On my
way out, I closed the kitchen door behind me, and stepped into the
garage.
I felt uneasy.
Fired up the electra glide...it was like 35 degrees out, sun
coming up, and I was heading out to meet with a dear friend. My wife was
still sleeping.
(the bedroom is on the other side of the house, praise God.)
the
bike idled its loping idle there, getting ready...warming up..plumes of vapor out
the mufflers..
and I just didn't feel
right...haven't for a while...
thoughtful
and looking forward to meet my brother, to praise our Savior,
scripture on the table, and open.
still..uneasy..questioning Ephesians 4 vs.2...and do I
really know what that means? The Holy Spirit had asked..
and I felt.. I
did not.
looking back at my house, I said under my breath 'what
is it, Lord?' 'why do I struggle so?'
something is wrong, and I know it.
Like a house that has a problem,I could feel my
foundation was ... not solid....like it had been eroding from
beneath me... even while I slept.
and all the timbers...
the wallboard that had been adorned..
were apprehensive to a pending collapse.
Why..?
I looked back toward my
house..its' beginnings... and could almost see a ghost of a yellow
tape that read 'condemned' across the doorway..
The Wise and Foolish Builders
24"Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them
into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock. 25The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds
blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because it had its
foundation on the rock. 26But everyone who hears
these words of mine and does not put them into practice is like a foolish man
who built his house on sand. 27The rain came down,
the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell
with a great crash."
I
knew why I felt this Way..
the Inspector was coming..and I sensed His presence..
I may have made an error in building code..a fatal one for this house, if left
unattended.
He has unquestionable standards, and an eye for
detail..which can lend to you being unsettled, with your choices for building
materials.
as He began showing me the structural problems with the
materials that I had chosen to use in the foundation of my Home.
.. and to just why I spend much time in 'the struggle',
the 'trouble',whether alone, or when gathering with others...
.. rather than His conclusion...you know, the other side of the
equal sign...
33"I
have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you
will have trouble. But take
heart! I have overcome the world.
and
it was painfully evident.. I may have been a little hasty in the
construction... that which by choice
is left up to me...in my selection of foundation materials.
I'm not sure when...but for 'Supply', I had changed suppliers...
The Vine and the Branches
1"I am the true vine, and my Father is the gardener. 2He cuts off every branch in me that bears no fruit,
while every branch that does bear fruit he prunes[a] so that it will be even more fruitful. 3You are already clean because of the word I have spoken
to you. 4Remain in me, and I will remain in you. No
branch can bear fruit by itself; it must remain in the vine. Neither can you
bear fruit unless you remain in me.
and now .. I wait on the Inspector...as He assures me in Love..that the
needs can be met...in the foundation of this house.
I know that if I can
experience this... there are others.
and if you find
yourself thinking more about 'your trouble' when you are alone...talking
more about 'your problems' when you are with others..
Look closely at what you chose for
your foundation...who was the supplier?
was it you?
and
open the bible..
It may be time for the building Inspector.
