Builders

Dear Boys and Girls,

Eric held his breath as he gingerly placed the last stone on the wall he had built. He was building a wall around the house he had made of sticks to keep it safe, but it had already fallen down three times. Would it stay up this time? Eric’s shoulders sagged when the stones once again tumbled down with a crash. He straightened up and stared down at the ruined pile of stones for a moment before giving it a vicious kick. “I’m not a good builder,” he mumbled forlornly. “I might as well give up and play something else.”

Perhaps you have all built something in the past. There are many materials with which to build: Lego bricks, popsicle sticks, Lincoln logs, K’nex, or outdoor things such as sticks, stones, mud, and sand. Perhaps you, too, have often had to start over, or a building just did not work out. Other times, you may have built something that was just right, and you have left it standing for a long time. Every time you look at it, you are glad about the final result. Every time you see it, you are happy that you used the materials you did and placed them where you did.

Builders who work on new houses or carpenters who make and install closets and cabinets have to use measuring skills and know just where and how something will fit together. They too, are glad with the final result of their labor.

In the Bible, we read of very skilled builders as well as very foolish builders. King David’s house was a beautifully built building. The house of God, the temple, was even more magnificent. Carpenters, masons, stone hewers, goldsmiths, and those that worked with iron and brass all took part in the skillful work required to complete these buildings.

There is one Builder mentioned in God’s Word who is greater than all. He does not build with stones and wood. It says of Him that He is the builder of “a city which hath foundations, whose builder and maker is God.” This describes heaven and those in His kingdom who will live there with Him. It describes His Church. Anything which is not built on a solid foundation will collapse, but this city has foundations. Its foundation is the suffering, dying, substituting work of His Son Jesus Christ. Holding up this city in a way in which it can never crumble or falter are God’s power, eternal plan, and purpose.

How did the Builder, God Himself, build this city? He has made a way into it. It is a new and living way that had to be made after mankind had closed the door behind him. They had ruined the promise of eternal life by sinning against this Builder. However, the Lord has made a new way, and that way is to be saved by the Lord Jesus Christ.

We read in the Bible of foolish builders. One built his house on sand. With the first big storm, the house sank and fell. He built his hope on nothing. Meanwhile, the wise builder built his house on a rock. He is like one who needs to be built on the Church’s one Foundation, Christ, the Lord.

There were also those foolish builders who refused to use the headstone to build the house. They rejected it. It should have been on the corner, at the bottom. It would have held up the whole house; instead, they cast it away. This is a picture of the rulers in the churches at that time who rejected Jesus. They did not want Him. They hated Him. They would rather build their hopes on the good works which they did. It can also be a picture of us today. If we think that we will come to heaven without the Lord Jesus and God’s work in our heart, we are like these foolish builders who cast away the headstone.

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