"Except the LORD build the house, they labour in vain that build it..." Psalm 127:1
Imagine spending years building an expensive home with the finest materials and craftsmanship. It is a work of art, and the project is almost complete. As the day arrives to move in, a building inspector arrives and hands you a notice that condemns your beautiful home because it doesn't meet code.
Many believers who invest years in their lives building up their dreams, will one day stand before the LORD and realize they were building the house, not the LORD. God is very picky about motives behind the actions. Before we act, we must ask why? Why are we doing what we are doing? Has God called us to do this task? Or is the real motive purely financial? control? or prestige?
"Now if any man build upon this foundation gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, stubble. Every man's work shall be made manifest for the day shall declare it, because it shall be revealed by fire; and the fire shall try every man's work of what sort it is." 1 Corinthians 3:112-13
David learned this principle by the end of his life. Throughout his life he had learned that God always tested him to find out what was in his heart, and what his motive was for his action. David instructed his son to "...know now the God of your father, and serve Him with a perfect heart, and with a willing mind: for the LORD searches all hearts and understands all the imaginations of the thoughts. " 1 Chronicles 28:9a
What are you building on today? Are you building on the Sure Foundation? or a shaky foundation? Remember, it is only what is done for Jesus Christ that will last.
