“By wisdom a house is built, and through understanding it is established; through knowledge its rooms are filled with rare and beautiful treasures” (24:3-4). We are all a work in progress. Our lives are like houses being built. God is the builder, and we are the project. We must of course cooperate, but it is God who coordinates the process. Always remember this: you are the project. You may be working on many projects right now. They might be work projects, home projects or even ministry projects. You might be building a business, developing things for work, or helping people in some way. In all these things we naturally focus on some kind of progress. And if we do not experience the progress we expect then we get frustrated. Frustration can then lead to anger and anger to bitterness. What we must remember, however, is that God’s priority is what you become in the process not what you produce. In all your activities God wants to shape you. That’s because you are his message to the world. He wants to shape your character so that you can reflect him. The main project therefore is not what you are working on. The main project is what is at work in you. You are the project. So, next time you feel frustrated by an obstacle to your progress or productivity, say to yourself: “I am the project.”
Ask God what he wants to build into your life in your present circumstance.
Read Proverbs 24:1-10
