His Truth is Marching On

When you build a house, it has to be built in a certain order. The foundation is first and without it, you'll crumble. A strong foundation is essential to have something to build on that will last.

Just like your home is built internally by individual 2x4s that provide a frame and support internally in your life, you build the frame of your life with little components fastened together in a sustainable manner.

What are you supporting 2x4 components?

Your thoughts. Your thoughts are a 2x4. The way you think about yourself, your worth, your relationships, your job...all those thoughts go into building your life.

Your relationships. Your life at 30, 40, 50, and beyond is the byproduct of the relationships you've cultivated on earth. That's why it is so important who you date because you marry that person. It matters so much who you spend your life with. They are the voices you hear and imitate the most. Bad company corrupts good morals. If you walk with the wise, you'll become wise, but walk with fools and you'll suffer harm.

Your habits and patterns. When you get older, you will reflect a bigger version of the habits and patterns you are living right now. It's the framework of your life. Sow a thought and reap an action, sow an action and reap a habit, sow a habit and reap a character, sow a character and reap a life.

Your time. How we choose to invest our time is a major deal because it builds you as a person. Does bingeing a series or playing video games for hours on end really develop you into the person God is building you to be? Our time is a gift from God and every hour is a 2x4.

Your money. Money drives the world. Nothing is free. Our finances are a 2x4. How we spend it, invest it, and give it determines us because money changes us.

So framing a life comes down to really practical things: thoughts, relationships, habits and patterns, time, and money. What is informing those things in your life? Is it your preference? Your desire? Someone else's thoughts on it? The only way to build a sustainable house is if we let truth inform the building blocks of our lives.

Truth is our plumb line. It's our reference point. It's our construction level to tell us when things are straight. If you're going to put the 2x4s up properly, you have to have truth in the equation. The Bible is our reference point and the way we successfully build the frame of our lives.

Scripture is not used to control our lives, it's to liberate our lives. Truth is marching on. Proverbs 24:3 says God's wisdom builds a house, God's knowledge fills its rooms, and God's understanding will bring the best possible things to bear in your life. This is what should inform your 2x4s. Psalm 19:7 says the law of the Lord revives and refreshes the soul. The smartest person in the room is the person who lives in the Scripture. It can also bring joy. The commands give light to your eyes. Jesus is the truth. There is not one thing that you are going through that Jesus doesn't speak into on the pages of the Holy Scriptures. That's why it is more precious than gold, sweeter than honey, keeping it brings great reward which is a house that's straight, true, and level.

Are you willing to let God dictate your thoughts? Take every thought captive. Get the truth of His Word on that thought. Will you let Him determine your relationships, habits, time, and money? The success of your life depends on it.