The Great Builder

I am in the process of adding an addition to our house, for another addition to our family. Yup, a baby is on the way. Precious and sweet, and causing me a whole lotta work. But its all worth it for all our sanity! Having the extra room will aid greatly!

My father in law is helping in this project and I've noticed that I can get in his way sometimes. I'm so wanting to help, but lacking the knowledge, that I end up slowing him up and making the task that much more difficult. It's much easier for him to work if I relax and let him do his thing and if we start something that I know how to do, I do it. Otherwise I wait for him to give me my next task, whether that be holding something in place, fetching a tool, or doing something which I have the knowledge to do.

Writing about building the room in this context reminds me of a song that Solomon wrote. It says

"Unless the Lord builds the house, its builders labor in vain" NIV

Now I know our labor for the addition, although difficult, is not in vain. It's for a purpose. We need the space. As we've been working on this addition, we've asked God's blessing at each step of the way. NO way would I ever attempt a task this large without my Father's approval first. And no way would I start working on the addition on my own, without first checking with my father in law to make sure it's the right thing to do, or the next step in the process of creating the room.

Now, if I'm willing to ask and seek my Heavenly Father's blessing and my earthly father in law's approval on our physical building project, why would I NOT seek that same blessing every day on the building of my home...and by home I mean my family. Am I standing in the way of letting my Heavenly Father work? Am I not relaxing enough within the care of His arms to allow Him to work in our lives? Am I causing Him to hold back the job and ultimately His blessing? It's no good to pray for His blessing on my wife and children every morning when I eat my oatmeal, and yet slow Him down because I can't get outta His way to let Him work.

I need to not only pray for my Father's blessing on my home, but I need to make sure I'm not an impedance of it. I want God's blessing on my family. I want His peace and grace to flow through my home.

And finally, I certainly do not want to be the bottleneck that keeps the job from moving forward.

Created almost 3 years ago