“When God inspects us with His searching and refining fire, will He detect that we have built enterprises of our own on the foundation of Jesus?” (My Utmost for His Highest, by Oswald Chambers)
Let’s say our lives are built on the solid foundation of Christ. What does the rest of the building look like? What kind of enterprises are we constructing on top of this foundation?
Most of us customize our lives around our own agendas. We make changes to the original blueprint. We enlarge certain spaces to accommodate our needs for financial security, entertainment, prestige, and power. This leads to cutting down spaces for our relationship with God. The sacred rooms are diminished to make way for grand entrances that will impress, massive kitchens in which we become the creator, lavish bathrooms for us to luxuriate, high tech media rooms where we entertain, and expansive bedrooms where we relax.
Meanwhile, the sacred is relegated into a prayer closet.
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