Sunday, 11 March 2018
God Is Building You
Dr RJ Sing
“Unless the Lord builds the house, they labor in vain who build it; unless the Lord guards the city, the watchman keeps awake in vain”
Solomon had a vision to build the most magnificent temple in history and his success came from the blessing of the Lord.
First: “The Lord gave Solomon wisdom” (1 Kings 5:12). He gave him wisdom to rotate his labor force to be in Lebanon one month and home for two months. Shared responsibility, or rotating the labor force, is the wisdom of God to cover a responsibility without burning out the laborers.
Second: Solomon followed the plan of the Lord (1 Kings 6:12). You cannot hope to succeed at any work for God if you deviate from the revelation in the Bible. All work must follow the exact plan of the Church given in the Gospels, Acts and the Epistles.
Finally: Solomon persevered. He spent “seven years building” (1 Kings 6:38). Never give up when God is building with you. Though it may seem your work is moving at a crawl, keep doing what you know to do. Purpose, plan and persevere, and the Lord will build your house!
From the March 2018 issue, themed The Holy Spirit is in Me.
