Building your house week 4
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5 Build houses and dwell in them; plant gardens and eat their fruit.
25 ‘Thus says the Lord God: “When I have gathered the house of Israel from the peoples among whom they are scattered, and am hallowed in them in the sight of the Gentiles, then they will dwell in their own land which I gave to My servant Jacob. 26 And they will dwell safely there, build houses, and plant vineyards; yes, they will dwell securely, when I execute judgments on all those around them who despise them. Then they shall know that I am the Lord their God.” ’ ”
Introduction:
Last week we ended with writing and making it plain.
the reason we talked about writing the vision and making it plain is because there is a difference between being busy and being productive.
a person can be busy without being productive.
a written vision helps me to stay focused.
Today we are going to talk about the “B” clause of the verse. “Plant gardens and eat of their fruit.”
1. Building a life, (build houses). takes time.
1. Building a life, (build houses). takes time.
11 Wealth gained by dishonesty will be diminished, But he who gathers by labor will increase.
it takes time to build a life.
there is nothing wrong with staying at the 80 long enough to be able to save money, and prepare ourselves for the next level.
As we take our time and build we will have what we need.
20 There is desirable treasure, And oil in the dwelling of the wise, But a foolish man squanders it.
it takes time to have what we feel like we want out of life.
I have to realize to get where I’m trying to go I’m going to do the opposite of what I did in my old life. My old life was instant gratification.
Part of my maturity process is learning to think long term.
2. We have to learn to be financially responsible.
2. We have to learn to be financially responsible.
4 When you make a vow to God, do not delay to pay it; For He has no pleasure in fools. Pay what you have vowed—
when we pay our bills and deal with the wreckage of our past we set ourselves up for the future.
first of all its the right thing to do.
second it helps us to see the decisions we make under stress. Helping us see the kind of decisions we make under pressure helps us to be careful with our resources because it has to do with vision.
3. We are going to need to go to work.
3. We are going to need to go to work.
The Lord wants to work with us. It has been the same since the beginning. God brought all the animals to Adam to see what he would call them.
19 Out of the ground the Lord God formed every beast of the field and every bird of the air, and brought them to Adam to see what he would call them. And whatever Adam called each living creature, that was its name. 20 So Adam gave names to all cattle, to the birds of the air, and to every beast of the field. But for Adam there was not found a helper comparable to him.
This verse has always intrigued me. the primary reason is the fact that God did not need Adam to name them, God wanted to work with Adam.
I see no evidence that God’s desire to work with us has changed. He still wants to work with us.
He wants to work with us in out work.
8 But if anyone does not provide for his own, and especially for those of his household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.
we are called by scripture to provide for ourselves and our families.
10 For even when we were with you, we commanded you this: If anyone will not work, neither shall he eat. 11 For we hear that there are some who walk among you in a disorderly manner, not working at all, but are busybodies. 12 Now those who are such we command and exhort through our Lord Jesus Christ that they work in quietness and eat their own bread.
when we are not on task. We slip into character defects:
The Apostle Paul calls not working disorderly.
next he talks about ‘busy bodies,’ this is gossip.
the cure is work in quietness and eat your own.
Since we are called to work, I want to be as clear as I can about this; the Lord would never call you to a task without providing you with gifts and talents to do the thing that He called you to do.
Finally, we are called to do the things that we do in an attitude of excellence.
10 Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with your might; for there is no work or device or knowledge or wisdom in the grave where you are going.
23 And whatever you do, do it heartily, as to the Lord and not to men,