Good Wednesday morning! Do you have dreams that are too big for you? From the first windy day in my house, I have wanted to replace the siding with brick. What seemed like a good-looking exterior finish quickly proved to have one major shortcoming: when the wind blows the siding rattles. This is not a flaw, but simply a characteristic of the light material used in the siding. Several thousand screws might help with the problem, but adding that many holes to the boards underneath might add other problems; such as the boards losing their structural integrity and crumbling into a heap of wood chips and screws. While the brick exterior sounds nice, and would help with the wind noise problem, I suspect that it would cost several thousand dollars at the least to have a mason perform the work. The problem is too big for me right now.
Not only is the solution out of my reach, but I'm reaching in the wrong direction. Any of us could move into a fortress and gain a false sense of security. The real security is in Christ, not in the construction methods and materials of man. We will not gain the security we seek by looking to concrete or steel, but only by looking to Christ Jesus. We also will not have the physical security we seek while we live in this fallen world. Jesus even promised us persecution for following him! While this persecution may not be physical, it does show that the security we seek is right where it has always been - with God in Heaven.
Mud huts fall in cyclones; wood-frame houses shake in the wind and fall in tornadoes; concrete and steel buildings can fall in earthquakes, and iron fortresses can be taken by force; there is no absolute security in our dwellings. Look only to God for the security you seek. None of the calamities of this earth have affected Heaven in the slightest. One day we will stand there with Jesus, and have no worries, mate!
Thank you, Lord, for the new day!
Bucky
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