build your house carefully

Unless the Lord builds the house, They labor in vain who build it; Unless the Lord guards the city, The watchman stays awake in vain.

- Psalm 127:1 (NKJV)

 

I am fairly confident that we all recall the story of the three little pigs, where each piggy builds a house using different materials.

This story or some variation of it can be found as far back as the 1840s, and the moral of the story is the value of hard work and perseverance.

We can build our “houses” with people of questionable character, and the first storm that blows through will find you alone.

We can build our “houses” with materials that we find lying around, and the first storm that blows through will find you without shelter. 
Or, we can build our “houses” on God’s word, filling it with people that follow His teachings.

English Playwright John Haywood’s saying “Rome wasn't built in a day, but they were laying bricks every hour”, is a reminder of the fact that it requires time and patience to create something big and great.  
We are stronger together through storms and suffering because we have the shelter of the Father and the support of those who are willing to take the time to build relationships. 
We need God in every moment of every day, not just sometimes. 
If we only let Him in sometimes, then we will eventually watch our house of straw blow away.

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