Rebuilding

“Building yourselves up on your most holy faith.” Jude 20

     The Great Armistice Day Blizzard started out on the west coast of Washington four days before hitting the Midwest. The winds from the storm brought down the Tacoma Narrows Bridge, the third longest suspension bridge in the world. Obviously, there was a time of great rebuilding across America after the storm. From the devastation of nature’s wrath there were ruins to be rebuilt.

     Paul told the Ephesians that they had been “dead in their trespasses and sins” (Eph. 2:1) Their new lives in Christ had to be rebuilt from the days of sin and death. We often don’t stop to think how disgusting our lives were in the sight of God before we were saved. We had no foundation, only a slippery slope to eternal damnation. Every believer must be built up from the ruins of his lost estate. We cannot use old ways to build up the new man. We must be built up on what brought us to Christ – faith in God’s Word about who we were. That same Word is now the foundation of what we are to become.

Father, Convict us to long for Your Word. Amen

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