You have been brought near to God. You are on the inside, a citizen of God’s Kingdom and a member of God’s household. You didn’t come near yourself. You were brought near. You didn’t first seek God, He first sought you and carried you home so that one day you found yourself waking up in the clear light of God’s house. God wants to build your life now into something far better than you could have imagined. Most people take it upon themselves to build their own lives into the shape that they want. What we end up with when we do this is a rickety structure that lacks any real strength, integrity or beauty. God is a better builder than us so let’s let him do the building. We are like the apprentices doing the bidding of the master builder with confidence that he knows what he is doing. The most important thing for a good building is its foundation. The foundation provides the pattern and firm footing of the whole building. That is what God has given us in the ministry of those who went before us: the apostles and prophets who left us their writings to build our lives on. The Bible provides us the blueprint for our lives. A builder must keep coming back to the plans to ensure he is following the architect’s design. It is, likewise, important for us to keep coming back to God’s Word to keep our lives on track. So don’t give up on this good habit of reading and reflecting each day. Keep going, especially when you don’t feel like it!
Ask God to draw you closer to him.
Read Ephesians 2:11-22
