Have you ever tried building a house with random marterials, little forethought, and no definite vision of the end product?  If you have, you may have discovered that your house didn't turn out so well.  In order to build a strong, beautiful house, you must do the following:

Have a clear vision of the end product.

1. Have the proper building materials.
2. Have a knowledge of how to construct it.

This also applies spiritually.  In order to build your life on Christ so that you can reach heaven, you must do as follows:

1. Have a clear vision of the person Christ wants you to be and a goal to make heaven your home.
2. Have the proper instructions that will lead you to this end product.
3. Have a knowledge of these instructions and how to implement them.

Sometimes we have built our spiritual houses incorrectly.  We have built them with bad attitudes, hatred, lying, cursing, sin - random materials.  We haven't used a proper plan or had a clear vision of what will produce good in our lives and what will enable us to reach heaven.  This will at best produce a weak structure that will not have what it takes to be approved of God or enable us to make heaven.

When we see that we have built a mess of our lives, we need to tear down the old structure and build a new one.

How is this done?

1. We must have a vision of heaven and of the good that God can make of us.
2. We must study his word, which instructs us on how to build our spiritual houses - how to be what God would have us to be so that we can attain heaven.
3. We must seek God and ask that he would reveal to us his will and way as we study his word.  We must ask him to show us how to implement these instructions in our lives each day so that we can become that spiritual house that he would have us to be.   If we consistently do this, we will be approved by God and will make heaven our home someday.

"Except the Lord build the house, they labor in vain that build it."  Psalm 127:1

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written by a guest, June 24, 2011

hmmm, Help me father Jesus so that i can build my house in you. Amen I love you Jesus.

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