EmmDev 2023-02-02 [Renovations (Revisited)] Before the renovations can begin

Before the renovations can begin

According to the grace of God given to me, like a skilled master-builder I laid a foundation, but someone else builds on it. And each one must be careful how he builds. 11 For no one can lay any foundation other than what is being laid, which is Jesus Christ. (1Corinthians3:10-11)

When we started planning our new church building, we had to make special provision for the foundations because the soil conditions were not favourable. Good soil had to brought in to form a "soil raft" to provide a firm platform on which to build. A neighbouring congregation had part of their church sink because they had built over an old demolished house and the part that sank was where the swimming pool had been...

Our lives are God's houses. Unfortunately many of us have houses that overlap onto different foundations. Parts of our lives are on the solid rock of our faith in Christ as our Lord and Saviour. Other parts are on other foundations:
- The potential sinkhole of trusting in material wealth and possessions
- The heaving clay of our emotions and desires
- The subsiding soil of good intentions and own effort

What other soil types can you think of?

God can work where we let Him. When we make Him the foundation of a part of our life then He can work there. How do we do this?

1. Trust that He is a loving Renovator and that He will do what is best. It may require scraping off that yucky paint, or chipping off that dodgy plaster, but the end result will be beautiful.
2. Let Him be the boss, don't go changing the rules once He has started...
3. Get stuck in and work with Him.

Are there rooms in your life that are on another foundation?
Ask God to help you get the basis right...

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