Build it OR NOT... its gonna burn!

The David Alliance [email protected] Garth Heckman "The tallest building in the world is the Burj Khalifa in Dubai. It's over 2,700 feet tall, with more than 160 floors. When people see it, they look up. I want to go this way God - Great were going this way (points in opposite direction) But here's what most people don't know: for more than a year, there was nothing to look at. 18 months went into planning and executing the foundation. NOTHING TO LOOK AT FOR 18 MONTHS! ONCE THE FOUNDATION WAS LAID - A NEW FLOOR EVERY FEW DAYS! The speed above was paid for by the slowness below. If you feel like you're in the digging season of your life, a season of prayer that seems unproductive, faithfulness that isn't noticed, or a marriage being rebuilt quietly, you may not be behind. You may be in the part that decides everything else.” The unseen work is not impressive The unseen work is REAL The unseen work is nothing people rush to see The unseen work is not talked about The unseen work is quickly forgotten when the building stands Once the building stands you never see the unseen work again *The foundation is what is unseen… Same as in your life Big idea: Everyone is building something. - What matters is what it rests on, - how deep it goes, - and whether it survives the test. Your life: what is it built on How deep is your life? Will it survive Gods ultimate test? *A CHALLENGE THIS WEEK: LOOK FOR FOUNDATIONS IN SCRIPTURE. The Lords prayer: Forgive us our sins as we forgive those who have sinned against us. **This was taught before the cross. How were people’s sins covered at this time? Everything God has done - he has first laid a foundation: God is the original foundation-layer Job 38:4-6. "Where were you when I laid the foundation of the earth?" Everything stable begins with God's design, not ours. Psalm 127:1. Unless the Lord builds the house, the builders labor in vain. This is about the starting posture. The foundation is only as good as the person who builds it 2. The foundation is a person, not a program 1 Corinthians 3:11. No one can lay any foundation other than Jesus Christ. Matthew 16:18. Upon this rock I will build my church. The Gospel of Jesus Christ.