“FOUNDATION!”

Me-Maw Thoughts

Number 636

June 20, 2023///

We all remember the story of the “Three Little Pigs”!

The first little pig built his house with straw and the second with sticks because they did not want to put forth the effort to build something sturdier!

They did not want to spend a lot of time on it!

But the third little pig worked hard and long and built a house of bricks.

We are the temple of the Holy Spirit. What are we building our house with? Do we take the time to pray, read the word and let the word read us, and gather with other believers?

Or do we let the busy lives each of us have crowd out the most important thing which is our relationship with Jesus Christ!

Look back at the story of the three pigs. Along came the wolf and he was hungry, and he wanted to eat.

The devil is like the wolf in our lives. He has come to kill, steal, and destroy our Joy, Peace, Power, and influence to show others Jesus. The devil’s ultimate goal is to destroy each of us!

The wolf came to the house made of straw and did not say it exactly this way but said “Let me in”! The little pig responded in our language, “No”! So, the wolf said he would “huff, and puff, and blow this house down.

And the wolf did just that! The little pig escaped and ran to his brother’s house of sticks!

The story repeats itself with the wolf blowing the house of sticks down and the two pigs inside escaped and ran to their brother’s house of bricks.

If we have received Jesus as our Savior, we are saved. But if our walk is not strong the enemy will come, huff and puff, and interfere in our lives and blow down our shelter and we may run to someone who is strong!

The three pigs were all now in the house of bricks. The big bad wolf comes and asks to be let in. Upon being refused he once again says he will huff and puff and blow the house in.

But this time his huffing and puffing, and huffing and puffing, and huffing and puffing, did not do anything to this strong house.

Because one of the three took the time to build with good material, all three of the pigs were safe.

Not only that, but the wolf decided he needed another tactic, and he was going to go down through the chimney. The three pigs built a huge fire in the fireplace and set a pot of water on it to boil. When the wolf came down the chimney, he went into the pot of boiling water and the lid was put on it and the wolf did not bother anyone again!

The evil that tries to trip us up and destroy us will try tactic, after tactic to find a weak spot in our walk with Jesus Christ. But when we walk in the wisdom that comes from the creator God, we can destroy the bad the devil has planned for us. We can destroy evils influence on those around us.

We can provide a safe place for those who are being attacked to come and be sheltered in our prayers and care!

Look at what the Word, the Truth of the Word, tells us!

Luke 6:48-49 (KJV)
⁴⁸ He is like a man which built an house, and digged deep, and laid the foundation on a rock: and when the flood arose, the stream beat vehemently upon that house, and could not shake it: for it was founded upon a rock.
⁴⁹ But he that heareth, and doeth not, is like a man that without a foundation built an house upon the earth; against which the stream did beat vehemently, and immediately it fell; and the ruin of that house was great.

1 Corinthians 3:11 (KJV)
For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ.

Are we doing what the word tells us? Are we building our temple with the truth of the word and the power that come from knowing the word and spending time in praise of the Lord God Almighty?

Are we learning and growing in our walk?

Do we have an arsenal of the living word of God deep in us that we can speak back to the devil and declare “It is written”?

We will not defeat the enemy of all that is good with houses of straw and sticks but must build our house on the strong foundation of Jesus Christ!

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Father, in Jesus’ name I come. Thank you that we have your written word and your living word of Jesus Christ. Help each of us to spend time each day in your word, prayer, and fellowship with you through Jesus. Oh, how you love us and desire the best for us in our lives! May we use the tools and materials you have given us to build a strong Temple of the Holy Spirit!   Amen!

Love, MeMaw.