When Life is Under Construction
February 9, 2010
Kris Edler :: Operations Director
SCRIPTURE
“…but God is the builder of everything.” – Hebrews 3:4
BLOG
There have been many times this week I have felt as though my life has been “under construction.” Literally, our office has been in a remodel project for almost three weeks straight, which has had me working remotely from home. You can imagine the disaster there! After so much traveling the last six months, I feel like I have that yellow “Do Not Cross” tape running across my mind to prohibit any new projects or commitments from popping up.
Being that it’s tax season, many of you are looking at the track record of last year while simultaneously looking to the future to see what the Lord has in store. Your lives are also under some construction. If you are like me, the winter months always bring times of introspection where I can give myself a check up from the neck up. In the midst of this, it’s important for us to maintain the right prospective and keep our eyes fixed on the Lord. Otherwise, the mundane tasks of these winter months can easily get us down.
This morning, as I sat down to work on our new budget for the next fiscal year, I was presented with a divine invitation from the Lord to see His face in the midst of crunching numbers and asking for wisdom on how to plan. Reaching in my desk at home, I pulled out a marker and paper and started writing various faces of God (aspects of His character) on each sheet. Posting them on the wall in front of my desk I began to verbally proclaim those faces over the next year’s budget.
You are the GOD WHO LOVES BUSINESS.
You are the GOD WHO DELIGHTS IN PRODUCTIVITY
You are a MASTER BUILDER
You are the DEDICATED GOD who believes in my success
As soon as I began, the atmosphere of my home office began to change. I used those little phrases as a launching pad to set my heart on a 15 minute journey in the middle of my morning.
As I proclaimed, the way I saw the budget shifted and I started to see the face of Jesus in the midst of the project! In addition, I started getting insight into a better way to do the budget and use the finances the Lord had provided. The “DO NOT CROSS” signs over my heart began to fall off and were replaced with the professions of His faces that I was declaring out loud. This shifted not only my spirit, but also the circumstances I was in and the way I was performing on the job.
I would challenge you, whether you work from home, an office, or are sitting in a cubical to do the same. In the midst of the construction of life, let’s declare the faces of God and watch the way He shows Himself as the God of Fruitful Labor. Who knows what might happen if we declare His face over our taxes.
- Kris Edler :: Operations Director
