The Lord Builds

If you've ever built a house or hired a contractor for a specific task, you clearly understand how vital it is that the right builder build the house.  This can be a huge factor in whether or not the walls and windows are plumbed and everything is squared and comes together like the orchestrated pieces of a complicated puzzle.

Often in life we suffer broken relationships for one reason or another.  We are not always to blame, but these strained relationships can adversely affect us longterm.  Sometimes due to abuse, misunderstandings, distance, aging or a lack of forgiveness we face a strain in our relationship with our parents or others. 

It is completely necessary that we daily place God in charge of our homes, friendships, marriages, and families. It's so important that the Lord build the house. We are simply not smart enough to handle life without God. We need His divine help with every segment and every relationship in our lives.  The Psalmist declares, "Unless the Lord builds the house, it's builders labor in vain." (Psalm 127:1) 

Things like failure to discipline, bad decisions, poor parenting, and separation creates even more problems in our relationships. Incorrect perception of circumstances or failure to work diligently on a relationship can also result in complacency, lack of trust, and failed respect. The result can be broken relationships with our children.

Sometimes we face broken relationships also with our friends. Often, we hang around the wrong crowd, keep the wrong friends, and subject ourselves to the wrong influences and peer pressure. We fail to pursue healthy and positive friendships that can sharpen us and build us up.

Marriage is one of the relationships that are suppose to be eternal.  We need oneness, honesty, and unity in marriage.  But there is hope only when both parties in the relationship follow the same blueprint.  "By wisdom a house is built and by understanding it is established. And by knowledge the rooms are filled with all precious and pleasant riches." (Proverbs 24:3-4)   

It is time that we let God be the Lord of our relationships. So wherever the brokenness lies - ask God for help and repair. Ask God to step in and bring remedy. Sometimes, no matter how hard we try, He is the only One able to fix it. "Now unto Him who is able to do exceeding, abundantly above all we can ask or think according to the power that works in us." (Ephesians 3:20)