Lately, I’ve been busy with projects around the house. Fixing things, improving things, building things—there always seems to be another project waiting. And it got me thinking: We spend a lot of our lives building.
We build homes.
We build careers.
We build families.
We build relationships.
We build plans for the future.
But eventually, we have to ask a bigger question: What are we building our life on? Jesus talks about this in Matthew 7:24–25:
“Everyone then who hears these words of mine and does them will be like a wise man who built his house on the rock.”
The interesting thing is that Jesus never says the house built on the rock won’t experience storms. The rain still comes. The floods still rise. The winds still blow. The difference is the foundation. That’s such a picture of life with Jesus.
Following Christ doesn’t mean we won’t face difficult seasons. It doesn’t mean every plan works out, every relationship is easy, or every prayer gets answered the way we expected. It means we’re building on something that doesn’t move when everything else does. And maybe that’s worth thinking about today: What kind of life am I building? Am I building something that simply looks good from the outside? Or am I building something that can withstand a storm? Because the most important work God may be doing isn’t around us. It may be what He’s building within us.
He’s building our faith.
He’s building our character.
He’s teaching us to trust Him.
He’s teaching us to forgive.
He’s teaching us to love people.
He’s teaching us to depend on Him rather than on ourselves.
And just like the projects around our homes, sometimes the work isn’t pretty while it’s happening. There can be dust. There can be mess. There can be things that have to be torn out before something better can take their place. But God sees what He’s building.
So today, while we’re busy building everything else, maybe our prayer can simply be: Jesus, help me build my life on You. Not just on Sunday. Not just when life gets difficult. But in my decisions, my relationships, my work, my home, my priorities, and the way I treat people.
Because one day, a lot of the things we spent our lives building will be left behind. But the life we built with Jesus? That’s the part that lasts.
Something to think about over your coffee: What is Jesus building in your life right now—and are you giving Him room to do the work?