December 3, 2010

Yesterday, another day of school and I have a student that I am helping a lot, it challenges me because one of the thing i do is help her with math, I usually work all the problems that she does, and if it is a paper that she hasn't handed in then I mark the ones she doesn't have correct and when she comes to me we can correct those problems so we don't have so many corrections to make.  We work on other projects, too so it is a busy time.  Last night was the first session about estate planning, it was good and we are talking, we don't see a direction at this point, but a start.

No Other Foundation

For no other foundation can anyone lay than that which is laid, which is Jesus Christ.
— 1 Corinthians 3:11


What have you built your life on? Some people build their spiritual foundation on another person's relationship with God. Maybe their relationship with God hinges on their spouse's relationship with God. Maybe it hinges on a parent's relationship with God. Maybe it hinges on a friend's relationship with God. But here is the problem: What if something happens and that person is no longer there? What will happen to you? Did you build your foundation on a person or on Jesus Christ?

Some people build their foundation on the church itself. It is all about their church. But what happens one day when something occurs in the church that they don't like? Maybe a pastor or other church leader will disappoint them. A foundation should not be built on spiritual leaders, because they are human. They will eventually disappoint. Everyone falls short in some way, shape, or form.

If we build our foundations on people, on churches, on relationships, or on fluctuating emotions, then our foundation will be flawed, because these things shift like sand. It is like the people who always want the shortcut. They want the blessings of God, but they don't want God. They want happiness, but they don't want holiness.

Yet whether we like it or not, storms will come into our lives. The floods will hit. Sometimes it will be tidal waves of temptation. At other times, it will be the slow, eroding effect of more subtle methods. And storms can come hard and fast with a tragedy that alters your life overnight, and they will test your faith.

How will you fare in that day? If you build your spiritual life on anyone or anything else, you simply won't make it. So build your life on Jesus Christ. He will sustain you when the storms come.

This devotion is from Greg Laurie.  realizing from what he came I appreciate what he writes.  I can not express enough, how much we need a close relationship with God, it isn't about any one else it is just about what happens between me and God.  I must choose who I will serve this day.  We could say as for me and my house we will serve the Lord, but each one in my house has to make their own choice.  I am praying for each of you that you will choose God, by a personal relationship with Jesus, but It truly is my choice with what I do with Jesus.

Jesus bless and guide and draw each one to you.  In Jesus Name. Amen.