“Master Builder”

 Psalm 143:10

Teach me to do Your will, for You are my God. May Your

gracious Spirit lead me forward on a firm footing.  (NLT)

     Every person born into this fallen world is born with a sinful nature and it is this nature that wills us to do what we desire, rather than doing what God wants.  It is our fallen human nature to sin first, and then think of ways that we can justify our sin.  Sinning is far removed from breaking the laws that men set in place for us to follow, because sinning against our Holy God is more like rebelling against the One who has the ultimate Authority over us.  Breaking the laws that other people make for us normally brings only temporary consequences if we are caught and convicted.  But we cannot break the Law of God and get away with it, because the Lord knows everything we do and say and think.  It is written in stone that all unrepentant sin brings a guilty verdict with eternal condemnation. 

     When we are summoned by the Lord to change our rebellious ways, we must surrender to Him as natural born sinners in need of His mercy and amazing grace.  We must acknowledge that we are shamefully guilty of all our sins and deserve nothing less than condemnation for our lawlessness.  We must ask Him to forgive and forget our rebellion and to make us right with God.  And when we are truly sincere in this, He empowers us with the Holy Spirit so we can learn the Truth and be able to live within the boundaries He has set for us. 

     Don't be left behind in the dark, grasping for some solid ground and searching for a place to hide.  Instead, surrender your life and will to the Lord, and you will be sure that for the rest of your life your total transformation is securely in His hands. God will never lead you astray nor will He leave you incomplete.  Your sanctification will be the laying of a solid foundation on which you will build a strong working relationship with the Master Builder of the universe and life.  We were not created to build our lives apart from our Creator.  Do not miss the awesome opportunity you have to work with the Master Builder, because without His Perfect Plan, what you build will not pass the test of fire and it will burn to the ground with you in it.

                                              A Whisper of Hope

You need My Help, child…for the fire will destroy whatever you build without Me.  Only I can show you how to build a lasting life with protection.  Without Me your house will fall into the hands of the Enemy and burn.  Stand apart from the world and stand with Me, for I Am the Master Builder.

1 Peter 2:4, 5

Come to Christ, who is the living cornerstone of God’s temple. 

He was rejected by the people, but He is precious to God who chose Him. 

And now God is building you, as living stones, into His spiritual temple.  (NLT)

                 Listen to Me, My children, for blessed are those 

                                   who keep My ways.

                                           (Proverbs 8:32)