This last month I turned 68 and in May it will be my fiftieth high school reunion. Those two things, among several more, remind me that I am growing older.
So, one of the truths about who God is which is becoming more and more important is that God is the God who stays with us through everything in life and renews us.
2 Corinthians 4:16-18
So, we do not lose heart. Through our outer self is wasting away, our inner self is being renewed day by day. For this light momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparisons, as we look not to the things that are seen but to the things that are unseen. For the things that are seen are transient, but the things that are unseen are eternal.
We are not to lose heart because although our bodies are wearing out, we are getting older, but God is renewing our inner lives every day.
How is God accomplishing that?
Enables to see our struggles in life as light and momentary.
Focus not on what is seen but on what is unseen, which is what is eternal.
I have observed something very interesting in my life as I grow older. I don’t have the physical energy I used to have, but have even more passion for Jesus than ever. Outwardly wasting away but being renewed inwardly daily.
Raise Roof and Remove the Walls is knowing that as we grow older, we are being made new in our love for and devotion to Jesus.
Isaiah 40:28-31
Have you not known? Have you not heard? The Lord is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He does not faint or grow weary; His understanding is unsearchable. He gives power to the faint, and to him who has no might He increases strength. Even youths shall faint and be weary, and young men shall fall exhausted; but they who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles; they shall run and not be weary; they shall walk and not faint.
God is the everlasting Creator. He never grows weary or grows tired. He gives power to those who have no strength and no power of their own. He will even give to old guys the ability to out-do younger guys by empowering us through faith in Him. He gives the ability to run and not grow weary and to walk and not grow faint to those who wait and trust Him.
Raise the Roof and Remove the Walls is experiencing the renewing strength of God daily in our lives that empowers us to accomplish His will.
Isaiah 43:1-3
But now thus says the Lord, He who crated you, O Jacob, He who formed you, O Israel: “Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by name, you are Mine. When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and through the rivers, they shall not overwhelm you; when you walk through the fire you shall not be burned, and the flame shall not consume you. For I am the Lord your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Savior.”
God is our Creator and our Redeemer and our Savior.
God created us to know and have fellowship with Him.
God redeemed us to have an intimate relationship with Him.
God saved us so that we could spend eternity with Him.
God wants us so much that He will be with us through flood and fire.
God wants us so much that He will not let the flood overwhelm us.
God wants us so much that He will not let the fire burn us.
God will be with us through everything, good and bad.
According to Hebrews 13 God will never leave us or forsake us.
According to Romans 8 nothing in all creation will be able to separate us from God’s love.
Raise the Roof and Remove the Walls is experiencing the presence, power, love, and grace of God every day.
God is the God who renews us by His love and power every day.
God is the God who preserves in His love for us.
God is the God who strengths and sustains us to live and love Him.
Preserving and Serving God by Raising the Roof and Removing the Walls,
Joe
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