Some Assembly Required
Use the right tools to build the right you
One thing that can spoil a holiday event, a birthday or a family function is to see these simple words on a piece of paper is
Some assembly required
Those few words on a “Non-work day” is almost like cuss words. Well at least for me. Instead of it being a nice morning on Christmas day, or enjoying a birthday party. I am in the corner trying to figure out where to put this part using a low-quality tool.
And now the screw is stripped!!!
Better yet, I put something in the wrong place, upside down, backwards, and have to start over. Without my wife figuring out that I put it together wrong.
I am reminded that life is an endless project with so many parts. I realized to make sure it’s put together right. We need the right tools, and they must be applied to the correct parts of our lives.
The house, while it was being built, was built of stone prepared at the quarry, and there was neither hammer nor axe nor any iron tool heard in the house while it was being built. I Kings 6:7
Built with specifications
Every tool does not match everything. Each tool has a specific purpose. Once applied it can fix or adjust whatever needs to happen. Don’t cut corners. Don’t be cheap with your life. Using any tools for an expensive part can prove to be problematic. Especially when it comes to your life. Doing so isn’t going to build you up.
When things start leaking or leaning.
We wonder why our life isn’t functioning as it should. We look at the quality of tools used with regret. Then have to go back to fix it again the right way. Losing time and energy behind it. Yet your good life must be built. Built with specifications.
Built in silence
The Bible reminds me of a time when the Temple of Solomon was constructed the most important parts were built away from the site.
No sound of stones being hewed.
In our lives, there will be times when God works on us in silence. In a time when no one is watching. In a place where no one is listening. It’s in the dark room where the photographer does his best work.
This is the place where we can’t disclose what we are going through. Even if we did it seems as if nobody understood. This assembly is happening in silence. The challenge for us is to be still.
Maybe no sound is heard because of our silence in the situation.
We aren’t praying.
We aren’t worshipping
We aren’t singing
This process is painful and yet necessary for our growth.
Built in splendor
You are a work of art created, handpicked, and designed by God himself. I’ve learned every turn in life, is another stroke of genius from the master artist himself. King David said
I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made… (Psalms 139:14)
We have to trust the process. The question is,
Do we?
While cooking, my mother does not like too many people in the kitchen as they will make the dinner preparation confusing. Too many people adding too many ingredients will eventually show up in the food. (I too have become territorial in the kitchen.)
The same goes with us as a work of art. If you attempt to add what you think is important or take away things that are not, it will result in us being on the potter’s wheel longer.
Honestly, I hate that part…
We are here to get better and to allow change to take place. But we have to be still.
Conclusion
It’s true, we have trust issues. However, we must trust God in our development process. Remember you are built with specifics, in silence, and splendor.
Talk to you later
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