The devotional talked about how the writer's grandchildren loved Lego building blocks. I used to love them too when I was a child! I remember building stuff over and over again. I have also enjoyed buying them for nephews over the years and watching them enjoy them as well!
Regardless of what type of Lego kit or the basic building blocks used, it is crucial to have a firm foundation for the structure you are building. Is your life built on a firm foundation?
I also liked the "building blocks for life" that the author listed from several different passages. Let's look at this list more closely. Are we building our lives using these blocks?
Value others above yourself by humbly serving them (Phil. 2:3-4)
Give generously of your resources to those in need (James 2:14-17)
Respond with love to those who have wronged you (Rom. 12:14-21)
Build a life that is worthy of being His temple (1 Cor. 3:16).
Lord, help us build our lives on the firm foundation of you using the blocks given to us by the Holy Spirit!
Witness Wednesday
I know who I am
You might have noticed that I didn't write in this blog last week. God has been working on me in several ways the past few weeks. It has been wonderful and terribly draining all at the same time. I usually refer to the metaphor of the refining of silver meaning God is removing the dross from my life by turning up the heat! Yikes!
I learned some very important things. First, I know who I am. I know what I am not. I know that I am a beloved child of God. I know that he called me to be a prophet and a catalyst in all the things that I do, whether it be at church, at home or at work. I know I need to be a voice that speaks when others dare not. I know what he has given me the talents and gifts to accomplish the things he has told me to do. The coolest part is that I had this epiphany on Thursday. While reading my D1 lesson on Sunday, God reinforced the epiphany through the lesson! Wow! I will see where this direction takes me.
Second, I need to temper everything I say with love. Everything. In a conversation with a friend last night, I learned that I could possibly be saying things at times just to make myself feel better. Yes, truth is truth. It does not necessarily need to be proclaimed if it does not edify or build up others. Saying truth to make yourself feel better or to hurt someone else is not being a prophet who is speaking out of love. DOH!
Figuring this stuff out is not always easy. I am talking and praying about this role of prophet. Reading some of the stuff in the Old Testament scares me a little (and I am pretty fearless). I will just have to take it day by day and with each passing moment.
Let go, my friends! God will be there to catch you and hold you in his loving arms!
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