Laying the foundation is the first step
to building a house, but…
…it’s only one of several steps in the whole process. If you stopped there, you wouldn’t have much of a house. Sticking with the house-building analogy, let me put it like this…Let’s say John Q. Smith has a home-building company. Each home starts by laying the foundation. Then, John hires…
- some framers to build the main structure
- electricians and plumbers
- sheetrockers
- trim carpenters and painters
- and a final cleaning crew
Each one of those companies or service providers plays a key role in the completion of the house. But when it’s all said and done, John Q. Smith, alone, is acknowledged as the builder. And rightfully so. He made sure the whole project was started and completed. Then, he paid for it all. And, he’s the reason all the others even have the work in the first place.
Now, maybe you’re already ahead of me. But let’s apply that to matters of eternal consequence. God created everything there is. He is the builder. When we choose to work for Him, we’re able to use the gifts and talents He gave us for either laying the foundation for salvation in someone’s life…or we get to help at some other stage in the process.
The apostle Paul wrote it like this in 1 Corinthians 3:6…
“I planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the increase”. Paul was acknowledging the fact that he laid the foundation of God’s love in the hearts and minds of the Corinthians, but he also gave credit to Apollos for expounding on that information. And the full credit he gave to God for any good that came of it.
Here’s another cool part to this. Paul also said “he who plants and he who waters are one…” They’re equal in value and importance. And sometimes we may think we’re laying a foundation or planting when, in fact, the foundation we’re laying is also helping someone further along in their knowledge of God’s love for them.
My desire is that as I keep writing my words and music of faith, hope, and love I’ll find creative ways to plant golden seeds and saturate them with Living Water so that my work endures to the day of redemption. And I’ll be eternally grateful to God, the builder. He paid for it all.
In Faith, Hope, and Love”
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