The following is courtesty of Becky Galardi.
Oasis (according to Webster) = An area in a waste or desert made fertile by ground water, a refuge providing relief
WEDNESDAYs WORD
AN OASIS FOR YOU!
HOUSE BUILDING
I live in a neighborhood with lots of new construction going on, so I see lots of homes in various stages. After the foundation for the house is poured and dried, the outside walls go up! The roof is shingled and the windows are put in place while the inside details take shape. So many details on the inside are required. Much more care-taking expensive work is done on the inside. From the street a house can look completely finished, until you peek through a window and look at the inside!! Inside work must be completed in proper order you really should run all the wires through the house before the drywall goes up, and you really should paint the walls before the carpet is laid. Lots of planning and coordinating goes on during these stages. The fine craftsmanship and detail taken on the inside of a house can raise the appeal substantially. Take even a small house with a little yard and place a fantastic kitchen in it and watch the value soar. Oh yeah there are certain rooms in the house that are worth the extra investment.
If that much care and specialty work is needed for just a house, imagine how much work is required inside me and you!! Now thats a thought to ponder!! The purity and self-control of our thoughts and motives is a private matter, that only the Lord Jesus can correctly remodel in our lives. He does so room by room as we welcome Him in. Some rooms take a little longer than others especially if theyve been damaged, say had some termites or roof leaks. Some rooms when remodeling actually first go through a demolition period, but the final room is always beautiful. Let Jesus into your home today and cooperate with His remodeling! Where is He working? Is it the kitchen where you are being fed? Is the bedroom where you rest? Is it the livingroom where you work and play? Is it the bathroom where you rid yourself of the filth of the flesh? Is the attic where perhaps painful memories haunt you? He can remodel that room too. Allow His Word and the Holy Spirit to demolish the old and build the new.
Ephesians 2:19-22 " you are no longer foreigners and aliens, but fellow citizens with Gods people and members of Gods household, built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus himself as the chief cornerstone. In him the whole building is joined together and raised to become a holy temple in the Lord. And in him you too are being built together to become a dwelling in which God lives by his Spirit."
Psalm 127:1 "Unless the Lord builds the house, its builders labor in vain. Unless the Lord watches over the city, the watchmen stand guard in vain."
Ephesians 4:16 "From him the whole body, joined and held together by every supporting ligament, grows and builds itself up in love, as each part does its work."
Oasis (according to Webster) = An area in a waste or desert made fertile by ground water, a refuge providing relief
WEDNESDAYs WORD
AN OASIS FOR YOU!
HOUSE BUILDING
I live in a neighborhood with lots of new construction going on, so I see lots of homes in various stages. After the foundation for the house is poured and dried, the outside walls go up! The roof is shingled and the windows are put in place while the inside details take shape. So many details on the inside are required. Much more care-taking expensive work is done on the inside. From the street a house can look completely finished, until you peek through a window and look at the inside!! Inside work must be completed in proper order you really should run all the wires through the house before the drywall goes up, and you really should paint the walls before the carpet is laid. Lots of planning and coordinating goes on during these stages. The fine craftsmanship and detail taken on the inside of a house can raise the appeal substantially. Take even a small house with a little yard and place a fantastic kitchen in it and watch the value soar. Oh yeah there are certain rooms in the house that are worth the extra investment.
If that much care and specialty work is needed for just a house, imagine how much work is required inside me and you!! Now thats a thought to ponder!! The purity and self-control of our thoughts and motives is a private matter, that only the Lord Jesus can correctly remodel in our lives. He does so room by room as we welcome Him in. Some rooms take a little longer than others especially if theyve been damaged, say had some termites or roof leaks. Some rooms when remodeling actually first go through a demolition period, but the final room is always beautiful. Let Jesus into your home today and cooperate with His remodeling! Where is He working? Is it the kitchen where you are being fed? Is the bedroom where you rest? Is it the livingroom where you work and play? Is it the bathroom where you rid yourself of the filth of the flesh? Is the attic where perhaps painful memories haunt you? He can remodel that room too. Allow His Word and the Holy Spirit to demolish the old and build the new.
Ephesians 2:19-22 " you are no longer foreigners and aliens, but fellow citizens with Gods people and members of Gods household, built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus himself as the chief cornerstone. In him the whole building is joined together and raised to become a holy temple in the Lord. And in him you too are being built together to become a dwelling in which God lives by his Spirit."
Psalm 127:1 "Unless the Lord builds the house, its builders labor in vain. Unless the Lord watches over the city, the watchmen stand guard in vain."
Ephesians 4:16 "From him the whole body, joined and held together by every supporting ligament, grows and builds itself up in love, as each part does its work."
