This day has just been another awesome day. I tell you walking in God's righteousness simply adds up. Talk about Divine speed!
By divine appointment today i met an impressive young Kenyan entrepreneur in the IT industry, whose great mind and ambition will probably make him the next Kenyan billionaire in a space of less than 3 years (my prediction).
But what struck me was that this 34 year old chap, seriously ambitious, focused, driven and very humbly, who seems to be baking his cake and eating it but with one major gap in his life.... His life is simply missing God! .
Mid our business conversation, i discover that the man attends two churches (story for another day about me), is actually involved in service ministry in one of his churches, comes from a very strong christian background (he confesses his mum diligently remembers her son in her daily 4 - 6 am family devotions), meets some of the most sought after business names in Kenya at a phone calls whim but somewhere he thinks his life still needs a supernatural being to position it!
That people can be so successful today, living their dreams, owing anything money can buy but operate without God in their personal lives is just amazing! That people can wake up, go and make a million dollars and not involve the Creator of heaven and earth in their daily undertakings remains a mystery to me!
Build On The Rock
Now Jesus spoke a parable while ministering to hungry souls about two men that built their houses on different foundations.
Luke 6:46-49 records:
46 “But why do you call Me ‘Lord, Lord,’ and not do the things which I say?
47 Whoever comes to Me, and hears My sayings and does them, I will show you whom he is like:
48 He is like a man building a house, who dug deep and laid the foundation on the rock. And when the flood arose, the stream beat vehemently against that house, and could not shake it, for it was founded on the rock.
49 But he who heard and did nothing is like a man who built a house on the earth without a foundation, against which the stream beat vehemently; and immediately it fell. And the ruin of that house was great.”
Now the mystery here is this! Isn't it funny that both men went ahead full speed with their building projects to the very end? God actually allowed the man building on earth without a foundation to actually follow through with his project!! Now that's very scary! Its called gaining speed on the wrong road! And the Master of this craft is the Devil who capitalizes on gaining every project that doesn't involve God to gain speed on a wrong road until something goes wrong somewhere along the line!
Similarities between the guy who built on a rock foundation and his earth foundation friend is that:
1. They both built, (and i wouldn't be surprised if the sandy foundation house was more fashionable than the rock foundation house)
2. They were both very proud of their achievements
3. Both looked very prosperous (they must have been the envy of the hood about their progress)
4. Both spend great time and greater financial resources to oversee their projects to completion
5. They had both made similar investments like these elsewhere (the Bible doesn't tell us this. Just guessing!)
.... until the stream came knocking, vehemently beating against the structures! Until tempest time, (some Bible translations call it a storm) came checking in!
On what foundation is your success built on? Is it your 'own strength' foundation or a 'God protected' foundation? Someday one day, the tempest will come calling and when it does, believe you me, however majestic, grandeur or impressive that success is, if it isn't built on the Rock that is Jesus Christ, that success will surely become a cropper! Who wants to bet?
II Samuel 22:47 (NKJV): “The Lord lives! Blessed be my Rock! Let God be exalted, The Rock of my salvation!
On what foundation is your success built on? #Tafakari
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