How To Create A Solid Foundation For Your Life – 2 – By Iwalola(Lola) Ademodi

~WHAT TYPE OF HOUSE ARE YOU BUILDING?

💥Beloved, today, let us flesh Jesus’ home-building analogy out a bit.

✝️In Matthew 7:24-27, Jesus states that:

👉🏾those who hear His words AND do them are wise builders. They have built their homes on rock-solid foundations. The winds howl, the rains come – even a flood comes – but the house stands firm.

👉🏾Those who hear His words, but fail to live by them are foolish builders. They may build the grandest of houses, but they sit on a shaky foundation.

💥What is This House We’re Building?

💥The “house” we are building is a metaphor for our whole lives.

💥It represents our faith, our home, our vocation or job, our relationships, our health, etc.

💥The entire house must rest on a solid foundation, not just a few part of the house.

💥It’s very easy for us to compartmentalize our lives without even being aware of it.

💥Instead of an organic whole, our lives look more like colorful pie charts with hard lines dividing the sections:

👉🏾We go to church on Sundays, and we may even participate in a weekly Bible study or small group.

👉🏾A daily quiet time of study and prayer is part of our routine.

👉🏾We feel like that “slice of our pie” is strong.

👉🏾We’ve checked the boxes, we are “doing fine” there.

👉🏾And then we consciously or unconsciously leave Jesus in His pie slice.

💥We move on to our vocational slice, our home slice, our parenting slice, or our recreational slice, and leave our faith completely out.

👉🏾It’s as though we don’t think Jesus has anything to do with those areas. On the contrary, Jesus has everything to do with every aspect of our lives.

💥Jesus must be part of every aspect of our lives if we are to build our lives on solid foundations.

💥We must make choices in every part of our lives that align with God’s will.

(Ref: wild olive.org)

NOW LET US PRAY

🔥Lord Jesus, we praise You for making a way for us to clearly understand the metaphor in Your words regarding building a solid foundation.

🔥Give us the grace to make choices that align with Your will in every aspect of our lives.

🔥Strengthen our faith in You Jesus, as we surrender our all to You.

🔥Renew our minds so we can be transformed into Your likeness.

🔥In Jesus Christ’s majestic name I pray. Amen 🙏🏾

Have a blessed day ❤️

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