The Plumbline

Or, to put it another way, you are God’s house. Using the gift God gave me as a good architect, I designed blueprints; Apollos is putting up the walls. Let each carpenter who comes on the job take care to build on the foundation! Remember, there is only one foundation, the one already laid: Jesus Christ. Take particular care in picking out your building materials. Eventually there is going to be an inspection. If you use cheap or inferior materials, you’ll be found out. The inspection will be thorough and rigorous. You won’t get by with a thing. If your work passes inspection, fine; if it doesn’t, your part of the building will be torn out and started over. But you won’t be torn out; you’ll survive—but just barely. (I Corinthians 3:9-15 MSG) A long passage today, but one with very specific instruction: There is but one foundation for the church - Jesus Christ. We can have no other foundation for our life, nor can the 'physical gathering together of believers' that we call the ...

You can build a house, or you can build a home. There is a vast difference, for one is just built and the builder moves on. The other is custom built for the one who intends to inhabit it. When a home is created, the one creating it is intent on bringing together all the right materials for what he envisions. The home will have all the 'finishing touches' of the creator.  It is a joyful thing to finally come to a place where we feel like we "fit".  We often spend the majority of our lives looking for that "perfect fit" in life.  We experience disappointment when c areer, schooling, family, friends, spouse, etc., all somehow don't "fit" in quite the same way as we imagined.  The good news is that there is a "fit" in life that will never disappoint! That's plain enough, isn't it? You're no longer wandering exiles. This kingdom of faith is now your home country. You're no longer strangers or outsiders. You belong he...