The Dreaded Construction ZONE!!!!
We have ALL been there and I expect more than once. That dreaded construction zone just seems to show up at the worst times. I must say though, I drive through one in Raleigh, NC every day and it's getting bigger but it actually has the most road workers I have seen on one particular site in a long time. They do seem to be getting the basics underway.
But in your spiritual life, what is a construction zone. First lets look at the causes of the construction zone in the first place. From what I can see, overloaded trucks in the form of dump trucks and going way to fast for a dump truck. Then there are the 18 wheelers, just trying to deliver their loads on time to get paid. But they drive the roads all the time. I don't remember seeing too many overloaded (weight) cars or pickup trucks. Before the need for reconstruction of paved highways there are potholes that appear and sometimes we are surprised by them and that result in tearing up our suspension and tires. So what would be a spiritual pothole? A glance at one of those Billboards that you know are there just trying to bait your attention?
A construction zone is an area in process of either construction or repairs or reconstruction. Either way, work is being done to reinforce, reconstruct rebuild that which needs restrengthened in someway. Some roads need resurfacing. The road I am traveling on to and from Raleigh every day is needing to be resurfaced after only four years of being in service. It was first reconstructed with inferior materials and not made deep enough to withstand loads over time, in this case a short time. The lesson for us here would be, take the needed time to read God's Word and let Him create the application creating a deep surface that will withstand the travels of time in your own life. God is good and He will grow you in ways that will honor Him and build Himself into your family in deep and meaningful ways.
But in your spiritual life, what is a construction zone. First lets look at the causes of the construction zone in the first place. From what I can see, overloaded trucks in the form of dump trucks and going way to fast for a dump truck. Then there are the 18 wheelers, just trying to deliver their loads on time to get paid. But they drive the roads all the time. I don't remember seeing too many overloaded (weight) cars or pickup trucks. Before the need for reconstruction of paved highways there are potholes that appear and sometimes we are surprised by them and that result in tearing up our suspension and tires. So what would be a spiritual pothole? A glance at one of those Billboards that you know are there just trying to bait your attention?
A construction zone is an area in process of either construction or repairs or reconstruction. Either way, work is being done to reinforce, reconstruct rebuild that which needs restrengthened in someway. Some roads need resurfacing. The road I am traveling on to and from Raleigh every day is needing to be resurfaced after only four years of being in service. It was first reconstructed with inferior materials and not made deep enough to withstand loads over time, in this case a short time. The lesson for us here would be, take the needed time to read God's Word and let Him create the application creating a deep surface that will withstand the travels of time in your own life. God is good and He will grow you in ways that will honor Him and build Himself into your family in deep and meaningful ways.
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