

The question is: what are we building for God? Maybe more importantly, why? Are we building for ourselves to glorify God, or are we building to his blueprint for him? Are we being the vessel that God uses to do his work, or are we trying to do God’s work for him for our glory?

Psalm 33:4 (NLT)
4 For the word of the Lord holds true, and we can trust everything he does.

1 Peter 4:10 (NLT)
10 God has given each of you a gift from his great variety of spiritual gifts. Use them well to serve one another.

God has built everything and it is a completed work – it is finished. He knew the cost, he got to the end. The end is the beginning for us. He sent us a variety of spiritual gifts and we’re called to use them. We don’t know the cost, but it’s not our building we’re building.

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I Love The Father, Son and Holy Spirit and the blessings He has poured into my life. I pray that I live a life that glorifies Him in all I do, but I fail every day, many, many, many times. I have come here through brokenness, a trail of pain and broken promises that I've created through my self centeredness, self will and arrogance. For those I've hurt, please forgive me for what I did. Those things that I remember I am truly sorry I did them. I wish I could undo them. I can't. I use these lessons as motivation to be a builder, to take those experiences and hopefully keep someone else out of their own similar experiences. I love my wife, my children, my family, my friends, my strangers, and those the world would like to dismiss as an unfortunate error messing up worldly perfection. I get frustrated with all of the above too, for I am broken, not like God. Lord, give me your wisdom, your patience, and knowledge of your will for me and the strength to carry that out in all I do. I believe we have work to do while we are here and need to be actively engaged in allowing God to work through us. A Christian is someone who does what The Father, Son and Holy Spirit calls them to do, a builder not a taker, a conduit not a pinnacle, humble and serving. Micah 6:8 Matthew 25:31-46