Jun
29
Building Materials
Filed Under Devotional
It was hot today. It hit 100 degrees. It’s funny how people change when it gets that hot. In many cases, the need to have a certain look or style seems to fade. Gone are the stylish sweatshirts or skintight jeans and out come the shorts and tank tops with no regard to being hip. As the heat cranks up, the desire to carry on a well-designed facade seems to wilt.
Attitudes change, too. Those who pretend to be patient suddenly aren’t. Those who are truly forgiving still are. It seems to bring out the true nature of some folks who have been hiding it during the cooler days.
I’m reminded of that time when fire will test the work we have done here. If it was false or wasteful, it will burn away. Only the good works we have done on the foundation of Christ will survive.
“If any man builds on this foundation using gold, silver, costly stones, wood, hay or straw, his work will be shown for what it is, because the Day will bring it to light. It will be revealed with fire, and the fire will test the quality of each man’s work.” 1 Corinthians 3:12-13
When things are cool and calm, are you someone else? Are you a man following Christ? When the day comes that the heat gets turned up, what will remain of your life? When your deeds are tested, will they burn up or remain?
You know it’s coming. Be sure you are building with the good stuff now.